CLOOS presented product innovations for manual and automated welding at the recently concluded international trade fair the Welding & Cutting exhibition held in Düsseldorf. “With innovative solutions we wish to make our customers faster, more economic and more flexible – and thus fit for future production”, says CLOOS Managing Director Sieghard Thomas.

The focus of the 500 sqm exhibition booth of Carl Cloos Schweisstechnik GmbH is on connectivity and digitalisation. “In welding technology, the virtual and the physical world will increasingly converge as well”, explains Sieghard Thomas. “Already today tool carriers, robots, power sources and master controllers successfully communicate with each other in CLOOS welding systems all over the world.”

New entry robot and new programming surface
With the QIROX robots, positioners and special purpose machines CLOOS develops and manufactures automated welding systems meeting the specific requirements of the customers. The portfolio comprises simple, compact systems as well as complex, chained systems with automated workpiece identification and loading and unloading processes. At the exhibition CLOOS presented for the first time the new QIROX QRC-290 welding robot which allows an easy entry into automated welding.

Other highlights were the new QIROX Operating System (QOS) and the new programming surface QIROX Technology Interface (QTI) for the robots. They offer an even more user-friendly, intuitive operation, a considerable reduction of the programming times and a very dynamic movement of robots for efficient welding.

Future-oriented welding processes
Furthermore, CLOOS showcased new and proven welding processes for maximum productivity and quality. They presented the new process family MoTion Weld for automated MIG/MAG welding. Due to the controllable heat input into the workpiece and the minimised spatter formation at high welding speeds the new process is particularly suitable for thin plate applications.

For laser welding CLOOS also offers individual and future-ories increase the performance of welding power sources and robot systems in addition. So the QINEO Data Manager (QDM) software offers the control and the management of welding power sources from a central PC. Process Data Monitoring (PDM) visualises the operating and process data of the welding robots which allows a complete documentation and a full traceability of the components. The RoboPlan offline programming software supports the user to efficiently structure the production runs.

For more details, visit www.cloos.de