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Originally shared in WELD Magazine's Fall 2020 Edition, IRCO Automation and IRCOpulse explore Weld Production Monitoring in a time when many companies are and were faced with a period of recovery and reinvention. Click the links below to jump to the other parts of this series.
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Welding Automation was initially born from the automotive world and has spread outwards, steadily becoming more and more common in heavy industry and manufacturing lines. There is a diverse range of equipment, software, and devices that can help automate the welding processes. Companies may choose to invest in automated welding for a variety of interrelated reasons: to reduce safety hazards, increase productivity, provide greater repeatability, reduce cycle times, improve quality, (as well as manage physical distances).
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Many companies are also interested in welding automation as it addresses the looming shortage of qualified welders in North America.1 Welding automation is about more than just the arc time, it is also about improving safety, quality, and efficiency of the material handling process and cycle times component.
Benefits of Welding Automation
Critical questions impact the design and engineering of a welding automation solution – next level production monitoring provides real-time flags for interdependent questions once the system is installed;
Without a controllable process and the data on which to make good decisions, companies are not capturing profound insights that can lead to optimization and cost-saving opportunities. Automated production monitoring and the digitalization of data for welding automation is, for some companies, either the logical (or essential) next step to improve inefficiencies in their process. Collecting data to understand what is going on in their welding process, or each welding cell provides a company with critical information when looking to improve quality, throughput, and productivity.
Sources: Canadian Welding Bureau, 2019 (https://www.cwbgroup.org/about/newsevents/ news/2019/cwb-welding-foundation-impact-report-now-available) and The Fabricator, 2019 (https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/arcwelding/the-truth-on-welder-pay)
Coming Soon - Part 3: Areas Weld Production monitoring can provide insight to (Coming May 18)
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