On August 31, 2021, Shanghai General Welding Machine Co., Ltd. and Shanghai STEP Robot Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Both sides will give full play to their respective advantages to jointly develop the next generation welding robot system, improve welding quality and efficiency, and solve the problem of labor difficulties in the welding field. Chen Zhengang, President of Shanghai GM Heavy Industries Group, Zhang Chennan, director of Shanghai Welding Technology Research Institute under Shanghai GM Heavy Industries Group, Wu Yuhui, director and general manager of STEP, Zhou Guangxing, vice general manager of STEP and general manager of Robotics Division, and other leaders from both sides attended the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation and had in-depth communication and exchanges.
In addition to the shortage of welders, metal processing enterprises also face the problem of how to improve the welding quality through automation and intelligence. The current welding robot system is complicated to operate and has a high technical threshold for users. Shanghai General Welding Machine Co., Ltd. will give full play to its own technical advantages in welding process and welding materials. STEP will utilize its technical advantages in automating key components such as robot control system, servo system and software system, and both parties will establish a R&D team to jointly commit to the research and development of the next generation welding robot system, so as to provide users with welding solutions with easier operation, stronger adaptability, better welding quality and higher welding efficiency.
Shanghai GE Welding Machine Co., LTD., founded in 1998, is a well-known welding brand in China. Its parent company, Shanghai GE Heavy Industry Group, is a manufacturer of the whole industrial chain of welding, involved in welding machine, welding material and welding robot industries, with professional welding machine, welding material research and development, manufacturing experience. It is the national welding machine standardization technical committee unit, the national welding machine industry standard preparation and revision unit, the national specialized special new small giant enterprise, which is used in steel structure, heavy equipment, shipbuilding, pressure vessels, machining, bridge construction, rail transit, pipeline manufacturing and construction, electric power construction and other industries.