Workforce shortage in welding technology: Cobots provide immediate help.
How collaborative welding robots reduce production bottlenecks, stabilize quality, and secure expertise.
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The skills gap: a global problem
Cobots have become a key technology because manufacturing companies worldwide are suffering from a growing shortage of skilled workers.
Experienced welding specialists are increasingly retiring, while there is a lack of young talent.
The consequences: bottlenecks, rising costs, and higher quality requirements.
Our whitepaper shows how cobots can specifically relieve the burden on those responsible for manufacturing and welding technology.
Our whitepaper shows how cobots:
- relief skilled workers instead of replacing them
- ensure stable quality even with fluctuating staffing levels
- make automation possible for SMEs without high efforts
Why cobots are becoming the solution just now
Welding cobots bridge the gap between manual welding and fully automated industrial robot systems.
They excel precisely where traditional automation reaches its limits: with changing component geometries, smaller batch sizes, and limited human resources.
The shortage of skilled workers in welding technology is increasing worldwide. At the same time, demands on quality, process reliability, and productivity are rising. Many companies are faced with the challenge of meeting these expectations without being able to recruit additional qualified personnel.
Welding cobots offer a practical solution to this problem. They enable a structured introduction to automation without high investment or training costs. Thanks to their intuitive operation and flexible programming, they can be quickly integrated into existing production processes – even in companies without extensive robotics experience.
- Easy implementation
- Intuitive operation
- Minimal training time
- Fast programming, even for small batch sizes
- High flexibility with varying geometries
- Consistent weld seam quality
- Higher profitability
Insights into welding with cobots
Cobots do not replace anyone – they empower skilled workers
A common fear about automation is that it will take away jobs. But when it comes to cobot welding, it's a different story.
Cobots primarily take over monotonous, repetitive, and physically demanding welding tasks. This noticeably reduces the workload on skilled workers, allowing them to concentrate on more demanding tasks – such as complex welding tasks, quality control, or process optimization.
At the same time, valuable know-how remains within the company: experienced welders program the cobots, contribute their expertise in a targeted manner, and ensure that processes are running smoothly and in line with quality standards. In this way, specialist knowledge is not displaced, but systematically utilized and secured.
In addition, cobots improve working conditions in the welding industry. Less physical strain and monotonous work have a positive effect on motivation, satisfaction, and long-term employee retention – an important factor in times of skilled labor shortages.
Welding cobots are therefore not competition for skilled workers, but rather a tool that increases productivity, stabilizes quality, and makes the welding profession more attractive in the long term.
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