Case Study
Multi-process welding robot cuts weld time by up to 90 percent
Case study Multi-process welding robot cuts weld time by up to 90 percent SMW Group, Rockhampton QLD Servicing, Maintenance and Welding (SMW) Group provides field servicing, maintenance and emergency repair and rebuild services to customers in Central Queensland. The team also provides complete plant and equipment management, supported by a range of mine site compliance activities. In response to SMW’s desire to make its large welding workshop more efficient, BOC and its integrator partner Robot Technologies-Systems Australia Pty Ltd (RTA) supplied and installed a unique robot welding system for adaptive maintenance welding of heavy mining buckets and dump truck bodies. Jack Trenaman, SMW Group Managing Director, said: “Our welding robot has dramatically increased our pro