Five Ways Cobot Welding is Transforming Industries

Robots, along with robotic welding robots, are some of the best components that positively impact manufacturing today. The International Federation of Robotics(IFR) suggests a whopping 50% increase in manufacturing under robotics in the next decade. This prediction also indicates that it absolutely is bound to happen regardless of the size of the industry. 

Robotic welding robots, along with the concerning increase in the global labour shortage, indicate more automation and robotics in manufacturing and other tertiary industries. 

A significant improvement in automation investments with robotics deployments in manufacturing has risen by 12% in 2023 and 2024. This increase in investment is driven by sectors like electronics, electrical, and other fabrication businesses. Today, more than 3.5 million robots are operating in various establishments. 

Various Kinds Cobot Manufacturing

Power and force-limiting cobots:

These types of cobots are tailor-made to sense the touch of subjects and stop operation immediately. For areas where space is a limiting factor, these are excellent options.

Safety-rated monitored stop cobots:

They are able to recognize when a person enters the defined workspace, pause operations until the area is clear, and prevent the need for manual restarts.

Speed and separation monitoring (fenceless) cobots:

These cobots use sensors to detect the presence of a human. When there is a movement detected near it, the speed is reduced. If the person gets closer, it completely stops.

Hand-guided cobots:

These enable workers to drive the robot between workstations and guide it from one position to another.

Welding Cobots

A good example of automation in action is the collaborative welding robots or cobots. Cobots automate the welding process, thereby reducing welding time, enhancing accuracy, and improving workplace safety. For example, TIW Machine and Fab uses collaborative welding robots to achieve superior arc performance, stronger weld quality, and significantly increased production throughput. Cobots can handle loading and unloading from a single station within the work envelope of the robot, which makes them particularly well-suited for high-mix, low-volume production environments.

Key Benefits of Cobot Welders 

Increased efficiency: 

Cobots can work continuously, 24/7, which leads to faster completion of projects and higher output than human welders who need breaks and time off.

Better safety:

Advanced safety features on welding cobots protect the workers from dangers such as welding arcs, high temperatures, and bright light. Thus, the working environment becomes safe, increasing productivity and job satisfaction and lowering the risks of injuries and their costs.

Improved accuracy:

Cobots excel at repetitive tasks, maintaining consistent precision and focus throughout large projects, minimizing errors that can occur with manual welding due to human fatigue or limitations.

Reduced waste: 

The superior accuracy of cobots results in less material waste from errors, ensuring efficient use of materials and minimizing the need to discard improperly welded or weak parts.

Reduced delivery cost: 

Though an initial investment is higher, increased productivity by cobots makes it viable, enabling the company to reach the same level of output by using fewer human operators, saving overhead costs, and thus offering competitive pricing or extra services to clients

On the other hand, robotics is helping in reshoring. After recent supply chain disruptions that affected most of the OEMs, there has been a surging interest in onshoring. Because these machines can reduce labour costs and speed up production, manufacturers, with the help of cobots and other technologies such as CNC machining, are able to compete better and bring back manufacturing to home soil.

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