Smallest Arc Welding Cell Offers Flexibility and Easy Integration

ABB has launched its OmniVance™ FlexArc® Compact -- a new, smaller welding application cell with greater flexibility, ease-of-use and better integration -- to help manufacturers address labor shortages in welding.

"Welding is one of the fastest-growing applications for automation -- and it's being driven by a lack of labor," said Marc Segura, ABB's Robotics Division President. "Rising costs and more challenging customer needs make production more complex, meaning manufacturers need simple automation solutions that can easily adapt to changing market needs. OmniVance FlexArc is our answer. We are making it even smaller, more flexible, and easier to use."

VIDEO: ABB OmniVance™ FlexArc® Compact cell

With the smallest footprint in its class, the OmniVance FlexArc Compact helps manufacturers optimize space, while up to four robots can be added without altering the cell's structure, aiding flexibility.

This new, ready-to-deploy, modular solution incorporates robots, controllers, software, peripherals, and other key components into one simplified, welding application-specific cell.

At 14.3m², the OmniVance FlexArc Compact is the smallest arc welding cell in its class. Its innovative 45-degree gantry robot mount design maximizes the robot's working parameters by placing it in the center of a three-axis turntable, bringing it closer to the workpiece.

As part of a welding cell, ABB has introduced GoFa, a collaborative robot designed to safely work directly and continuously alongside humans and to be very easy to install and use. GoFa helps businesses automate processes involving heavier loads and longer reaches to assist workers with repetitive and ergonomically challenging tasks.

In addition to the robots and cells equipped for welding; other highlights at ABB's IMTS booth include:

• Live 3D printing demo featuring ABB's 3D Printing PowerPac for ABB's RobotStudio® simulation and offline programming software
• MiniMAC robotic grinding cell from ABB Value Provider MESH Automation
• Vision guided FlexLoader™ machine tool tending cell
• Cobot FlexTrainer education cell for interactive classroom training

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