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Through defined weld joints high productivity
improvements are achieved!
The company neusser formblech based in Neuss near Düsseldorf develops a numerous
amount of system solutions for sheet metal processing, especially in the fields of
machine equipment, electrical engineering and
the utility vehicle industry. The
company’s strength with its 115
employees is in providing excellent
and
modern
manufacturing
engineering along the entire supply
chain to the growing sheet metal
market.
Next
expansion
of
to
new
the
constant
technologies
neusser formblech’s central aim is
neusser formblech: General Manager Dr. Joachim Sahm und Factory
Manager Helmut Tröster.
to provide a holistic solution for the
individual and specific requirements
of their customers. Worldwide the sheet metal components from neusser formblech –
everything from the single device through to a whole series of items – are installed in all
kinds of work situations. An innovative company from Neuss, which acts on the
international parquet with its committed employees.
Neusser formblech provides a huge variety of its products in steel, copper and
aluminum with a wide range of modern manufacturing processes: 2- und 3D Laser
treatment, punching, tilting and reforming, welding and brazing, turning, drilling and
milling as well as the almost all coating technologies. For example KTL-Coating, which
not only ensures a consistent coating and high corrosion prevention but it is furthermore
possible to powder the devices automatically or lacquer the device with a wet coat
afterwards. The manufacturing process is controlled by a SAP-System.
With the requirements to increase the quality of the welding process as well as to
reduce the cycle time, the company neusser formblech from Neuss, near Düsseldorf
approached Panasonic Robot & Welding Team in order to fulfill these expectations
specifically for the welding a cassette, which is used in the fields of plant manufacturing
and cement industry, neusser formblech searches for a solution, where the devices
could be stretched and accessible in an optimal way, so the whole welding process
could run full automatically. The target was sophisticated: This should allow a low cycle
time compared to manual welding and an improved quality of finished components with
clearly defined weld joints. Through this demand neusser formblech could improve its
post-treatment enormously.
Defined weld joints and cycle time reduction: High productivity improvements!
Neusser formblech decided to invest in a PerformArc Cell Type H-Frame with the
TAWERS TA-1800WG3 Welding robot with two PanaDice positioners. The advantages
of the TAWERS Systems are the integrated Inverter Pulse welding power source,
additionally as standard the robot includes the weld navigation software and the new
G3-Controller with Ethernet connection possibility. These functions are unique to the
Panasonic solution. The implementation of this robot automated system signals a very
important productivity improvement: Not only during the welding process but also in the
general product handling and manufacture procedure. neusser formblech are benefiting
from a high reduction in cycle times across a variety of products . Typically for each
process a welding time of 35 – 40 minutes is saved. Therefore the processing time
could be declined significantly.
Post-treatment of devices is no more a topic at neusser formblech!
Panasonic PerformArc Cell optimizes processes at neusser formblech.
Additionally, excellent stability of weld joint quality can be achieved through the use of
the Panasonic robot. Utilizing the fully automatic welding procedure of the Panasonic
SP-MAG process ensures the weld joints consistently are clearly defined. The robot
easily reaches the difficult accessible welding positions due to the large working range
of 1796 mm reach and its high movement speed with a repeatable accuracy of +/- 0,1
mm.
The easy to operate and user-friendly
programming
additionally
of
an
the
system
advantage
for
is
an
efficient workflow. Here the integrated
weld
navigation
from
Panasonic
supports the operator especially in
finding the optimal parameter for power,
voltage, wire feeding speed and torch
angle.
The Panasonic weld navigation for user-friendly programming.
‘I can clearly state that the weld joint
quality
with
appearance
its
as
improved
produced
visual
by
the
Panasonic welding system is in a
superior quality sector. The huge
amount of different options and the
flexible handling of the robot pays off!’,
Defined weld joint as a connection between two plates through
a nut in the upper surface.
says Dr. Sahm , he also added
‘Panasonic’s
proper
and
efficient
service performance supports the excellent cooperation’.
Neusser formblech is convinced of this robot based solution and plans already to
integrate more products in the welding cell. ‘With the system solution of Panasonic we
were able to reduce cycle times enormously and therefore save productions costs. For
us this is an investment benefit for the long run!’, sums up Mr. Tröster, factory manager
of neusser formblech.
A successful cooperation: General Manager Dr. Joachim Sahm, Factory Manager Helmut Tröster and Director
Stefan Klein Panasonic Robot & Welding.
Contact details:
neusser formblech GmbH
Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems
Europe GmbH
Blindeisenweg 13
Jagenbergstraße 11a
41468 Neuss
41468 Neuss
Telephone: +49 (0) 2131 / 36 64 – 0
Telephone: +49 (0) 2131 / 6 08 99 – 0
Fax: +49 (0) 2131 / 36 64 – 205
Fax: +49 (0) 2131 / 6 08 99 – 200
www.neusserformblech.de
www.panasonicrobotics.eu