Welding Robots Improve Automotive Parts

In today’s tech­nol­o­gy dri­ven world, robots are play­ing a major role in man­u­fac­tur­ing with about half of those being used for weld­ing appli­ca­tions. Many of those weld­ing robots are being used in the auto­mo­tive indus­try. Over the past 30 years auto­mo­tive weld­ing robots have been busy chang­ing the indus­try. They have made auto­mo­tive assem­bly lines faster while being safer, cost effec­tive, and effi­cient. These are the main rea­sons why auto­mo­tive robots have become para­mount in chang­ing the car industry.

Safe­ty

Auto­mo­tive robots have made fac­to­ries safer because they elim­i­nate the chance of human errors caus­ing acci­dents. An auto­mo­tive robot can also work in dan­ger­ous con­di­tions as they can with­stand heat, chem­i­cals, and can come into con­tact with struc­tures and parts. Being able to per­form dan­ger­ous jobs has helped pro­tect not only work­ers but also future con­sumers because robots can per­form crash tests that eval­u­ate the safe­ty of the vehi­cles being man­u­fac­tured. Crash tests along with many oth­er jobs in the auto­mo­tive indus­try would be too risky for humans to complete.

Cost Effec­tive

Many auto­mo­bile man­u­fac­tur­ers have been able to save mil­lions of dol­lars by dou­bling or tripling their pro­duc­tion time with auto­mo­tive robots. Robots are capa­ble of work­ing 24 hours a day because they do not require breaks, sick days, etc. Many com­pa­nies are also sav­ing mon­ey with auto­mo­tive weld­ing robots because they do not need a salary or ben­e­fits. These fac­tors out weigh the costs of occa­sion­al main­te­nance and repairs mak­ing robots the cheap­er option com­pared to humans.

Job Effi­cien­cy

Anoth­er way auto­mo­tive robots have changed the indus­try is by meet­ing indus­try expec­ta­tions. Robots used in the auto indus­try can com­plete not just one task but a vari­ety of tasks such as paint­ing, weld­ing, fin­ish­ing, and many more. They are capa­ble of being pro­grammed to per­form intri­cate jobs like weld­ing. New indus­try stan­dards call for lighter cars, but with this comes the need for tighter weld­ing. This can only be accom­plished through robots to ensure there is no rat­tling (anoth­er indus­try stan­dard) and that the vehi­cle is safe. Robot­ic weld­ing is key in pro­duc­ing new, advanced, and high qual­i­ty cars. As indus­try repeata­bil­i­ty spec­i­fi­ca­tions become more pre­cise, robots are meet­ing them at faster speeds mak­ing them more effi­cient than humans.

The top robot mod­els used by auto­mo­tive man­u­fac­tur­ers include the Motoman UP130, UP6, and UP20. Oth­er pop­u­lar indus­try robots come from the Fanuc R‑2000 series and the ARC Mate series. Robots​.com is proud to car­ry all of these units. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact us online or at 877−762−6881.