Productive Robotics Cobot Provides Flexible Maneuvering

Productive Robotics’ new Blaze Welding cobot can be used with a customer’s existing table, fixtures and welder. Unlike six-axis robots, the seven-axis Blaze Welding cobot can maneuver around all sides of large or complex parts and fixtures, enabling it to perform more weldments in a single setup. Blaze is engineered with Productive Robotics’ proprietary teach-by-touch and is equipped to accommodate high or low mix volumes, short or long part runs or jobs that require quick changeovers.

“We developed and built Blaze from the ground up using our augmented intelligent OB7 Stretch model because most job shops and contract manufacturers already have welders and welding tables,” says Zac Bogart, president of Productive Robotics. “With Blaze, they don’t have to buy a whole system again. To date we’ve developed Blaze packages that are compatible with welders from eight major brands including Lincoln and Miller.”

Blaze has a 1550-mm (61") radius operating sphere and requires no new fixturing. According to the company, the Blaze tablet controller can hold an unlimited library of weld recipes, giving the operator command of all welding parameters including material type, voltage, wire feed, weld speed and gas flow.

A new employee or experienced welder simply uses the cobot’s control handle to physically teach Blaze to weld without programming. The collaborative cobot works safely next to its human co-workers. Live online support is provided by seasoned welding and robotic experts.

For manufactures that need a complete welding system, Productive Robotics offers its all-in-one Blaze Duo and Blaze LF automated welders. The two-station and single-station welding systems are also run by the teach-by-touch OB7 Stretch cobot. The Blaze LF has an 8' table designed for extra-large parts and setups. Productive Robotics designs and produces its line of collaborative cobots in the U.S.