Over 200 Panasonic welding robots integrated with Panasonic welders have been purchased by a major auto parts manufacturer in Kitchener, Ontario, the town where New Age Robotics is located. Since the early eighties, this company's success has been owed in part to the optimum usage of robots for MIG welding. Hundreds of robots of most major brands and vintages have run production since and have contributed to the success of this company in the North American market. For the longest time, this manufacturer, who's welding engineers are some of the best one can get, has had problems with what could be called "diluted responsibilty" when it came to arc troubleshooting.As you probably already know, the arc is in a gray area. Two machines of different manufacturers are married into a robotic welding unit and neither the robot house or the welding power source suppliers have full responsibility. Usually end users fully rely on the mechanical or electrical automation integrators as source of welding expertise.
If you weld with too much splatter, change too many weld tips, or the torch needs constant cleaning, you should consider talking with us. We will easily convince you by showing you how it works, that a Panasonic welding robot is what you need to weld successfully.
Did you know that Panasonic is a welding leader in Asia? We did not! We were integrating everybody's robot with everybody else's welder, until our best customer, with the purchase of the 200 Panasonic robots, has introduced us to the world of Pansonic welding. They have asked us to become Canada's Panasonic service house. Traditionally we were able to cut service costs or board repair costs to a fraction of what the original manufacturer would charge.
Since January 1999, Panasonic welding robots have started to arrive. We found out somebody engineered a welder that has a robot as a peripheral. The C type robotic welders are delivered as appliances. Everything you need is in the box including some tools. We may strike an arc in about two hours from delivery of the machine. The welder is wheeled inside the robot cabinet. The serial communication connection between the welder and robot reminds me of a printer being connected to a computer.
There are many advantages to using Panasonic. At power up, the robot is aksing which gas you are using, which wire diameter you want to use and the screen prompts you with recipes for welding of various metal thickness from light to heavy gage. For more help, indicate the type of joint, the thickness of the metal and the robot will update the welding parameters by choosing from a two million waveform library.
The first weld is encouraging, as if you have hit the right buttons on a welder.
Adjustments while the robot is welding are possible. From the robot teach pendant, you could finely adjust the seam to your taste as you watch the arc through a welding mask. The desired penetration, weld aspect, and optimum welding speed are easy to achieve. Touch sense is standard with every robot. In addition, you could define a bracket in which your weld current needs to be. Once the current is outside the bracket, the robot will issue an alarm.
No tip dressing stations are necessary with a Panasonic welder. Tip changing? The robot does not blow tips! One of our customers running two shifts at 290A has used eight tips since August 1st until the middle of October. Another customer, who used to touch up welds daily with his previous robots, complained that he forgot the key strokes on his Panasonic robot as he did not have to touch it since Christmas until March.
We have sold over two million dollars of Panasonic welding robots and power supplies in our first year of dealing with Panasonic. Three of the Panasonic welding engineers are based at our plant. They are continuously trained in using efficiently their products to achieve higher welding speeds with eventualy reduction in consumables.
My opinion about Panasonic welding robots is that they are capable of turning a floor operator or maintenance personnel into a welding specialist. Aluminum welding has become an easy task for us since our partnership with Panasonic.
Please take a look at the Tawers Robot Series by clicking HERE. In addition, we are building our own versions of robotic cells, designed upon customer specifications. NAR has the capability of integrating complete cells with tooling plus we use 3D design as well as graphic simulations or robot offline programming.
Cornel Cosma, President of NAR
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