Buying a Robotic Welding System

In the last three decades, many com­pa­nies have switched from man­u­al weld­ing appli­ca­tions to robot­ic weld­ing sys­tems to increase the speed and qual­i­ty of their pro­duc­tion. How­ev­er, despite the real­i­ty of the robot­ic weld­ing sys­tem boom, many first-time buy­ers are skep­ti­cal about robot­ic automa­tion, giv­en the cost and learn­ing new tech­nol­o­gy. These fears can be eased with a few sim­ple explanations.

What is robot­ic welding?

Robot­ic weld­ing is a process where auto­mat­ed sys­tems per­form weld­ing tasks instead of human oper­a­tors. Indus­tri­al robots equipped with weld­ing tools are pro­grammed to exe­cute weld­ing tasks with pre­ci­sion and consistency.

What are the advan­tages of robot­ic welding?

There are mul­ti­ple ben­e­fits of using robot­ic weld­ing over man­u­al weld­ing. For exam­ple, robot­ic weld­ing sys­tems are eas­i­er than ever to pro­gram. Many have touch screens or Win­dows-based pro­gram­ming on teach pen­dants, which is very user-friend­ly. Most work­ers can learn to pro­gram a robot in 1 – 2 days, mean­ing there won’t be a pause in pro­duc­tion. New inno­va­tion is lead­ing towards col­lab­o­ra­tive robot­ic weld­ing options, which allow the man­u­al mov­ing of the robot from point A to B and push­ing a but­ton on a hand­held pen­dant to pro­gram the robot path. 

Also, since it is not nec­es­sary to ded­i­cate a robot to one sin­gle task on a line, like many machines in the past, the invest­ment in a robot sys­tem will decrease pro­duc­tion costs and the cost of extra equipment.

Cost of a Weld­ing Robot

As far as the cost of a weld­ing robot­ic sys­tem, much like oth­er tech­nol­o­gy over the years, the cost of sys­tems have dropped over the years, while com­pa­nies still con­tin­ue to inno­vate. So, in real­i­ty, a man­u­fac­tur­er is get­ting a bet­ter sys­tem at a cheap­er price than 20 years ago, with updat­ed soft­ware, speed and accuracy.

Addi­tion­al­ly, with a weld­ing robot, you will save time and mon­ey dur­ing production.

Robot­ic Weld­ing Solutions

Robots​.com has over 35 years of expe­ri­ence inte­grat­ing weld­ing robots. Our expe­ri­ence gives us the knowl­edge to help oth­ers select the right robot, pow­er sources, con­trollers, and weld­ing torch­es that are best suit­ed for your spe­cif­ic part type. We know how to max­i­mize through­put based on the prod­uct shape and type of weld need­ed. We also know when some­one will need a sim­ple weld­ing arm or a more cus­tomized weld­ing sys­tem. While robot­ic weld­ing can improve a weld­ing appli­ca­tion, it can­not make up for a poor pro­duc­tion plan or improp­er part han­dling.

We are here to lis­ten to your exact needs and help you build out the right weld­ing robot sys­tem for an opti­mized pro­duc­tion line. We are hap­py to answer any addi­tion­al ques­tions you may have and walk you through the entire process from selec­tion to inte­gra­tion. Con­tact us online or call us at 877−762−6881 to get started.