Why are foreigners using flexible welding tools?

Now many manufacturers need to meet the requirements of welding accuracy and have made many special fixtures. Although the special fixture improves the welding accuracy to a certain extent, it also brings three main problems. First, the production efficiency is too low. Engineers need to spend a week or even weeks designing special tooling, thus prolonging the production cycle. Second, special tooling takes up a lot of space in the factory. These special tools are only used for specific products. If the factory stops producing this product, then this set of special tooling will be scrapped. Many factories put a large number of unused special tooling in the warehouse. The picture below is what we saw at the customer site. The factory has a warehouse dedicated to storing unused special tools. Third, the production cost is too high. Because the special fixture is only for a specific product, the company needs to design different special fixtures to meet the welding accuracy requirements when receiving products with different specifications. Many factories need to invest tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of special tooling every year. grow

Manufacturing environment

In today's manufacturing environment, many bosses and managers have begun to turn to inventory-free systems instead of following traditional mass production methods. Many factories will receive orders for small quantities and varieties. Customers may place orders with different product sizes and specifications. If each order needs to design special tooling, it may take 3 -6 weeks or even longer to design tooling. The drawing design, manufacture, installation and debugging of special tooling have greatly extended the production cycle. Semi-finished products need to wait for the completion of special tooling before entering the next process. However, in today's competitive era, we need to better meet the needs of the market and improve production efficiency. solution

What benefits does the flexible welding fixture bring? Manufacturers no longer need to produce special tools. The factory can flexibly assemble a set of welding tools according to the needs of customer products. Flexible welding fixture is particularly useful in prototype design. If the factory receives an order for a new product, the engineer can design a scheme with CAD in a few hours or days, and then assemble a set of fixtures to meet the welding accuracy requirements. Because many accessories are adjustable and universal, the flexible welding fixture realizes the functions of flexibility and repeatability.