European trailer manufacturers are limited in their production capacity by an acute shortage of skilled workers, especially in the welding field. In addition, trailer manufacturers want to increase their efficiency to improve their competitive position in the European market. As a result, the use of welding robots in this sector has increased significantly in recent years. What is striking here is that several leading trailer builders choose to deploy state-of-the-art welding robot systems from the Dutch welding robot integrator Valk Welding.
Deployment of welding robots and automation in general offers a solution to compensate both the shortage of skilled workers and the high labour costs in Europe. Compared to manual welders, welding robots have the advantage of offering a higher and more consistent weld quality. This factor is often of decisive importance in the transition to robotic welding, as greater demands are placed on the strength and quality of the welded chassis frames. Requirements that are hardly achievable without welding robot technology.
