The fusion of digital welding machine and robot technology is the trend

“The robot welding technology and high-efficiency welding technology are not only problems of development direction, but have become a realistic and urgent need!” When interviewed by reporters, the Vice President Bao Yunjie of the Beijing era could not help but sigh as he saw it. As in the era of Beijing, welding robots occupy a prominent position in many exhibition booths and become the most dazzling star in the exhibition.

With so many welding robots on display, welder manufacturers are not making shows. When talking about the recent changes in customer demand, Deputy General Manager Zhang Xiushan of Shandong Aoda said: “The intelligent welding equipment represented by robots fully embodies the features of high efficiency and high-end. Recently due to human resources and many factories on the welding process The requirements for welding process management are getting higher and higher, and users are increasingly demanding automated welding equipment, especially robot welding equipment."

The general manager of Ruiling Industry Qiu Guang also mentioned: “Automated welding is a big development direction, and improving welding efficiency and welding quality is the only way for industrial upgrading. For Ruiling, who is determined to become China's leading supplier of welding equipment, welding automation is The main development direction for us in the future.” “The unveiling ceremony of Ruiling Industrial Robot Welding Power Supply and Ruiling? ABB Arc Welding Robot Systems Laboratory” was held at the Ruiling booth on the first day of the exhibition. The best evidence.

In fact, behind the 15th Beijing Essen welding exhibition, welding robots are not only the fusion of digital welding machines and robot welding technology, but also the strong combination and cooperation of welding power supply manufacturers and robot manufacturers.

The mature application of digital welding power supply is the basis for cooperation

Digital welding machine is an important part of the robot welding system, but the current digital welding machine exists in a relatively independent form, and only by integrating it into the robot welding system and using its strong digital communication capability can it be fully realized. The excellent welding process performance of the digital welding machine is utilized to meet the user's demand for high-quality, high-efficiency automated welding technology. As a leading company for domestic welding machines, Beijing Times, Shenzhen Ruiling and Shandong Aotai have long been at the forefront of digital welding machine R&D and industrialization.

The predecessor of Shenzhen Ruiling Industrial Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in welding power supply. This has laid a good foundation for the development of digital power supply after Ruiling. At the end of 2009, Ruiling Industrial and the State Key Laboratory of Modern Welding Technology jointly established a digital welding laboratory. At this Beijing Essen Welding Exhibition, Ruiling Industrial also exhibited a fully digitalized research and development for robot welding. Welding power supply.

Shandong Aotai Co., Ltd. is the earliest company to start digital welding machine research and development and put it into industrialization. It upholds the concept of digital and networked technology to bring greater value to users, and adopts international standards in the design of supporting power supply for robots and special planes. Interfaces and protocols to meet user requirements. Its digital high-end products such as square-wave argon arc welding and pulsed MIG welding machines have achieved good results in the Three Gorges hydropower and West-East gas transmission, and have been fully verified in terms of performance and reliability.

Since the Beijing era began in 1998, digital control of control circuits has begun. In 2002, the era company launched a large-scale innovation project, invested a lot of resources for the development of all-digital inverter welding machine, and made great progress. In the national stadium "Bird's Nest", the National Aquatics Center "Water Cube", the new site of CCTV and other national key projects, construction sites, can see the era of digital welding machine.

Shandong Aotai, Ruiling Industry, Beijing Times and other welding machine manufacturers have been working hard in the field of digital power for many years, with its leading technology, unique corporate culture to win the industry a good reputation and credibility. The products have passed the severe test of almost all application industries such as ships, locomotives, petroleum and petrochemicals, electric power, and construction machinery. They have accumulated rich experience in welding process control and welding expert database, which has laid a foundation for cooperation with robot manufacturers. Good foundation.

Give full play to their advantages and jointly explore the market

When referring to why Chinese manufacturers such as Shandong Aotai, Shenzhen Ruiling, and Beijing Times were selected as partners, Lin Weicong, industry manager of ABB's Robotics Manufacturing Industry Department, said: “ABB has been working with foreign welding machine manufacturers and found that most foreign companies do not understand The Chinese market is also reluctant to invest in the Chinese market, and the partners we need need to be able to serve local customers. Compared with foreign welding companies, we still believe that Chinese companies are more aware of the actual needs of Chinese customers."

During the interview, when asked about the personal experience with ABB Robotics, all three welding machine manufacturers talked about:

“Our goal is the same for both parties. At present, China's welding technology has taken a new starting point and is moving rapidly toward automation, information, and intelligence. As a manufacturer of welding power supplies, Ruiling should seize the opportunity to play its part. With its own advantages, it constantly explores and innovates, strengthens the cooperation with robot manufacturers, and meets the needs of customers through the joint efforts of both R&D personnel.”

“The Beijing era has advantages in areas such as teaching and demonstration in schools and vocational skills training. The demand for welding robots in these areas is very large. We can't do robotics, but we can help ABB to introduce and jointly develop these markets.”

“Our company has nearly 20 years of industrial welding machine design research and development and production experience, and has the nation’s largest inverter welding machine production base and a complete sales network. Our products are almost involved in all welding industries, these advantages are obvious. In order to speed up our cooperation with robot manufacturers, last year we and ABB company focused on solving the problems of international standards for welder and robot digital interface and welding of fish scales, and in 2010, in the fields of bicycles, Auto Parts, construction machinery and coal machinery, etc. We have a lot of room for cooperation."

The basis of cooperation is the brand. The purpose of cooperation is a win-win situation. The vision of cooperation is to contribute to the development of welding automation in China. The advantages of domestic welding power suppliers such as Beijing Times, Shandong Aotai and Shenzhen Ruiling are their understanding of the Chinese welding market and sales networks and channels across various industries. The advantage of ABB lies in its advanced and mature robot body technology. For the welding machine manufacturers to create a system integration platform. We firmly believe that there is no reason why customers based on cooperation based on strong alliances will not be recognized by customers.

Step up to miles

“The cooperation between Ruiling and ABB should have been a good start. The extent to which they can develop in the Chinese welding industry in the future is inseparable from market promotion and team building. We are confident that we will continue to gather some We are full of confidence in the future."

"When the cooperation started, Aotai valued ABB's focus on their R&D centers in China, and our R&D center is also very powerful. The two R&D centers in-depth cooperation will definitely achieve 1+1>2 results. Our company has set up a dedicated automated welding department and robot department to vigorously promote this matter."

"The double wire MIG/MAG arc welding robot system exhibited at this exhibition is the first substantial cooperation between ABB robots and our era. After the exhibition, Time Inc. will set up a robotics department to run by professional people. In the era, the new welding industrial park was established in Jinan, Shandong, and it can produce equipment, fixtures, positioners and other ancillary equipment.”

Referring to the prospects of cooperation with domestic welding machine manufacturers, Lin Weicong, industry manager of ABB Robotics Manufacturing Industry Department, said, “Our cooperation with domestic welding machine manufacturers is still in its infancy. Both parties still have a lot of places to run in. The best solution is to Find problems in the actual project cooperation, through the active communication and exchange between the R&D personnel of the two parties to solve the problems and jointly provide customers with complete solutions.”