Case Study: Trane boosts welding and cutting productivity with Alma CAM offline programming

At Trane, Offline Programming Boosts Robotized Welding And Plasma Cutting

Trane, a global leader in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, needed to improve productivity, manage seasonal workload fluctuations, address weld quality requirements, and reduce dependence on highly trained manual welders at its Charmes plant in France. To meet these challenges, Trane turned to Alma CAM’s offline programming software, act/weld, to support robotized welding and later plasma cutting.

Alma CAM implemented act/weld for offline programming of robotized welding in 2004, followed by a 3D plasma cutting installation two years later. The solution enabled Trane to generate programs without corrections on the robot, speed up commissioning, and optimize production quality and synchronization. Measurable results included a 45% productivity increase, a 50% rise in production capacity, and more than 35% cost reduction versus outsourced shell manufacturing.

Trane

Stéphane Hacquard

Process and Development Manager