Strostkovy
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2017
I work for an off-road business building bumpers and vehicle accessories. We have decided that we want to get a welding robot, but haven't seen anything too impressive. I'm aware that we will need to have excellent fitup and comprehensive jigs, and that is not an issue.
We demoed a Lincoln robot and were thoroughly unimpressed. The controls looked and felt like they were from 1992.
We are looking at Miller and OTC robots currently. It's our understanding that the best system Miller sells is actually a Panasonic GIII Tawers robot with a Panasonic Welder and Panasonic Controls. I don't know what Miller actually brings to the table other than maybe service and distribution.
The OTC looks fine but has a less advanced offline software, which may or may not matter much. Controls seem slightly more dated than the Panasonic.
We will be demoing the OTC and Miller(Panasonic) arms in two weeks. Both promise to be far better than the Lincoln (Fanuc) that mostly sat there giving errors when trying to move between points or calling a function.
Do any of you have experience with any robot welding systems?
We demoed a Lincoln robot and were thoroughly unimpressed. The controls looked and felt like they were from 1992.
We are looking at Miller and OTC robots currently. It's our understanding that the best system Miller sells is actually a Panasonic GIII Tawers robot with a Panasonic Welder and Panasonic Controls. I don't know what Miller actually brings to the table other than maybe service and distribution.
The OTC looks fine but has a less advanced offline software, which may or may not matter much. Controls seem slightly more dated than the Panasonic.
We will be demoing the OTC and Miller(Panasonic) arms in two weeks. Both promise to be far better than the Lincoln (Fanuc) that mostly sat there giving errors when trying to move between points or calling a function.
Do any of you have experience with any robot welding systems?