Welding the Wheels – welding in the transportation industry

In this age of auto­mat­ed weld­ing, it is hard to find an indus­try that doesn’t rely on weld­ing cells to improve the qual­i­ty of their welds and the speed of their pro­duc­tion. The trans­porta­tion indus­try is no exception.

Whether it is a car, a truck, a bus or a train, robot­ic weld­ing cells have prob­a­bly touched them all. The trans­porta­tion indus­try turned to auto­mat­ed robot sys­tems in the 1980s to improve their pro­duc­tion and keep up with the increas­ing demand on their industry.

As man­u­fac­tur­ing changed, com­pa­nies began to real­ize that they need­ed their pro­duc­tion to not only work hard­er, but also smarter. That is where the weld­ing cell came into play. By com­bin­ing and elim­i­nat­ing process­es, vehi­cle man­u­fac­tur­ers were able to save even more mon­ey while fur­ther increas­ing their pro­duc­tion and keep­ing up with the competition.

Even now, man­u­fac­tur­ers are look­ing for ways to improve their robot­ic weld­ing cells. There is one school of thought that believes if weld­ing cell equip­ment is stan­dard­ized and ven­dors are stream­lined, weld­ing cells would be even more effi­cient and effec­tive in their tasks.

While that may be true, the process of com­bi­na­tion and elim­i­na­tion are prob­a­bly still the most effec­tive ways to per­pet­u­al­ly improve weld­ing cell appli­ca­tions. As cities grow and more trans­porta­tion increas­es, the need for vehi­cles, and the cells that weld them, will prob­a­bly not go any­where for a long while.

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