Arc welding

High quality arc welding requires acute dexterity and a deep understanding of materials and heat application. Get consistent results and boost productivity with an automated collaborative welding solution.

Preserving a lost art

Arc welding is a captivating blend of artistry and science, requiring welders to possess acute dexterity and a deep understanding of materials, heat application, and various welding techniques. And it is becoming an increasingly lost art. With a decreasing number of skilled welders available to meet professional demands, automated welding tools are critical in keeping businesses operating smoothly.

Designed to handle repetitive and physically demanding tasks, collaborative robots(cobots) are wired for precision. They maintain the delicate balance of heat and material application needed for high-quality welds hour after hour, ensuring consistent results every time.

Versatile and easily reprogrammable, cobots can also adapt to ever-evolving production needs, enhancing the quality of the welds while creating a safer, more efficient working environment.

Arc welding cobots in action

Discover how cobots have been deployed to perform welding tasks across industries to enhance productivity and improve worker safety.

Increase operational productivity

Frequent changeovers in the high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) metal fabrication processes at Ohio-based industrial metal manufacturer Raymath made traditional automation impractical. Deploying UR10e cobots, the company accelerated welding and improved quality, achieving 24/7 machining despite labor shortages, doubling output, and increasing CNC operation productivity by 600% in under 12 months.

Streamline workflows

Carriere Industrial Supply (CIS) deployed UR10e cobots to support its highly demanding low-volume, high-mix (HMLV) production of large, complex parts for heavy earth-moving equipment. Tackling massive, complex parts, the plasma-cutting cobot slashed 1,000 hours of cleanup time, while a custom MIG welding setup doubled output, with cobots and welders working side-by-side.

Weld faster, increase revenue

Florida-based DeAngelo Marine Exhaust faced significant challenges meeting lead times due to high demand for complex TIG welding, a shortage of skilled welders, and the limitations of traditional automation. By implementing UR10e cobots, DeAngelo boosted weld speed tenfold, drastically reduced lead times, and successfully entered new markets.

Controlled and precise performance

Arc welding demands exceptional quality, requiring high skill, precision, and ergonomic movements. Even slight missteps can lead to warped materials, incomplete bonds, or poor connections in the form of undercutting or slag inclusions. Cobots apply a smoothly regulated contact force to ensure steady arc and uniform bead, and integrated tools like monitors and force control prevent defects from excessive current or contact pressure variations.

Having a great tool up your sleeve

Having a welding tool in the form of a collaborative robot in your lineup can help you produce more parts, while freeing your experienced human welders to focus on more exciting and complex assignments. With a robotic welding machine, you can achieve greater precision, speed, and consistency in every weld across MIG and TIG welding, and stick welding. UR cobot welding systems are flexible, quick to deploy, straightforward for your team to program, and customizable to meet the specific business needs.

Coordinate your solution

Take your collaborative welding robot to the next level with coordinated motion, a set of software capabilities that enable synchronized motion between the cobot's TCP and one or more motorized axes. Coordinated motion allows for a much smoother process when working with a welding cobot and multiple external axes. It enables users to optimize automation cycle times and follow a precise toolpath, leading to improved efficiency.

Complete your cobot

Our collaborative, industrial robots require add-ons to reach their full potential. This worlds of additional products in an entire ecosystem on its own. We at Universal Robots take the high pride in our ecosystem, which is called UR+.

Application kits

Application kits are useful for those who can install their own solution but are looking for a compatible set of end-effectors, software and other accessories

Components

Components are single products that can be combined with our UR robot to create an entire solution. This includes items such end-effectors, 7th axis, software or teach pendants.

Solutions

Solutions are flexible and easy to integrate and typically allow for variation in the choice of grippers and all the necessary accessories. These pre-assembled packages are ideal if you are looking for a plug-and-play solution with low risk, a manageable budget and on-site setup.

Tried. Tested. Trusted.

Universal Robots has deployed over 90,000 cobots into every manufacturing industry. Companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 giants to local contract machine shops, are leveraging our 6th generation cobots to increase productivity and quality and improve job satisfaction for their manufacturing teams.

Flexible

UR cobots meet the demands for flexibility head-on with industry-leading ease-of-use, intuitive programming, and a powerful back-end for OEMs and developers to add value and meet specific needs. UR cobot-based systems generate ROI that is usually measured in months, not years.

Worker-safe, worker-friendly

Universal Robots has developed the most complete set of safety tools and functions in the industry. Our safety protocols can be configured to meet the varied safety requirements of your plant or facilities and your application risk assessment, letting your manufacturing team work safely side-by-side with UR cobots.

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