Discovering Pick-to-Weld: A smarter way to feed your welding cells
- Date
- 2026-09-24
- Location
- Online
- Host
- Robotic Industries Association (RIA)
About this event
Welding cells only perform as well as the parts feeding them. If your team is still wrestling with inconsistent presentation, manual intervention, or bottlenecks between picking and welding, this session will give you a clearer view of a smarter approach. Discovering Pick-to-Weld is built for people who want to understand how robotic handling and welding can work as one connected system instead of two separate problems. This virtual event takes a practical look at the pick-to-weld concept in industrial robotics. Rather than treating part picking, orientation, transfer, and weld readiness as isolated steps, the session focuses on how better upstream decisions can improve downstream welding performance, reliability, and throughput. About the Event This online session is centered on a straightforward question: how do you feed welding cells more intelligently? In many operations, welding automation gets the spotlight, but the flow of parts into the cell is often where efficiency is won or lost. This event explores that gap. Expect a focused discussion of how pick-to-weld thinking can simplify part handling and reduce friction in automated workflows. The emphasis is on real industrial robotics considerations: how parts are identified, picked, positioned, and delivered in a way that supports stable, repeatable welding. Because this is a virtual event, the format is designed to be accessible and efficient. You can join from anywhere, follow the discussion without travel, and spend your time evaluating whether this approach fits your operation, team, or future automation plans. What to Expect The session will walk through the core logic behind a pick-to-weld workflow and why it matters for robotic welding environments. Rather than only looking at the welding cell itself, the conversation will extend to the full handoff between material presentation and weld execution. You can expect coverage of topics such as: What “pick-to-weld” means in the context of industrial robotics How feeding strategy affects welding performance, consistency, and cycle flow Common operational pain points in part handling before welding begins Ways robotics can reduce manual touchpoints and improve repeatability How smarter integration thinking can support more scalable automation decisions This event is especially useful if you are comparing approaches, planning automation upgrades, or trying to connect vision, handling, and welding into a more cohesive process. The goal is not to overwhelm you with abstract theory, but to help you think more clearly about the system-level choices that shape cell performance. You should also expect a format that rewards curiosity. If you work close to production, engineering, or automation strategy, this is the kind of session that can sharpen the questions you ask internally afterward: Where are parts losing orientation? Where are operators stepping in too often? Where is the welding cell waiting on the feed system instead of producing? Why Attend If you care about robotic welding, it makes sense to care just as much about what happens immediately before the weld. A more intelligent feeding approach can influence uptime, part consistency, cycle time, and the amount of intervention required to keep a cell running smoothly. This event will help you better understand the value of connecting picking and welding as one workflow. That perspective can be useful whether you are already running automated cells or just beginning to evaluate where robotics can create the biggest operational gains. Attending can help you: Spot hidden bottlenecks in the path from part presentation to weld start Think more systemically about automation instead of optimizing one station at a time Evaluate whether a pick-to-weld approach could improve throughput or reliability Build better internal conversations between robotics, manufacturing, and operations teams Approach future cell design decisions with a clearer understanding of part flow requirements For many teams, the challenge is not deciding whether to automate, but deciding how to automate in a way that actually holds up in production. This session is valuable because it focuses on the operational connection points that often determine whether a robotic cell performs well in the real world. Practical Details Location: Online / virtual event Date: Thursday, September 24 Time: 3:00 PM UTC Since this is a virtual session, attending is simple: join remotely from your office, plant, lab, or home workspace. That makes it easier to bring in team members across engineering, automation, production, or operations if the topic touches multiple roles in your organization. This event is a strong fit if you want a concentrated, accessible way to explore smarter welding cell feeding strategies without stepping away for a full in-person program. If pick quality, part presentation, robot handoff, or weld-cell efficiency are active concerns for your team, this is time well spent.
Who should attend
This session is for people who want to improve robotic welding performance by thinking upstream about how parts are picked, presented, and delivered. - You work in **manufacturing, automation, or process engineering** and want a clearer view of how feeding strategy affects welding outcomes. - You are responsible for **robotic welding cells or adjacent systems** and need to reduce delays, variability, or manual intervention before the weld begins. - You are exploring **industrial robotics investments** and want to understand how pick-to-weld workflows can shape ROI, throughput, and reliability. - You support **production or operations** and are looking for practical ways to remove bottlenecks between material handling and automated welding. - You are part of a team evaluating **cell design, integration, or workflow improvements** and need a more system-level perspective rather than a station-by-station view. - You simply want to ask better questions about **part presentation, handoff, repeatability, and weld readiness** before making your next automation decision. If you have ever looked at a welding cell and thought, "the robot is ready, but the parts flow is the real issue," this event is very likely for you.