With the transition from a traditional mechanical workshop to a supplier of state-of-the-art products under its own brand name, Swedish company Timars AB has invested significantly in modernising its production facility, improving workflow efficiency and robotised welding production. “Valk Welding delivered an ultramodern welding robot installation with automatic programming, which enhances our production flexibility to meet the increasing market demand,” says CEO Fredrik Janstorp. “With Valk Welding, we have chosen premium.”
Timars AB focuses on three specific business areas: container handling, transportation and industrials . Each product group is optimally served by its own salespeople, who have extensive product and market knowledge of the specific industry, while production for all business areas comes from a single central production facility. “In our long-term strategy we expect strong growth, aiming to double the group’s turnover by 2030,” continues Fredrik Janstorp.
In addition to development, Timars focuses on design, welding, assembly, and manufacturing, where semi-finished products are more frequently outsourced to subcontractors. Timars collaborates closely with the local schools, yet the shortage of new welders is a problem for growth.
“Welding production is one of the major challenges we face,” says the CEO. “Welding automation seemed like a logical step, but we didn’t want to get bogged down in days of programming. Extensive research led Timars to collaborate with welding expert Yngve Saarela, resulting in a partnership with the European welding integrator Valk Welding. Visits to Hammar Maskin and meetings at the Elmia trade fair confirmed this as the right choice.”
“Valk Welding could offer us both the hardware and software, installation, training, service, and welding wire as a turn-key solution. This meant one partner for the complete picture with an interesting delivery time. Of course, we also approached other integrators, but Valk Welding seemed large enough for such a project and small enough to keep the lines short.”
“Since we don’t do mass production, short lead times from design to final product are crucial. In this regard, the programming time for the welding robot is decisive.
Valk Welding offers an automatic programming solution where we upload our 3D drawings to a cloud environment, and the programs for the welding robot are automatically generated. This allows us to deploy the welding robot quickly and flexibly, both for single items and small quantities,” explains Fredrik Janstorp.
Apart from all the efficiency benefits, Timars sees the use of a robot as a great advantage for its employees, for whom welding construction parts often involves significant physical effort.
“All in all, this investment solidifies our position as a reliable, safe, and customer focused industry leader, making us even more competitive and ready for further growth, delivering value through cutting-edge technology and efficient production.”
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