Welding robots make shipbuilding easier

Building a ship is a huge project. Robots make it all easier.

In the history of mankind, shipbuilding has been called an “art”, and it depends mainly on the ability and skill of the shipbuilders themselves to solve problems. But there have been some earth-shaking changes in the past few years, and now it’s as common to build a small city-sized boat that has become a cruise with your family. Robot construction techniques have played a key role in this transformation to a large extent.

In the history of mankind, shipbuilding has been called an “art”, and it depends mainly on the ability and skill of the shipbuilders themselves to solve problems. But there have been some earth-shaking changes in the past few years, and now it’s as common to build a small city-sized boat that has become a cruise with your family. Robot construction techniques have played a key role in this transformation to a large extent.

For more than 25 years, Dutch robot integrator KRANENDONK has been using ABB robots to reform shipbuilding technology to make continuous improvements. We are honored to be a partner with it.

Building a boat is like splicing a puzzle, but at the same time it is like building a city block. All pieces of the puzzle are spliced ​​on the dock (where the boat stops before sailing). In order to increase the efficiency of this process, shipyards use production lines to prepare individual components.

If you've ever worked on a particularly large puzzle, you can appreciate that the process itself is already a huge challenge, but when you consider the "jumps" of shipbuilding, each piece has a different shape and imagines the city. When the block is such a size, you will definitely feel the difficulty and intensity of this challenge.

A variety of complex components make the automated production of the process very difficult, but this automation can be easily accomplished with a little ingenuity. For example, the robot can analyze each assembly step; the smart sensors and software also allow the robot "program" to adjust itself during operation.

To this end, KRANENDONK developed the robotic welding software package RinasWeld to control the ABB robot and to give operational instructions to the robot based on the ship's 3D model. With this software, automatic welding can be achieved even if the shape and size of each part of the ship are different. In a sense, robots use artificial intelligence to automate processes that are difficult to automate.

This technology has revolutionized shipyards around the world. The shipyard requires a small footprint and is stable and reliable. High quality welding means that the performance and safety of the ship is improved, which is good for us all.

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