Shield gases: Protecting one robotic weld at a time

Robot­ic weld­ing takes on many forms, includ­ing gas met­al arc weld­ing and gas tung­sten arc weld­ing, bet­ter known as MIG and TIG weld­ing, respec­tive­ly. While the robot­ic weld­ing process has many steps and requires dif­fer­ent pieces of equip­ment — robot arm, weld­ing gun, filler, etc. – one of the most impor­tant things is the shield­ing gas, the mate­r­i­al that pro­tects the area dur­ing the weld­ing process.

Shield gas­es can be inert gas­es like heli­um and argon, or semi-inert gas­es like car­bon diox­ide, oxy­gen, nitro­gen and hydro­gen. These gas­es, in large quan­ti­ties could have dam­ag­ing prop­er­ties, but in small quan­ti­ties, they can enhance robot­ic welds.

How­ev­er, shield­ing gas choice depends on the type of met­al used in a robot­ic weld­ing appli­ca­tion. If a robot­ic weld­ing cell is using the wrong shield­ing gas, it can lead to a weak weld or large amounts of spat­ter, which can decrease productivity.

Used cor­rect­ly, these gas­es can pro­tect the weld­ing area so the robot­ic weld cell pro­duces out­stand­ing welds, even when the welds are repet­i­tive or need mul­ti­ple positions.

Robots​.com pro­vides robots from Fanuc, KUKA, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and Motoman robot­ic welders, can help your com­pa­ny begin the jour­ney to automa­tion with weld­ing robot­ics. The engi­neers and design­ers at Robots​.com can make sure your com­pa­ny has all the cor­rect equip­ment, includ­ing shield­ing gas, need­ed to cre­ate strong, high-qual­i­ty welds.

To learn more about the cus­tomiz­able robot­ic weld cells Robots​.com has to offer, con­tact a sales­per­son at 877−762−6881 today.