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The Hungarian Railway Vehicle Welding Coordination Committee (HRVWCC) held its meeting of the second half of 2022 at the production plant of igm Robotersysteme AG in Győr (Hungary).

This year's fair highlight, Euroblech 2022, is over again and was a complete success. The crowd of visitors at our stand was unbroken for the full four days.

Experience the world of welding and sheet metal working together with us from October 25^th – 28^th, 2022 at the "Euroblech" in Hanover. We have again provided highlights in the field of robotics for you:

We are very pleased to welcome you to our stand no 39 at the International Congress Center Katowice.

At the fair, igm shows a compact welding robot cell, consisting of a 7-axes welding robot type RTE 479 mounted in hanging position on a rotating arm. A C-frame manipulator is integrated in the machine base. Despite the reduced footprint of the robot system, workpieces weighing up to 1,000 kg can be picked up.

Lottero Giovanni s.n.c. (Italy) is a long-standing igm customer and has a total of 3 igm robot systems in operation in its production hall. The oldest igm robot system was already put into operation in 1991 and still reliably welds various components in production today.

At Lottero Giovanni, the third generation is already working in the steel industry; their grandfather and company founder was an agricultural blacksmith. Over the years, the company has modernised through the purchase of various machines that make it competitive on the market.

Workpieces up to 2 m long and 500 kg are processed on a compact igm robot system with Tandem high-performance welding. The 2-station operation ensures a continuous work flow.

The newly developed, wireless handheld teach pendant K6 WIRELESS WiFi, simplifies the programming of the igm robot considerably, as no cable connection between the teach pendant and the control cabinet is necessary. All control data and all safety-relevant signals are transmitted via WiFi.

The robot programmes are generated automatically and part-specifically on the basis of a data table.

At the fair, igm shows a compact welding robot cell, consisting of a 7-axes welding robot type RTE 479 mounted in hanging position on a rotating arm. A C-frame manipulator is integrated in the machine base. Despite the reduced footprint of the robot system, workpieces weighing up to 1,000 kg can be picked up.

From 10 to 13 May 2022 ELMIA Svets Jönköping Sweden takes place, our booth no. 07.16 is located in hall A. With a compact system of RTE 400 series equipped, togehter with some new developments, we are part of this event too!

We are looking forward to numerous visitors on our booth.

Experience the world of welding together with us from 10 to 13 May 2022 at the Industry Days at the "MACH TECH" in Budapest, igm booth in Hall A booth number 201D. We have again provided highlights in the field of robotics for you:

As an important component of the bogie of rail vehicles, the production process of side and cross members is complex and process control is strict. The bogie not only is a key component of vehicle bearing and transmission, but also an important guarantee for the safe operation of the vehicle. Most structures are welded from steel plates, which requires a lot of grinding to deal with residual stresses after welding and places high demands on the accuracy of the components.

GPrandina S.R.L. Building Systems, located in Schiavon, province of Vicenza, Italy, founded in 1967, has been using igm robot systems for the production of formworks frames since 2001. Today, two robot installations represent the nucleus of the welding manufacturing.

Founded in 1925, CATERPILLAR Inc. with its headquarters in Illinois, USA has become the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

For more than 30 years, the “Karl Ritter von Ghega Prize” has been awarded as part of the Lower Austrian Innovation Prize. The public award by the province of Lower Austria, supported by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, promotes local companies that are increasingly focusing on innovation and research.

Fabtech 2021, the largest welding and cutting exhibition in the United States, was held September 13-16 at the McCormick Place in Chicago. igm was represented as a sub-exhibitor of PTR USA and Astro Arc Polysoude at the joint trade booth.

Up to 5 robots work synchronously on a workpiece.