Webinars on Advanced Welding Solutions

First-class webinar special – tailored to your needs, conducted by experts, free of charge.

Webinars on special joining processes for e-mobility and the automotive industry

KUKA is one of the world market leaders in rotational friction welding with over 1300 installations in 44 countries under the KUKA and Thompson brands and the world market leader in magnetarc welding with over 200 installations in over 19 countries. With the industrialized entry into robot-based friction stir welding in 2014, KUKA is now also one of the world market leaders in this welding process, which has great future potential.

We offer a broad portfolio of standardised and customised machines and can produce a wide variety of parts for you in subcontract manufacturing according to worldwide standards.

Learn more about the many possibilities and advantages of KUKA Advanced Welding Solutions in this webinar special.

Friction welding

Module	Title	Description	Date	Registration
Basic	Rotational friction welding - Basics	Rotational Friction Welding - a pressure welding technique with highest bonding quality and vast possibilities in material combinations for countless applications	09/09/2020 10:00 - 11:00 am	View recordings
Advanced	Rotational friction welding - positioned welding, ATC, Viper Drive	Angle orientated welding, high accuracy length tolerances and direct drive welding with customizable flywheel characteristic	10/14/2020 10:00 - 10:30 am	View recordings
Advanced	Rotational friction welding hybrid process	A new innovative process variant for the creation of high quality bonds by means of combining two welding techniques	12/02/2020 10:00 - 10:30 am	View recordings
Advanced	Rotational friction welding - controller PCD 350/324 and possible upgrade kits	KUKA PCD - uncompromising control and 100 percent surveillance of the friction welding process	01/20/2021 10:00 - 10:30 am	View recording

Friction stir welding

Module	Title	Description	Date	Registration
Basic	Robot-based friction stir welding - basic process	Robot-based friction stir welding - a solid state welding process with highest joining quality for countless applications.	09/24/2020 15:00 - 16:00 pm	View recordings
Advanced	Robot-based friction stir welding in electric mobility	E-Mobility - the topic of the future: Economic production of vehicle components in electric and hybrid vehicles with robot-based friction stir welding.	10/08/2020 10:00 - 10:30 am	View recordings
Advanced	Process controller PCD 507 and pin break detection for robot-based friction stir welding	KUKA PCD - Uncompromising control and 100% monitoring of the friction stir welding process and the tool.	10/22/2020 10:00 - 10:35 am	View recordings
Advanced	Friction stir welding tools and precise path guidance	Friction stir welding tools - Design guidelines for tools and components, Precise path guidance - "Keep the robot on track" - Increasing accuracy in robot-based friction stir welding	11/12/2020 10:00 - 10:30 am	View recordings

Magnetarc welding

Module	Title	Description	Registration
Basic	Magnetarc welding- basics	Magnetarc - a welding process with highest quality, repeatability and output for mass production	View recording
Advanced	Magnetarc welding- parameter control and documentation system	KUKA PCD - Uncompromising control and 100% monitoring of Magnetarc welding	View recording
Advanced	Travel control and SoftCut	Automatic measurement and control of the part length within narrow tolerances, SoftCut for spatter reduction by short-circuit shutdown	View recording
Advanced	Magnetarc-hybrid-process	New innovative process variant to extend the welding suitability without pores and risk of cracking and control the mechanical-technological properties in wide ranges with considerable simplification of parameter development.	View recording

Learn from our experts, who can draw on over 50 years of knowledge, how KUKA can solve your future welding tasks even better and more economically.

Till Maier, Portfolio Manager Advanced Welding Solutions

Joining process friction welding

The pressure welding process of friction welding allows both identical and different materials such as aluminium and steel (lightweight construction), or aluminium and copper (e-mobility) to be joined.

You can produce high quality components such as:

Valves, drive shafts, axles, motor shafts
Turbochargers, piston rods, drill pipes, battery contacts

Friction welding: detailed view of the rotational friction welding technology

Joining process friction stir welding

Friction stir welding is the optimal joining process for non-ferrous metals with a low melting temperature and for mixed-metal combinations. With the rapid demand in the field of e-mobility for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, this process is also finding increasing application.

You can join for example:

Battery housing, die cast components, cooling systems
Power electronics housing, housing for cell phones or control panels

Joining process magnetarc welding

Magnetarc welding is a pressure welding process with an arc that is moved magnetically under shielding gas. This technology can be used to join hollow sections with wall thicknesses of up to 10 millimeters.

This is suitable for: