Speed, Accuracy and Safety – the advantages of welding cells

Sev­er­al indus­tries uti­lize auto­mat­ed weld­ing, and many of them use weld­ing cells to fur­ther inte­grate their weld­ing sys­tem. These robot­ic weld­ing cells have many advan­tages. How­ev­er, three advan­tages stand out over the oth­ers – speed, accu­ra­cy and safety.

The speed of robot weld cells is a giv­en. Robot­ic welders are faster than man­u­al appli­ca­tions whether inte­grat­ed on a line or in a cell. And by fur­ther com­bin­ing process­es, and stream­lin­ing pro­duc­tion for a robot­ic weld cell, the speed of pro­duc­tion will only increase.

Increased accu­ra­cy is what keeps com­pa­nies ahead of the com­pe­ti­tion. Supe­ri­or welds and pre­ci­sion pro­duces a bet­ter prod­uct, and a bet­ter prod­uct increas­es rev­enue for the com­pa­ny. Man­u­fac­tur­ers can enhance their accu­ra­cy through the instal­la­tion of a robot weld cell. The robot­ic welders have a stead­ier hand than man­u­al applications.

Safe­ty is a huge issue in man­u­fac­tur­ing today. Because of the tedious, and some­times injury-induc­ing, work on a pro­duc­tion line, man­u­fac­tur­ers must give work­ers breaks and lunch­es dur­ing the work day, along with days off. This lev­el of down­time decreas­es the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of the line while increas­ing safe­ty by ensur­ing that work­ers are ful­ly rest­ed. Robots, includ­ing those with­in weld­ing cells, do not need the rest allot­ted to human work­ers. These robots could, in the­o­ry, run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year with­out a break.

Anoth­er safe­ty mea­sure in robot­ic weld­ing cells is that the cells close off human work­ers from cross­ing into the work area of the robot dur­ing oper­a­tion. Usu­al­ly there are safe­ty light cur­tains, pres­sure mats, safe­ty fenc­ing and inter­lock­ing doors avail­able to keep work­ers at a safe dis­tance while the robot is per­form­ing their appli­ca­tion with­in the weld­ing cell.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor of Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA robot­ics, has sev­er­al weld­ing cells avail­able for pur­chase and cus­tomiza­tion. Robots​.com helps cus­tomers find the per­fect weld­ing cell to fit their facil­i­ty and application.

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