Lincoln Electric Robotic Welding Gives Competitive Edge in NASCAR COT

Lincoln Electric Robotic Welding Gives Chrysler and Dodge Motorsports Competitive Edge in NASCAR 'Car of Tomorrow'.

The manufacturer found a 75-Percent productivity increase, plus the teams will pay roughly 50 percent less per frame.

The Robot Takes The Driver Seat
The Lincoln Electric custom robotic welding system consists of a FANUC six-axis robotic arm and controller, powered by a Lincoln Electric Power Wave® 455M. The system includes several subassembly fixtures and one final assembly fixture.

We saw the benefits of the robotic cell immediately, Tom ODell, Specialty Vehicle Engineer Dodge Motorsports Engineering explains. The new process gave us a competitive advantage in the repeatability, weld quality, cost, accuracy and part consistency at the end of assembly. This is why we chose the Lincoln Electric custom robotic weld cell.

It now takes the robotic cell just 39 minutes to weld the frame. Even when you add in the fixture change out and final assembly, it takes less than two hours to complete the center and rear sections.

When compared to the manual welding, Dodge Motorsports decreased the assembly and weld time by approximately 75 percent.

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[limitedjuju]

I concepted and designed the fixtures

[FieroGTP]

Hey i built that cell!! :-D