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MRC500 customizable workcell for robotic soldering

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Four New Products for Welding and Soldering

February 28, 2025

Compared with other methods of joining metal or plastic parts, such as fasteners or adhesives, welding and soldering offer many advantages. Here are four new products for welding and soldering.

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Technology Welds Flexible Bus Bars

January 29, 2025

Strunk’s new three-phase resistance welding machine can weld the foil layers of flexible bus bars or compact the strands completely in one operation.

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Adaptive Control for Resistance Welding

John Sprovieri

January 9, 2024

The PRC7000 control for resistance welding provides precise adjustment of the welding current to eliminate spatter and rework.

New Assembly Technique Produces Lightweight Aircraft Fuselages

October 16, 2023

Engineers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed new materials and production methods to reduce the amount of aluminum used in airframes.

New Technology Provides Adaptive Control of Resistance Welding

John Slayton

January 18, 2022

Bosch Rexroth's introduction of adaptive control in 2012 advanced the quality and efficiency of robotic resistance welding. Using cutting-edge hardware and software, adaptive control monitors various process parameters to perfect each weld.

Optimizing the Spot Welding Process

Spot welding can be improved in many ways, starting with selecting the right machine, maintaining heat balance and using advanced controls.

Jim Camillo

April 13, 2021

Kaizen, or continuous improvement, is a basic tenet of lean manufacturing. It says, in effect, that less-than-optimal is never acceptable. The concept can be applied to every major assembly process, including resistance spot welding.

WeldComputer Corp. Offers Free 30-Minute Assessment of any Resistance Welding Operation

June 16, 2020

TROY, NY — WeldComputer Corp. last week announced the launch of a free 30-minute assessment manufacturers can use for all resistance welding operations.The 30-minute assessment is a one-on-one call with a WeldComputer resistance welding expert.

Resistance Projection Welding

For joining dissimilar materials, resistance projection welding offers cost-saving options

Michael E. Fitzgerald

April 5, 2018

Arcs and sparks are commonly used to dramatically depict welding in television commercials, photographs and other images. But in resistance projection welding (RPW), such flashes of light indicate poor welding.

Joining Wire to Small Metal Parts

State-of-the-art welding and soldering equipment ensure that wires are securely joined to terminals or other wires.

Jim Camillo

July 5, 2017

When the average person opens up a refrigerator and grabs a too-warm soda can or bottle, his initial reaction is one of disappointment. But, if that person is an assembler of harnesses for this type of appliance, his initial thought is: Check the evaporator fan wiring harness.

New GM Welding Process Joins Steel to Aluminum

May 24, 2016

WARREN, MI—General Motors engineers have developed a technique to join steel to aluminum with resistance spot welding.

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