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Valk Welding offers a collection of software tools to almost fully automate the offline programming process of industrial welding robots. ARP combines the programming ease of a cobot with the durability, accuracy, and repeatability of Panasonic robots. ‘‘This means that everyone can now program a real welding robot, even without previous experience’’, says James De Villiers, robot programming specialist at Valk Welding.
The ARP software automatically analyzes 3D CAD/STEP files, identifies welds, and recommends welding positions and sequences. It is user-friendly and requires minimal programming knowledge. Additionally, many time-consuming tasks are automated, including the selection of weld seams, the determination of optimal weld sequences to prevent product deformation, and the configuration of robot positions to avoid collisions. Operators can program up to several thousand points in a single day with ARP, a task that would take an experienced programmer up to nine times as long, even with a cobot.
