TPT March 2024

TUBE WELDING MACHINES & TECHNOLOGY

or implementing suitable software to plan, track, and document the workshop processes. These solutions can be realised as easily on a small scale as they can for multi-million Euro mega projects, and they can still bring significant benefits. “We have always worked this way, why should we change now?” – while this argument is seldom voiced so directly, it can be an underlying cause for resistance to improvement. It is the least valid one, because it demonstrates a sense of complacency, which is detrimental to any company’s goal of fabricating efficiently. Unfortunately, this is a problem that the best technology cannot resolve. In order to realise any improvements in the shop, there has to be a will to embrace new technologies and methods. Since automation in spool prefabrication is a complex topic, it often requires careful study and analysis before any decision can be made. 3R solutions can offer assistance and technical support. The company guides and helps its customers determine the requirements and how to implement the most suitable technology. 3R can easily identify the

• Increased productivity – by automating it is possible to fabricate faster and with less handling, idle or waiting time. • Improved tracking and traceability – since each process is planned and monitored, it is easy to track and document all activities inside the shop. All in all, times are changing. Processes and methods are improving and pipe shops need to use new opportunities like automation technologies to stay relevant in today’s rapidly evolving industry.

many benefits of automation and show how it can be applicable to a customer’s process. These benefits include, but are not limited to: • Repeatability – a mechanised system will always weld with the same parameters, the same accuracy and the same quality. It will not get tired or exhausted, so the tenth weld will have the same quality as the first weld. • Independence from HR constraints – there is a growing scarcity of qualified welders. By automating/mechanising the welding process, it is possible to maintain or even increase output, without being affected by this scarcity.

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