5 articles — Smart Plate welding automation technology for heavy industry applications :General Fabrication Wind Power Petrochemical
This technical article covers automated welding distortion control and fit-up tolerance management for shipbuilding, including parameters, defect countermeasures, standards, and pre-weld checklists.
This technical deep dive covers automated welding process fundamentals, heat input control, defect mitigation, and standards compliance for wind turbine component manufacturing and repair.
Welding Manipulators: Sizing a Column-and-Boom for Real Work A column-and-boom manipulator is a reach machine, not a crane. Buy it for torch placement, not for lifting. The common mistake is sizing the boom by the...
Robot Welding Systems: What Decides Whether a Cell Pays Back A robot cell pays back on repeatability, not on robot speed. I have seen a 6-axis cell with a 1.8 m reach and a 250 kg positioner fail on a family of 14...
EWP-3T hydraulic welding positioner: 3,000 kg capacity, Ø1,400 mm table, -45°/+135° tilt, 0.05-0.5 rpm rotation, infinitely variable hydraulic lift. Specifications, motion range, centre-of-gravity selection chart and scope of delivery.
