| s no industry that is more involved with the expansion | | | | robotic welding actually hasn’t been around for |
| of the United States than heavy machining and the | | | | very long. Welding units began coming into use around |
| heavy machining industry has been much expanded | | | | the 1960s, but it didn’t exactly catch on for a |
| by the introduction of robotics, even more so the | | | | variety of factors. The early units were pretty |
| robotic welding units that are common in automotive, | | | | expensive and were not always as precise as human |
| aeronautical and other fields. There is nearly no doubt | | | | welders. This has changed a good deal of course, but |
| that the industries that we rely on require the usage of | | | | the 1980s, robotic welding really took hold throughout |
| to make certain that the welds are accurate, precise | | | | most of heavy industry. This meant that many of the |
| and timely. The goods that most of the world needs | | | | aerospace and automotive companies relied almost |
| would be significantly more expensive if the types of | | | | solely on robots to complete the vast majority of the |
| robots around to machine shops and production lines | | | | welds on the assembly line. There is nearly no doubt |
| were not around. | | | | that these robots revolutionized the way that business |
| Things were not always as easy. In the early days of | | | | gets done in the machining industry, and since the |
| the automotive industry, the production line produced | | | | 1980s, even more advancements have been made. |
| much more slowly and there was a great need for | | | | These robot welders are extremely adept at almost all |
| expert welders at almost every station of the | | | | types of welds. |
| assembly line. This of course was quite costly as there | | | | Now, more than ever, finding a great fabrication shop |
| was almost no room for error, so the welders had to | | | | with the correct type of welding system can make a |
| be very good at what they did. There was no place | | | | huge difference in the profitability of the companies. |
| for people who didn’t know what they were | | | | There are many types of welding systems that are |
| doing because efficiency was so necessary. Things | | | | presently available, and the types of welding equipment |
| got even more precise when welders starting making | | | | that a fabricator has at their disposal is a great |
| on aeronautics. There was literally zero room for error, | | | | indication of the way that they are equipped to handle |
| as the tolerance for welds on aeronautics are so low | | | | the challenges of ever-increasing precision demands in |
| and the demands to have a weld hold are so essential. | | | | the 21st century. |
| What most people don’t understand is that | | | | |