TPT March 2020

Thinking about smart industry

Visit us at Tube 2020 and see a laser welding demo of tubes! Hall 6 | J16

The manufacturing industry is changing rapidly and demanding more and more production flexibility with a low volume and great variety. AWL helps you with smart robotics and innovative programming. This concerns proven, turnkey robot solutions, which can also be integrated at tube processors and fitting-, radiator- and heat exchanger producers. Especially with thin-walled steel, stainless steel, or aluminum, in small to midsize diameters. AWL sets the standard worldwide as the innovator of high quality and flexible robotic (laser) welding. “In a quickly shifting market, we are convinced that in the coming years, automation and robotization will shape the world in which we live and work...” Who is AWL? AWL is a respected systems integrator of state-of- the-art automation, robotics, and jointing tech- niques. With 50 years of experience, over 775 em- ployees worldwide and offices in the Netherlands, England, the Czech Republic, China, Mexico, and the United States, AWL increases your global productivi- ty through smart, proven solutions.

Smart robotics An important focus of AWL is increasing your robot effectiveness. For this, we have developed intelligent applications, such as visual software, that make it possible to convert CAD data into robot code and to edit this data subsequently. This enables us to move welding points without much programming work; complete shapes can be rotated, scaled, moved, and mirrored even. Solutions that significantly simplify your production process. Smart programming Another time-saving innovation, developed by AWL, is parametric programming. With this, you no longer program the robot path per tube, but you enter only the diameter and connection angle. After that, the robot calculates its route itself. Imagine how many hours of programming time you’ll save yourself at the changeover to new tube combinations. In addition, a laser-welded tube needs little or no post-processing anymore on both the inner and outer sides. In other words, fewer processing steps and lower production costs. This is an advantage that will make everyone think...

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