Contour has two ABB GoFa welding cobots from RobWelding in use. Our welders program the cobot themselves and switch quickly between products and series.
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Contour is putting a new Trumpf TruBend 7050 into use. With full ERP and MES integration, we increase capacity and flexibility.
With this cobot setup we can finish the weld seams of products automatically. Our own colleagues devised and built the solution!
Erwin has earned his diploma as a robot programmer. Contour congratulates him on this result.
The production hall has been extended, the floor coated and the extension of our automatic sheet storage system from STOPA Anlagenbau GmbH put into operation.
Meanwhile at Contour: the automatic sheet storage system is growing from 530 to 770 pallet positions, with two new machines from Trumpf Nederland on the way.
We link production machines to ERP and planning systems in all kinds of ways, to automate order administration and show dashboards with management information.
WireSense and SeamTracking have widened the product range of our welding robot. We now use the electrode as a smart sensor!
Our colleague Daniel wrote a converter that moves our roughly 15,000 CNC bending programs to another machine in a few mouse clicks, with a 3D view.
A robot at our edge curling machine produces sheet metal parts unmanned and is already prepared for AGVs. This is how we automate physically heavy work.
Our colleagues coupled a cobot to a press brake. A cobot is programmed with a tablet and can be used for different processes.
An automation specialist would not start with grinding using a cobot. Our colleagues programmed the cobot themselves, and it has already produced thousands of parts.
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