The Advantages of Flux Cored Welding Robots

What is flux cored arc welding?

Flux cored weld­ing, also known as flux cored arc weld­ing or FCAW, is a type of weld­ing where a con­sum­able elec­trode is fed con­tin­u­ous­ly dur­ing the weld­ing process. This elec­trode con­tains flux, hence the name of the weld­ing process.

What is arc welding?

Arc weld­ing fus­es parts togeth­er by using a pow­er sup­ply to gen­er­ate an elec­tric ​“arc” between elec­trodes. Since the arc is an elec­tri­cal cur­rent, it is hot enough to melt the metal.

Ben­e­fits of robot­ic welding

Flux cored weld­ing robots have many advan­tages over oth­er types of weld­ing appli­ca­tions, as well as hav­ing advan­tages over man­u­al flux cored weld­ing processes.

1. All-posi­tion capable

One of the biggest advan­tages that a flux cored weld­ing robot has over oth­er weld­ing process­es, as well as over their human welder coun­ter­parts, is the abil­i­ty to be all-posi­tion capa­ble. There are some weld­ing process­es that are not capa­ble of weld­ing in any posi­tion, but with the right filler met­al, a flux cored weld­ing robot­ic sys­tem has this capa­bil­i­ty. Also, robot­ic flux cored welders have an eas­i­er time fit­ting into tight spaces and weld­ing odd angles than a man­u­al weld­ing process may have.

2. Abil­i­ty to weld dif­fer­ent types of metal

A flux cored arc weld­ing robot is able to weld sev­er­al dif­fer­ent types of met­al, includ­ing some low and mild alloy steels, stain­less steels, nick­el alloys, etc. This makes a robot­ic flux cored welder ver­sa­tile enough to work in sev­er­al dif­fer­ent indus­tries. It is also able to weld thick­er mate­ri­als. These welders also do not require shield­ing gas, which saves mon­ey for the manufacturer.

3. Weld­ing robots are more efficient

Like many oth­er robot­ic sys­tems, flux cored arc welder robots will also speed up the weld­ing appli­ca­tion and improve the accu­ra­cy, which fur­ther improves the fin­ished product.

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