Welding and Assembly at World Block – Duluth, Minnesota

World Block, Inc. is a com­pa­ny that cre­ates the steel forms that are used to make large blocks for retain­ing walls and land­scape con­struc­tion projects. They offer a vari­ety of forms and lin­ers that allow blocks to achieve dif­fer­ent looks and fin­ish­es. How do they weld and assem­ble their prod­ucts? They auto­mate with robots from Robots​.com, of course! 

World Block approached Robots​.com for the first time in 2008, when they were look­ing for a weld­ing sys­tem. Accord­ing to Rod John­son, Pres­i­dent of World Block, the first sys­tem was a great suc­cess. ​“We bought our first sys­tem in 2008 and, in terms of labor sav­ings and improved prod­uct qual­i­ty, it start­ed pay­ing off the first day we installed it,” John­son stat­ed. World Block had looked around for months pri­or to pur­chas­ing the first sys­tem, and couldn’t beat the com­bi­na­tion of price, qual­i­ty, and ser­vice that Robots​.com offered. ​“We had such a good expe­ri­ence with our first sys­tem from Robots​.com that it was a ​‘no-brain­er’ to buy our sec­ond sys­tem from them as well – we lit­er­al­ly didn’t con­sid­er any­one else.” 

This time around, World Block pur­chased two Motoman UP6 XRC sys­tems. ​“We are just set­ting up the cur­rent sys­tem, but we esti­mate that the pri­or sys­tem we pur­chased does the equiv­a­lent work of two peo­ple, with welds that look excep­tion­al,” John­son stat­ed. ​“We pro­duce a bet­ter prod­uct at a low­er price.” 

World Block is very hap­py with their Robots​.com sys­tems. The com­pa­ny is get­ting bet­ter welds, quick­er assem­bly, and a bet­ter work envi­ron­ment for their employ­ees. Instead of spend­ing 10 hours a day weld­ing, they are now assem­blers, which is a health­i­er envi­ron­ment. World Block stat­ed that they would rec­om­mend Robots​.com to oth­ers. ​“The com­bi­na­tion of qual­i­ty and price that Robots​.com offers is hard to beat,” John­son stated. 

Are you inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about Robots​.com and what solu­tions they can pro­vide for your automa­tion prob­lems? If so, give Robots​.com a call today at 877−762−6881 or fill out our con­tact form.