Nowadays less wear on pistons
Whereas pistons in ship engines were previously heavily loaded and many millimetres had to be machined off, the current generation of ship engines is subject to lower loads and therefore shows less wear on the pistons. “For us, that means we must machine less and apply less overlay. However, the amount of work has not decreased. As soon as the grooves are worn out, the pistons come to us anyway. The difference compared to the past is that we now only apply the overlay that is necessary, and by doing so we have reduced CO₂ emissions. We recondition while maintaining the components,” Jaap Weber explains.
Grown along from G1 to G4 controller
Recently, an older welding robot was replaced again by the latest generation with G4 controller. “While it was a challenge for us to keep the older generation welding robots operational with the spare parts we had in stock, we have said farewell in time to the older VR types. For our operators, this means that they have experienced all updates from G1 to G4 controller. It is certainly a big step, but because the icons on the teach pendant have remained the same, the implementation went quite smoothly. We now still have 2 robots with G1 controller, 1 with G3 and the new one with G4 controller, which has replaced the G2. The plan is to replace the other two old ones in the coming years.”
