Baking a delicious cake, going on a bicycle tour together, experiencing a football match in the stadium with other fans, spending a sociable evening watching TV with friends or taking a great holiday trip by car, train or plane – all these wonderful events and experiences are made possible by extensive technology. Also through welding technology, such as from ABICOR BINZEL, which is present around the globe.
On October 25, 2022, the time has come: The international trade fair EuroBLECH opens its doors. Industry experts from the entire sheet metal process chain will present their extensive range of products and services until October 28th – and the specialists and technology developers for welding technology from ABICOR BINZEL will be there. The sister companies JESS Welding and Thermacut will also be on-site.
After a long time of online theory, finally live knowledge transfer again – that's what 10 students of the Production Engineering course at the University of Bremen thought and followed the invitation of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Emil Schubert to the ABICOR BINZEL headquarters in Buseck during their summer semester. The Technical Managing Director of ABICOR BINZEL, who is also known as WELDPROF, wanted to make welding technology, which has only been taught in theory up to now, tangible for the prospective specialists. The best thing about it: welding know-how was not only explained and demonstrated, but everyone was also challenged to weld themselves. For some, it was the first time they had held a welding torch in their hands.
Those who can train and develop their specialists and managerial staff of tomorrow in-house are actively securing the future of their company. Because the shortage of qualified staff is a serious problem. We are therefore all the more pleased that this year six new apprentices and one dual study programme participant are starting their professional future with ABICOR BINZEL.
For more than 20 years, ABICOR BINZEL has been active in the field of laser welding and brazing with its leading wire feeding systems. In 14 years of cooperation with globally renowned customers in the automotive industry and the long-standing technology leader for tactile brazing and welding optics, ABICOR BINZEL has continuously expanded its international expertise in laser joining. On July 1st, 2022, a new era in LASER SYSTEMS will now begin for ABICOR BINZEL.
Welded components are increasingly subject to quality assurance. Production companies in the automotive industry in particular demand reliable testing systems for the welding quality, which can also be traced if necessary, such as in the case of product recalls. Thanks to the cooperation with SmartRay signed at the headquarters of ABICOR BINZEL, it is now possible for us as a system provider to also offer a so-called end-of-line test procedure worldwide – and thus sustainably optimised welding processes for the highest quality assurance.
Occupational safety and environmental protection in welding technology are becoming increasingly important. The DVS (= German Welding Society) expert committee for this topic meets twice a year and discusses current activities and developments in this field. After two years with only online meetings, the working group came together at ABICOR BINZEL and was able to experience the new developments in action and hands-on.
Manufacturing companies have to face an increasing shortage of welding specialists. In order to counteract this, well thought-out technologies are needed to avoid interfering with the production conditions and at the same time relieve the welding specialists employed. ABICOR BINZEL now offers such technology solutions with robust, reliable robot welding torches and an extensive knowledge of products, processes and applications in joining technology together with the Danish company Inrotech A/S, a company which develops intelligent, adaptive and sensor-supported robot technology. With this cooperation, both companies are pooling their specialist knowledge and offer innovative automation solutions, especially to production companies where robot welding has not yet been a topic.
Everywhere in production processes, it is checked which parameters can be considered in order to save costs. However, little or no consideration is given to the gas factor. This may change due to gas prices, which are currently increasing sharply, but shielding gas is essential for gas-shielded welding. The EWR 2 or EWR 2 Net gas management system from ABICOR BINZEL offers a solution for saving shielding gas consumption, which can be easily implemented in any welding process – for manual welding as well as robotic welding. But a fundamental question arises: is such a system worthwhile at all? And how high are the possible cost savings in your own production? The EWR 2 calculator from ABICOR BINZEL provides a quick answer.
A series of fortunate circumstances resulted in ABICOR BINZEL's contribution to the success of a pioneering project: the construction of prototypes for so-called GapS panels. These self-cleaning carbon capture air purification devices will soon be attached to the facades of buildings in large cities to improve the air quality In and outside of the building. In this way, 15 to 20 tons of CO2 per panel and per building can be captured each year.
