Collaborative welding robot

The idea for a welding robot had been on our minds for a long time. However, we rarely produced a significant number of welded parts in series, making robot use, let alone the investment in a robot, worthwhile.

The impetus to revisit the topic came from a series order from FLARE GRILL Griller, where production volumes (especially after our appearance on the TV show "2 Minutes 2 Million") steadily increased.

We became aware of collaborative robot technology, which is significantly easier to program compared to industrial robots and operates within a very compact workspace.

However, no ready-made, complete solution (robot, welding power source, welding table) convinced us. They were either too complicated, too (unnecessarily) large, didn't meet our quality standards, or were far too expensive – or all of the above.

It was time to get creative ourselves.

• Produce more products in less time
• Maintain consistent quality
• Reduce fine dust exposure for employees
• Provide a more challenging and varied work environment > Increased motivation

With an intuitively operated and collaborative robot from Doosan, a familiar welding source from Fronius, and a well-designed welding table, we created an optimal welding robot for our needs:

- which, including safety equipment, takes up little space,

- which produces economically even with small batch sizes,

- which can be used productively after just one day of training, and

- which offers excellent value for money.

A planned next step is to optimize the program with custom user-specific functions to make programming even more convenient.