R&E Engineering is a proud representative of CLOOS Robotic Welding System. CLOOS is a German company specialising in the welding industry. The company was established in the 1919 and has been developing robotic welding technology since 1978. CLOOS is undoubtedly a globally leading company in the industry.

Western Australia is fairly new in the robotic and automation industry in general. However, over the course of more than 15 years in the business, R&E Engineering witnessed an uptrend in the robotic welding industry especially in 2018. Fabrication companies in WA have noticed the need for robotic welding systems. This is to keep up with increasing market demand and competition while reducing labour costs.

This year, we were awarded projects to supply and install two of the largest robotic welding systems in Western Australia to date. One of the systems feature a 20 x 10 meters double-gantry system. The other, features a 5-tonne multi-axis workpiece positioner which can be converted into a horizontal positioner with moveable tailstock and tandem torch, which has a deposition rate up to 26 kg/hour. The system comes with an automatic torch changer to switch between single-wire and tandem torch quickly.

Additionally, both systems are equipped with offline programming software and laser sensors. Which is used to improve efficiency in programming the robot. The offline software enables the operator to program while the robot is welding and the laser sensors enable quick part detection, continuous monitoring of the weld seam, and required volume of wire resulting in quicker and more precise welds.

These two large systems are set to arrive in Western Australia in January. Before the final shipment, R&E Engineering carried out a pre-acceptance of the systems. We also carried out an inspection of the systems along with the clients. The inspection was done in November and went very smoothly. The clients were very happy with the quality of the build, weld and the system as a whole. They are very excited for the installation (as we are!) when it arrives in WA this coming January.

Here are some sneak peeks of the systems taken during the inspection!

First CLOOS System

Second CLOOS System

Stay tuned for more news and information regarding these systems!
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