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reddarcwelders · 5 years

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A Solution to the Skilled Welding Labor Shortage

The manufacturing industry is in distress. There is a shortage of skilled talent and this gap is only widening. While manufacturing companies are able to make goods faster and cheaper than ever, there is a growing lack of skilled manufacturing employees to ensure that production continues. Industry projections from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, among other industry analysts, predict that over the next decade, more than 2 million manufacturing jobs will go unfilled across the U.S.

This decline in skilled manufacturing workers is a result of two issues:

• A very large portion of workers at or near retirement age • Incoming generations that are far less interested in the manufacturing industry

Welding is perhaps one of the susceptible areas in manufacturing to this trend because of the skill welding requires. The lack of skilled welders is causing large inefficiencies in the manufacturing industry due to understaffing and also causing pay rates of skilled welders to increase higher and higher. Since it does not appear that upcoming generations will have a large participation rate as welders, the solution to the problem will likely be solved by the implementation of automated welding solutions.

Automated Welding Solutions That Deliver ROI

Automated welding solutions come in a variety of forms.

Automated welding robot machines, automatic welding bugs, automatic orbital welding machines, and even automated resistance welding equipment are being used to help combat the void created by a lack of skilled welders.

The lack of skilled welders is causing large inefficiencies in the manufacturing industry

Although full-auto arc welding machines are part of the remedy, they are not panacea. Fully-automated welding solutions often require high capital expenditure, require expensive skilled programming personnel, and pose significant safety risks if not set-up properly. The trade-off between the benefits of fully-automatic welding machines and their disadvantages led to the development of a new type of automated welding solution: the welding cobot.

Enter: The Cobot (a Collaborative Robot)

The name cobot is short for “collaborative robot”. The increase of cobot development and deployment is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry.

Welding cobots are unique welding tools that hold many advantages over other automated welding machines, especially traditional welding robotic systems.

Cobots have special mechanisms and move in such a way that enable them to have little to no safety fencing.

While the reduction in spending on safety equipment and the potential for increased safety at the same time is an excellent benefit, the most important benefit of cobot use in an automated welding system is the reduced costs associated with installation and programming.

What Changes?

Traditional automatic robotic welding machines require a high level of skill to program. Oftentimes many years of knowledge and experience are required to set up an automated weld cell; for this reason, many companies elect to hire contractors to do this work for them, adding to the already high cost.

With cobots, the programming of the machine is much simpler. The programming software is engineered to be user-friendly, vastly decreasing the instruction time required to train a programmer. This not only lowers the initial costs of programming, but also enables a cobot to have a high degree of flexibility.

The decrease in programming time and safety equipment and the increase in flexibility typically result in a very short ROI timeline and reduce the dependency on skilled welders and automated welding robot programmers.

Red-D-Arc understands that many of our customers are not immune to the trends affecting the manufacturing industry as a whole. We know that maintaining a technological advantage is key to success. In order to help our customers fight increasing costs associated with the decline in skilled welding employees and complicated automatic welding machines, Red-D-Arc offers collaborative welding robot solutions.

BotX-Welder – The Robotic Welding Solution

The BotX-Welder is our cobot product solution for our customers. The BotX-Welder package comes with a UR10e cobot arm created by Universal Robotics, a leader in cobot development.

In conjunction with this robot arm, the Bot-X Welder system also comes with an XMT350 MPa MIG welder and S74 MPa Plus wirefeeder, both made by Miller Electric. A MIG torch and a welding fabrication table are also included in the BotX-Welder cobot bundle.

While the hardware is state-of-the-art, it is the software in the BotX-Welder package that truly sets it apart.

The robot arm in the Bot-X automated welding system controlled by the Hirerobotics application, which can be used with either iOS or Android operating systems. The Hirerobotics app is much easier to use than a traditional automatic robotic welding machine teach pendant.

What’s more is that the Bot-X Welder also comes with an expansive library of welding routines, with weld parameters made to fit almost any application. Welding can be automatically monitored and recorded through cloud connectivity.

This allows remote users to view weld data from anywhere in the world as long as they are connected to the network.

The cost and risks of a new technologies are often high. Red-D-Arc eliminates the risk of failed automatic welding machine implementations by only charging our customers by the productive hour when using the Bot-X Welder.

This enables users to try the machine out, use it as much as they need it, and get rid of it when it ceases to provide value. The pay-as-you-go system is much easier and more cost-effective than the traditional hiring and firing of personnel.

Maintaining a technological advantage is key not only to prosperity in the manufacturing industry, it is essential to survival. As more and more efficient means of weld production are developed and as the number of skilled welding laborers decline, the pressure is on to adapt.

Red-D-Arc has always and will continue to support our customers through industry shifts. The Bot-X cobot welding system is another way we help you keep ahead of the competition.

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reddarcwelders · 5 years

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New Products Featuring ArcReach Technology

EX360 FieldPro Multi-process Welder

ArcReach® technology is an investment that results in a lot of time saved during welding operations. With most welding equipment the operator needs to walk back and forth to adjust output voltage – sometimes over hundreds of feet – multiple times during a job. This results in hundreds of wasted hours and thousands of lost dollars over the course of a large project.

ArcReach technology enables welders to adjust the voltage settings right at the point of welding

ArcReach technology enables welders to adjust the voltage settings right at the point of welding instead of walking all the way to the power source and back. Even worse, if the voltage settings are “just good enough”, the operator might not bother making the trip, resulting in lower quality welds.

How Does Arc Reach Work?

With ArcReach®, the digital signal is carries voltage information via the weld cables. The connection happens automatically. The ArcReach software in the power source receives the signals it receives from the remote accessory or wire feeder and adjusts the output as indicated by the operator.

New Red-D-Arc Welders With ArcReach®

Red-D-Arc is pleased to announce the launch of our own line of equipment enabled with ArcReach®technology. The EX360 Fieldpro is an excellent machine for welding pipe in the field, working in shipyards or working across large distances and heights in the construction industry. Our D624K HO Diesel Engine Welder features infinite arc control which enables welding arc characteristics to be adapted for specific welding applications using stick welding, MIG and flux-cored welding techniques.

The Red-D-Arc D624K HO Portable Diesel Engine Welder

ArcReach Welding Accessories

We also carry the arc reach components needed to complete your ArcReach® enabled welding set up. The ArcReach® Suitcase 12 Wire Feeder is compatible with all ArcReach® enabled products and enables all the welding adjustments to be made at the point of welding. The portable ArcReach® Stick-TIG Remote automatically changes to Stick mode if electrode positive polarity is detected or TIG mode when if electrode negative polarity is detected eliminating the need to walk back to the power supply.

Welders will benefit with more arc-on time and improved weld quality. Not only that, there won’t be extra control cables cluttering up the worksite, creating a trip hazard. Faster, better, safer welding. ArcReach® technology is an investment you can’t afford to pass up.

Arc Reach Enabled Welding Equipment

EX360 FieldPro ArcReach Multiprocess Welder D624K HO Diesel Welder with ArcReach D325K 3+12 Diesel Engine Welder Miller XMT 350 FieldPro Multiprocess ArcReach Suitcase 12 Wirefeeder

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reddarcwelders · 5 years

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Preventing Wire Feed Issues in MIG and Flux-Cored Welding

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How do I prevent wire feeding issues when using the MIG welding (GMAW) or flux-cored arc welding (FCAW) process?

Wire feeding issues can be caused by a variety of circumstances. Some of the most common reasons for wire feeding issues include:

Drive roll tension: The drive rolls that push or pull the wire through the system have a tension that is either too great or too little. Adjust the spring pressure until tension is appropriate.

Drive roll size: The drive rolls may be the wrong size. For instance, if 1.3 mm drive rolls are being used to move 0.9 mm wire, slipping will most likely occur.

Drive roll type: Some wire require specific kinds of grooves for optimal feeding. Flux-cored and metal-cored arc welding wires typically require V-groove drive rolls that are knurled. Aluminum wires require a smooth U-shaped groove.

Drive roll condition: Worn drive rolls will be ineffective at moving wire through the system.

Liner size: If a liner is too small for the wire it will not feed. If the liner is too big, the wire may have too much freedom to twist inside of it, causing an unpredictable feed.

Liner type: For most wires, steel liners work excellent. However, some wires, such as aluminum, require a nylon liner to help ensure proper feeding.

Liner condition: A worn liner will be detrimental to wire feeding. Replace the liner if it is worn or damaged.

Contact tip size: A proper contact tip size should be used. If the tip is too small, the wire will not feed; if the tip is too large, wire feeding and electrical conductivity may be negatively affected.

Wire condition: Not all wire manufacturers put out the same quality product. Some wires may have thin and thick spots as well as lubricants that can cause poor wire feeding.

View our selection of semi-automatic wirefeeders and MIG wire feed welders.

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