Tekla keeps quality and quantity in balance

Welding robot versus hand-held welder

With production numbers increasing to up to 6,000 items per year, two questions play a critical role. How do you achieve the necessary increase in production capacity, and how do you guarantee quality in the process? According to Krzysztof Tekla, “It was impossible to achieve the increase in production due to a lack of qualified welders. The use of welding robots was the only solution. I came across Valk Welding while researching the market. Their concept immediately appealed to me. Moreover, they were able not only to supply the system but also to train our people and support them in the start-up phase. Having visited reference companies and spoken with users, we quickly became convinced that Valk Welding was the right welding robot integrator for us.”

Directly visible advantages

“Production has gone up by 40% since the welding robot system was put into operation. Our company’s problem with undercapacity has therefore also been solved, which means that we no longer lose any customers to the competition because of delivery time or quality. Apart from a higher and above all consistent weld quality, we have less friction on the welding wire, wire tips and gas nozzles and we use less shielding gas, due to the use of Wire Wizard components. We no longer have any rework of products either. If a manually welded heat exchanger is not 100% leakproof, the whole process has to be repeated,” explains Krzysztof Tekla.

Investing in robots opens up perspectives

“Automated production is an initiative that you have to carry out with an eye on long term approach. You have to look not only at the costs but above all at the possibilities a robot offers. I can see us using several robots in the future, not only for the welding process,” concludes Krzysztof Tekla.
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