Technology is constantly advancing and proving new and improved ways to do things. At EXP Fabrication, we lead in advanced robotic welding, providing efficient services for manufacturing facilities, parts suppliers, and individual clients. With a single robotic welding cell matching the output of four human welders, our integration of three cells enhances our capacity for large production projects. Discover how robotic welding can transform your operations with our extensive expertise.
What Is Robotic Welding?
Robotic welding is exactly what it sounds like. It’s the same as traditional manual welding, except instead of a human doing the work, a welding robot does it.
Robotic Welding vs. Manual Welding
What is the difference between robotic welding and manual welding? Why would you choose to use a welding robot over a human welder? The answer is simple: Welding robots can do more work better and faster than people can. This simple increase in speed and accuracy can boost productivity exponentially.
Advantages of Robotic Welding
Other than speed and accuracy, robotic welding has many benefits and advantages. Here are some of the most advantageous benefits of utilizing a welding robot for tasks you’d typically have a human welder do.
Consistent Work
Humans do any task with a certain amount of natural variation. Even your own signature is different every time you sign it. Welding robots don’t have that limitation. They can replicate the perfect weld countless times without any variation. That leaves you with perfectly consistent work every time.
Safety and Cost Savings
Robotic welding also saves money and makes the work process much safer. While robotic welding is an investment, it pays off quickly. The cost of using a welding robot is made back right away due to the amount of work it can do in a fraction of the time a human could.
Using a welding robot also eliminates many safety risks, as a robot doesn’t need protective gear to keep from getting burned or damaging its vision. Since they don’t carry the risk of getting hurt, it’s much safer to have a robot in a potentially dangerous situation than to risk the safety of a human worker.
Fewer Mistakes
No human is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. Even the best welder in the world will sometimes fall prey to human error. Robotic welding eliminates this issue. Since a welding robot isn’t human, human error doesn’t apply to them. This isn’t to say that nothing can ever go wrong, but it’s far less common.
High-Quality Work
Humans need to be trained, and they’ll improve over time with practice and experience. Robotic welding allows you to get the highest quality welds right away without any kind of learning curve.
Are There Any Disadvantages to Robotic Welding?
As with anything, there are some downsides to robotic welding. Robots are not flexible. Every change needs to be programmed. They also can’t tell when there’s a problem. If a human sees something going wrong, they can stop and make the proper changes to get back on track. Welding robots can’t.
They are also not very time—and cost-effective for small runs since their biggest strength is doing the same task many times, very quickly.
Projects Robotic Welding is Most Suited For
Robotic welding isn’t the right solution for every job. It excels in certain situations, though. The best projects for a welding robot are large projects with little variation. The less time you need to spend programming the welding robot for a task, the more cost-effective it gets. Likewise, the more times the same weld needs to be repeated, the more money you save. This is great for large batch manufacturing projects that require replicating the same task over and over, for example.
Trusted Providers of Robotic Welding
Thanks to our three welding robots, EXP Fabrication has the latest robotic welding capabilities. We’re a trusted welding provider for customers in a wide variety of industries, from manufacturing to farming. We can put all the power robotic welding has to offer at your fingertips. We are committed to ensuring that every customer is happy with our work and that their expectations are met or exceeded.
Contact EXP Fabrication Today
If you are looking for a robotic welding partner in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, look no further than EXP Fabrication. We’re more than happy to help you with your project, and we’re highly confident that our robotic welding suite, complete with three different welding robots, can handle anything you throw its way.
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