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Automatic and robotic welding systems
News Release from: AWL-Techniek BV | Subject: Fabrication machines and systems building
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 October 2002
Systems operate for years cost
effectively
Building machines and integrating them into production systems so clients can keep operating for years at manageable costs - the core principle practiced by a Dutch fabrication equipment maker.
Building machines and integrating them into production systems so clients can keep operating for years at manageable costs That is the core principle of AWL-Techniek, who as a system integrator, design and build production installations all over the world
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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AWL-Techniek is a specialist in all types of production machines connected with the joining technology.
This includes all forms of resistance welding and arc welding, but also laser welding, compression joining, glueing and other types of cold joining or combinations of these techniques.
AWL-Techniek supplies complete products, from the design to assembly and mounting at the production location.
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Since its foundation, AWL-Techniek has grown to become an important player in the European market and elsewhere.
The company has accumulated decades of experience in joining techniques.
From the day it was first launched, AWL-Techniek has enjoyed continuous growth.
It isn't just the technology that the company excels in, it also has great social involvement which manifests itself in collaborative projects with various training institutions.
To ensure its work force doesn't just keep abreast of advancing technology but keeps ahead of it, studying and following (in-house) training courses are compulsory at AWL-Techniek.Which means that clients can always count on a technologically high-quality supplier who uses state of the art equipment and is in the vanguard of technological know-how.
The company meets the highest standards when it comes to providing quality in machine building.
* Resistance welding - capacitor discharge; medium frequency; butt welding; projection welding; seam welding; spot welding.
* Cold-formed joints - glueing; clinching; blind riveting; screw fastening; SP riveting * Arc welding: - MIG-brazing; STT; PPAW; plasma; TIG; MIG / MAG.
* Laser welding.
AWL-Techniek operates in many markets and supplies machines, installations and production units in the following manufacturing industries: Machine building: * Automotive supplies industry (subcontractors).
* (office) Furniture-making industry.
* Prefab building systems.
* Packaging industry: Equipment design/manufacture.
* Frame construction for machines.
* Loading arms for transhipment of liquids.
* Skid-mounted process installations.
To assist the automotive supplies (subcontractors) industry, AWL-Techniek has a separate automotive team.
The team's expertise and long years of experience ensure that the industry gets the right designs and the right installations.
Almost all of AWL-Techniek's products are custom-made, whether it involves a standard machine or a complex automated production machine, the client's individual needs and requirements form the basis for every machine that the company makes.
Some examples of the kind of machines that AWL-Techniek specialises in: * Special machines and installations, partially or completely automated, with one or more joining techniques.
Flexible installations that are completely geared to specific clients' requirements.
* Base modules: a comprehensively engineered concept with several robots.
A flexible installation offering short time-to-market because the modules only have to be adapted to specific clients and products.
* Standard resistance welding machines.
* Gantry type welding machines.
The activities of AWL-Techniek demand highquality project management.
The projects are meticulously supervised, from preliminary study and design to solving problems, building systems and setting up a reliable service system.
Part of this is on-line service, which in a large number of cases makes it possible for problems to be analysed from Harderwijk.
Obviously inspection of machines built by AWL-Techniek is also part of service.
In other words, AWL-Techniek does a lot more than just building machines.
It also looks at the logistics of a particular solution.
AWL-Techniek is able to trace problems to source and provide solutions that are cost-effective in terms of capital outlay and operation.
It is not daunted when presented with complex problems, but accepts them as a challenge.
Flexible project management, combined with many years of experience, form the guarantee that any technical problem that is discovered or presented will be solved.
As project manager and machine builder, AWL-Techniek is a versatile partner.
It means that as a major player in the market it has the ability to effortlessly work with large, international organisations that require extensive and elaborate solutions.
Good examples of this can be seen on the website.
But the company is also able to complete smaller projects in a matter of weeks, and create simple solutions.
This makes it possible for clients with less extensive projects to take advantage of AWL-Techniek's know-how as well.
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