Considering user-friendliness and higher production times, robots are rapidly replacing manual or semi-automatic welding processes in industries. Today, robotization is known as an alternate technique for production that increases the qualitative and quantitative competence of industries.

One point that has been observed in some applications is that inappropriate procedure for robotic application in welding process leads to unsatisfactory results. Sometime implementing automation techniques takes an unnecessary amount of time and increases the risk of material loss, re-work and poor weld quality.

Any small business owner will believe that robots will solve every issue, but if automation is implemented without adequate planning or guidance, it could potentially result in significant financial losses and compromise the quality of the welds.

Sometimes, even though automation results in higher productivity and better aesthetics, the properties of welded joints are not good enough to match customer requirements. So it's also necessary to consider welding physics and metallurgy during the implementation of robotic welding.

Objective of this paper is to highlight the use of welding automation in conjunction with adequate fixturing arrangement for increasing arc time & productivity, reducing re-work time and, at the same time, improving quality of the weld joint.

It was observed that due to higher speed and accuracy of automated welding system, increase in mechanical properties, reduction in grain size and reduction in weld defects is also achieved. This study also demonstrates that certain materials can be prepared with welding during manufacturing if they are not readily available in the market in a certain cross section of long extruded shapes.

This article is shared by Raj Vora, Ayush Verma, Snehal Kolte, Ramnivas Singh, Anand Chimanpre1 and Amit Mokashi.