Conference Session

Robotics

F142: Optimizing Your Welding Automation & Break Through in Structural Steel

Optimizing Your Welding Automation
Robotic welding gives manufacturers the ability to maintain consistent throughput and quality during times of low labor availability in the marketplace. Even during times of rising labor costs, robotic welding helps keep production costs low. Join us to learn more.
Tyler Pulliam – Acieta

Breakthroughs in Robotic Welding for Structural Steel Yield Exceptional Margins
For most fabricators, the thought of robotic welding of structural steel seems an impossible task, but it is actually VERY simple. The presenter will show you how simple it really is. Recent advances in AI now allow rapid conversion of detailed steel assemblies into robotic paths, that welding robots follow automatically, and weld consistently without any human intervention. We will look at the most important parameters, who should consider this solution, where it works, and where it doesn’t, and how fast it will pay for itself on your shop floor. Come and see why so many fabricators who were initially hesitant, now have multiple machines, welding steel assemblies faster than ever before at a fraction of the cost to do it manually. There have been very few machines introduced into the steel fabricator world that have had a more rapid adoption and have forever changed the fabricating landscape so quickly.
Danny Steyn – Ocean Machinery

About This Session

  • Date: October 17, 2024
  • Time: 8:30 am – 9:30 am
  • Room: Room S-330 B
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Track: Robotics
  • Price: See Pricing »
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Speakers

Danny Steyn

Ocean Machinery

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Armed with am engineering degree, an unsatiable curiosity, and a head for numbers, Danny Steyn has helped transform thousands of Structural Steel Fabricators around the world into profitable, thriving businesses. Many owners will remember Danny’s first visit, and that AHA moment that started them on a course of continuous improvement. He understands how to extract the most out of any shop floor to maximize productivity, efficiency and profitability.

Tyler Pulliam

Acieta

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Tyler Pulliam serves as the Regional Automation Manager for Welding Standards at Acieta. His role involves collaborating with manufacturers and their welding teams to assess operations and ascertain the viability of integrating robotic welding. Pulliam possesses significant welding expertise, having a background in welding auto bodies, heavy equipment, and various structures. Furthermore, he has experience in welding research and has received training in robot programming.

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