Welding is crucial in rail vehicle manufacturing. As rail transportation evolves, there's a growing need for intelligent upgrades. ROKAE Robotics collaborates with CRRC Tangshan to leverage expertise in robotics and welding, developing an innovative drag-and-move automatic welding workstation. Together, they advance the transformation of rail transportation equipment manufacturing.
CRRC Tangshan specializes in the research, development, manufacturing, and servicing of high-speed trains, urban rail vehicles, and related diversified industries.
Exquisite Series Welding Robot: The New Benchmark in Intelligent Welding
ROKAE Robotics, using the xMate CR series of cobots as its core, has developed a user-friendly, flexible, smart, and reliable drag-and-drop mobile welding station. This solution addresses key industry challenges and advances the rail transportation sector by optimizing operations and reducing costs.
1. Easy Operation
• Intuitive Direct Teaching: Each joint is equipped with torque sensors, enabling effortless direct teaching with less than 1N force.
• Semi-Automatic Programming: Rapid programming combined with versatile templates generates welding programs from simple inputs, minimizing setup time and skill requirements.
2. Flexible Deployment
• Mobile Workstation: Easily relocatable to different workstations for adaptable production environments.
3. Smart and Efficient
• Advanced Welding Package: Supports straight, curved, oscillating, multi-pass welding, laser positioning, and tracking, suitable for most applications.
• Adaptive Welding: Automatically adjusts parameters based on pre-weld conditions.
4. Reliable Quality
• High Speed and Precision: Achieves 1000mm/min welding speed with precise wire placement and stable feeding, ensuring high-quality welds.
Significant Application Value: Deep Empowerment of Rail Transit Manufacturing
Compared to traditional welding methods, the drag-and-drop mobile automatic welding workstation from ROKAE offers:
•Higher Efficiency: Completes large volumes of welding tasks quickly, reducing labor costs.
•Quality Welds: Precisely controls welding parameters, lowering defect rates and enhancing product quality.
This workstation accommodates complex welding needs across various industries, including rail vehicles, automotive manufacturing, shipbuilding, aerospace, steel structures, and bridge construction.
Its introduction marks an important step towards automation and intelligence in welding. To deepen collaboration, ROKAE will establish a joint engineering and application technology research laboratory with CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., advancing the development of intelligent applications in rail vehicle manufacturing and jointly promoting industry transformation and progress.
