TPT September 2022

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Greater production flexibility demanded by the international tube welding industry

can be rotated, scaled, moved and even mirrored. Solutions that significantly simplify your production process.” Another time-saving innovation developed by AWL is parametric programming. An example is its fire sprinkler machine, where users no longer programme the robot path per tube, but enter only the diameter and connection angle. After that, the computer application calculates its route itself.

also be integrated at tube processors, fitting-radiator and heat exchanger producers. A spokesperson said: “In a quickly shifting market, we are convinced that in the coming years, automation and robotisation will shape the world in which we live and work.” “We have developed intelligent applications, such as visual software, that make it possible to convert shapes into robot code and edit this data subsequently. This enables us to move welding points without much programming work. Complete shapes

SYSTEM integrator AWL is adapting and evolving in a rapidly changing manufacturing industry, which is demanding more and more production flexibility with a low volume and great variety. AWL is contributing with its smart robotics and innovative programming. The company is an innovator of high quality and flexible robotic/laser, welding, especially with thin-walled carbon steel, thick-walled stainless steel or aluminium with small to midsize diameters. AWL has also developed turnkey robot solutions, which can

AWL www.awl.nl Inelco Grinders and WeldingDroid focus on boosting pipe welding quality

“A stainless steel Ø960 × 2 is welded in 13 minutes, including an overlap of 10mm. In addition, WeldingDroid X1 guarantees a uniformly high welding quality and there is no need for corrections of welding defects,” said Mikkel Falk, CEO of WeldingDroid. In automated welding, it is a requirement that the electrode is uniform and precise to ensure the perfect conditions for the weld. Claus Brandborg, sales manager for Inelco Grinders, said: “Inelco Grinders’ guarantees precision grinding as well as an automated grinding process. It is especially important in automated TIG welding that the tip of the tungsten electrode is centred.” With Inelco Grinders’ Ultima-TIG, fast and uniform grinding of the tungsten electrodes is achieved. Ultima-TIG-Cut can prepare electrodes of any desired length if shorter electrodes are needed for the automated welding. Inelco Grinders offer tungsten grinders that guarantee safe and accurate grinding of tungsten electrodes. This improves welding efficiency and welding quality. In addition, they reduce the waste of expensive tungsten electrodes and reduce the time spent on grinding, which ultimately ensures savings. For many years, welding pipes has been hard manual work with awkward working positions for many hours every day. By introducing WeldingDroid software, as well as integrating the power source, wire feed and machine learning into WeldingDroid’s intuitive user interface, the company has eliminated cumbersome machine setup, allowing the operator to resize the tube in seconds.

INELCO Grinders and WeldingDroid have joined forces to improve welding quality while also increasing customer efficiency. Inelco Grinders is experienced in the development, production and sale of dry and wet grinders for grinding tungsten electrodes used in TIG welding. WeldingDroid uses proprietary software with the aim to auto-generate perfect pipe, tube and tank welding. It develops and manufactures machines that address the problems that are often found in the pipe welding industry such the lack of skilled and qualified welders and pipefitters. “Using a WeldingDroid, you can increase productivity with three to six times faster welds. A stainless steel Ø406 × 3 is welded in less than six minutes, including 10mm overlap.” Ultima-TIG-Cut can prepare electrodes of any desired length if shorter electrodes are needed

Inelco Grinders www.inelco-grinders.com WeldingDroid www.weldingdroid.com

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