These companies are able to take skilled welders out of menial, repetitive jobs and put them on the challenging jobs that they actually ENJOY doing more. Until the number of skilled welders starts to catch up with the amount of work out there that needs welding, you should see good welding grads getting snatched up as soon as they get their diploma. If that's not the case where you're from, come to the Midwest, I guarantee you'll get a job.
We're in Kansas, and most all of our welding business is in Ag Manufacturing plants located in small towns in Kansas. We sell robots to a lot of companies who have good welders retiring and nobody to replace them.
I'm not sure why there is such a deficit between demand and supply for good welders. I know that not enough kids want to get into a hard working field anymore, they want to get business degrees and get rich quick, the same goes for engineering and all science-based fields, no new blood
why use a robot to do something small like this when there are so many people looking for jobs, and not only that but it makes less need for skill trades so when a young welder just finishes collage with his aprenticeship behind him he has no job, coz all the jobs if havent got a 50year old experienced welder doin them the fukin MACHINE IS DOIN THEM INSTEAD! so nice new aprentice no job no bread, we hav another jobseekers allowance candidate!
The reason this company is automating so heavily is that there is an incredible demand for skilled welders. It is nearly impossible to find good welders in this area, and the ones that are good are retiring. Current estimates are that there are only about 20% of the needed amount of welders coming up, and a huge deficit is being created between the number of jobs needed, and the number of skilled welders available to do the work. The average age of welders in America is in their mid-late 50's!
since it's welding a circular path, that cylinder could have just been mounted on a rotary table and turned whilst the torch was held still - that'd have worked out about $129k cheaper. obviously not as good if you have complex 3d seams to weld, but this weld doesn't need an arm
Awesome machine. I can only imagine how expensive that machine is. Im sure it dramatically increases precision, production time, and reduces failed welds.
Actually its a lot less expensive than some people think. I thought that these things were really high when I first saw them, but compared to other equipment manufacturers buy its pretty minimal.
I think this cell cost those guys about $130k. That is a lot of money to a layman, but if you consider that they welded an entire year's worth of parts in a couple of weeks, and that they now do over 60 parts on this one machine that were all being done by hand, it has probably already paid for itself! That's with only 6 months or so of time on the machine! They love this machine so much that we are already halfway through a second, bigger, cell for them, and are in talks for a third!
These companies are able to take skilled welders out of menial, repetitive jobs and put them on the challenging jobs that they actually ENJOY doing more. Until the number of skilled welders starts to catch up with the amount of work out there that needs welding, you should see good welding grads getting snatched up as soon as they get their diploma. If that's not the case where you're from, come to the Midwest, I guarantee you'll get a job.
encobotics 3 years ago
where about in the world are you mate? and how come there is a shortage of welders, i am a gr8 mig welder and certified 2
julzrafpilot 3 years ago
We're in Kansas, and most all of our welding business is in Ag Manufacturing plants located in small towns in Kansas. We sell robots to a lot of companies who have good welders retiring and nobody to replace them.
I'm not sure why there is such a deficit between demand and supply for good welders. I know that not enough kids want to get into a hard working field anymore, they want to get business degrees and get rich quick, the same goes for engineering and all science-based fields, no new blood
encobotics 3 years ago
why use a robot to do something small like this when there are so many people looking for jobs, and not only that but it makes less need for skill trades so when a young welder just finishes collage with his aprenticeship behind him he has no job, coz all the jobs if havent got a 50year old experienced welder doin them the fukin MACHINE IS DOIN THEM INSTEAD! so nice new aprentice no job no bread, we hav another jobseekers allowance candidate!
julzrafpilot 3 years ago
The reason this company is automating so heavily is that there is an incredible demand for skilled welders. It is nearly impossible to find good welders in this area, and the ones that are good are retiring. Current estimates are that there are only about 20% of the needed amount of welders coming up, and a huge deficit is being created between the number of jobs needed, and the number of skilled welders available to do the work. The average age of welders in America is in their mid-late 50's!
encobotics 3 years ago
since it's welding a circular path, that cylinder could have just been mounted on a rotary table and turned whilst the torch was held still - that'd have worked out about $129k cheaper. obviously not as good if you have complex 3d seams to weld, but this weld doesn't need an arm
lexichronicle 4 years ago
This is not the only part they weld on this robot. They already have 75 different fixtures running on this system. Thanks for checking us out...
encobotics 4 years ago
Awesome machine. I can only imagine how expensive that machine is. Im sure it dramatically increases precision, production time, and reduces failed welds.
modernceo 4 years ago
Actually its a lot less expensive than some people think. I thought that these things were really high when I first saw them, but compared to other equipment manufacturers buy its pretty minimal.
encobotics 4 years ago
I think this cell cost those guys about $130k. That is a lot of money to a layman, but if you consider that they welded an entire year's worth of parts in a couple of weeks, and that they now do over 60 parts on this one machine that were all being done by hand, it has probably already paid for itself! That's with only 6 months or so of time on the machine! They love this machine so much that we are already halfway through a second, bigger, cell for them, and are in talks for a third!
encobotics 4 years ago