【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】The 2834-2025 intelligent pipeline full-position welding robot has been put into use

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This post was last edited by HaiChuanLaoYu on 2025-11-21 at 21:31. Let’s give praise and support to the achievements made in China’s chemical engineering technology and equipment; your participation in discussions is the greatest encouragement. **********************【Ten Years of Progress in Chemical Engineering Equipment】A continuously updated summary thread – feel free to join the discussions: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html *****************On November 18th, Sinopec’s 10th Construction Company held a launch event for the intelligent pipeline welding robots at its manufacturing base in Qingdao. After 3 years of continuous research and development and two rounds of upgrades, these intelligent pipeline welding robots are now ready for use. Song Xianghua, the company’s deputy general manager, Wang Kehong, a second-level professor and doctoral supervisor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology as well as the director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Laboratory, along with leaders and experts from various organizations including the Petrochemical Sector Management Department of Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Qingdao West Coast New Area, China University of Petroleum (East China), Sinopec Refining & Chemical Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd., Sinopec Qingdao Oil Refining and Chemical Co., Ltd., Sinopec Qingdao Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Sinopec Safety Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., and the Qingdao Supervision Station of the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Quality Supervision Station, attended the event. At the press conference, the company used a development video to vividly showcase the challenges overcome, technological breakthroughs, and industry value of the intelligent pipeline welding robot, while also providing a comprehensive introduction to the robot’s various functions and actual application scenarios. In June 2022, building on its technical expertise in nine-axis welding robots, the company continued to work with Nanjing University of Science and Technology to develop intelligent root welding technologies for robots, thereby further expanding the applications of such robots. In May 2025, the intelligent pipeline welding robot achieved all its development goals, breaking for the first time through the technical barrier that prevented welding robots from performing root welding. It not only offered a \"one-click\" intelligent root welding function but also a filling and finishing welding function, thus truly becoming a \"versatile\" robot for pipeline welding. The successful development of intelligent welding robots has made it possible to achieve \"one-button\" root pass and cover pass welding; at present, these robots can perform one-button welding on pipes of DN80-DN400 sizes, covering carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloy steel materials. More than a thousand welding process parameters for various scenarios have been collected to create a welding expert database that can meet the welding requirements of different situations. Its fully intelligent operation process enables one person to control 4 robots, further reducing the need for manual labor, improving efficiency, lowering the workload, and enhancing intrinsic safety levels, thereby addressing the prominent issues in the field of construction. The successful launch of this intelligent welding robot further strengthens our confidence in achieving innovation in science, technology, and business models through intelligent manufacturing, as well as our confidence in using new forms of productive capacity to drive the sustainable development of a new type of industrialization model. Shi Jian Company will continue to thoroughly implement an innovation-driven development strategy, making sustained efforts in the upgrading of intelligent equipment as well as in the development of intelligent pipeline production lines and manufacturing bases. By doing so, it aims to foster new forms of productive capacity and improve overall factor productivity. It seeks to connect the individual elements of intelligent equipment into a network of intelligent production processes, ultimately creating an ecosystem of smart factories. In this way, more achievements in intelligent technology can benefit customers, create value, and strengthen the entire industry.