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Welding Automation Repairs: 4 Reasons it's important to keep your Spare Parts List up to date
Topics: Welding Automation, Weld Positioning Equipment, Service and Support
Our team at IRCO Automation has had the opportunity to work with some of the most experienced beam manufacturing companies in the nation and one thing we've noticed is that all of them share similar key pain-points that they're looking to welding automation to help solve:
- needing to maintain a consistent weld profile
- needing consistent welding process parameters
- minimizing beam deflection due to heat
- overcoming beam deflection during welding
Topics: Welding Automation, Robotic Welding
Automation, robotics, and optimization are some words that have caught the attention of manufacturers around the world. Recently, our team did a Q&A session about Welding Automation which was featured in both Manufacturing Automation and Robotics Insider.
Topics: Welding Automation, Weld Positioning Equipment, Robotic Welding
What Different Types of Welding Automation are there?
Did you know that the ancient Egyptians used welding to join metal pieces together? The art of welding has been around for centuries! Over the last few decades, however, technology has led to significant advancements in welding. Today, a variety of manufacturing processes make use of welding automation. Yet, despite it's popularity, understanding the different types of welding automation (and which is best for your process) can be an overwhelming challenge.
In this blog, we'll explain and simplify the main types of welding automation to help you start to understand which would be the best choice for your manufacturing process.
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- Introduction/Review:
- Types of Welding Automation
Topics: Welding Automation, Robotic Welding
IRCO Automation: How to Reach our Service and Support Team
We wanted to share with you some of the updates we made to our service process to make it easier than ever to reach our Service and Support team.
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Topics: Service and Support
Welding has changed over time – technology and the growing demands in the workplace have reshaped the way companies fabricate, weld and manufacture. The introduction of welding automation (including robotic/flexible automation and mechanized/hard/fixed automation) has provided companies with new options and ways to improve their manufacturing and welding processes. However, transitioning from manual welding to automated welding (or positioning/movement of parts) can be an overwhelming road for companies to navigate. They may find themselves asking:
- What is Welding Automation? (Learn more)
- What types of Welding Automation are there? (Learn more)
- Why should I even bother automating? What are the benefits?
In this post, we’re going to address those last two questions:
Topics: Welding Automation
What is Welding Automation? The Ultimate Overview
Read this article for the ultimate overview of welding automation.
We explore, on high-level, some of the questions and concepts to essential to understanding what Welding Automation is and the benefits of adding it into your manufacturing process.
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Topics: Welding Automation
NEWS: IRCO Delivers Weld Positioner for Aerospace
Cool Project Alert!
Excited to see these large capacity positioners being shipped off and delivered to the aerospace industry today. If you look closely, you'll notice castor wheels were integrated onto these three pieces of equipment.... A little customization for increased flexibility.
Continue reading below for more information about the different types of weld positioners IRCO offers.
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Topics: Weld Positioning Equipment
IRCO Automation delivers a linear robot for box beam welding.
IRCO’s newly designed linear robot is optimized for pre-programmed multi-pass welding on multiple joints of the box beam. Without stopping, this system can weld each joint from one end of the work piece to the other, repeating its set sequence during the scheduled job until welding is complete. With numerous add-on features integrated into its design, this 3-axis linear robot has a 4th axis for supporting and rotating the workpiece.
Click the video link below to learn more about this machine, some of it's key features, and how it all comes together.
Topics: Welding Automation
In the spring of 2019, our team at IRCO Automation packed up shop and moved into our new facility. Now 6 months later, we're happy to say, we've settled into our new space and feel right at home.
Topics: IRCO Automation