Company News / 2026.08.27

Skilled Welders in Short Supply Despite Monthly Salaries Exceeding 10,000 RMB: Breakthroughs of Laser‑Automated Welding in Three Core Application Scenarios

Against the backdrop of labor shortages in the manufacturing sector, skilled welders earning over 10,000 RMB per month are still difficult to recruit. Conventional manual welding not only carries high labor costs, but also delivers unpredictable weld quality with fluctuating flaw‑detection pass rates. Faced with increasingly strict delivery standards and squeezed profit margins, a growing number of leading enterprises are turning to laser‑automated welding transformation to reshape workshop productivity through "machine‑for‑human replacement".

Skilled Welders in Short Supply Despite Monthly Salaries Exceeding 10,000 RMB: Breakthroughs of Laser‑Automated Welding in Three Core Application Scenarios

● Three "Hidden Costs" of Traditional Welding Workshops

① Heavy labor dependence and cost runaway: Welders require long training cycles yet suffer high turnover rates, trapping enterprises in a vicious circle of "hard recruitment and even harder staff retention".

② Inconsistent quality and high rework rates: Human operators are subject to fatigue and mood swings, making precise heat‑input control difficult. This results in severe workpiece deformation and frequent porosity. Post‑weld grinding and straightening work often takes up half of total working hours.

③ Low efficiency for complex trajectories: Manual operations face great challenges when handling 3D spatial curves or micro‑gaps, and cannot satisfy high‑speed mass‑production requirements of new‑energy, aerospace and other industries.

▶ Breakthrough Solutions of Laser‑Automated Workstations for Three Core Scenarios

① Scenario 1: Mass Production of Hardware and Auto‑Parts Structural Components

‑ Pain points: Conventional tooling fixtures achieve slow positioning; manual welding has long cycle times; thick‑plate splicing is prone to undercutting and incomplete fusion.
‑ Eagle Laser Solution: Deploy robotic laser welding workstations. Combined with high‑precision positioners and gantry structures, the key‑hole effect of laser deep‑penetration welding realizes single‑pass large‑depth welding.
‑ Field‑proven results: After adopting this solution, an auto‑parts manufacturer achieved a 3‑5‑fold increase in welding speed. Its heat‑affected zone was reduced to the micrometer level with nearly zero workpiece deformation. Cumbersome post‑weld straightening procedures were eliminated, and overall manufacturing costs decreased by 40%.

② Scenario 2: Hermetic Sealing Welding for New‑Energy Precision Cavities

‑ Pain points: Precision parts such as battery modules and liquid‑cooled plates impose extremely strict air‑tightness requirements. Uneven heat input in manual welding easily causes burn‑through or internal porosity.
‑ Eagle Laser Solution: Custom‑built automated laser welding production lines. CNC systems precisely control defocus distance, pulse waveform and shielding‑gas flow. Supported by on‑line monitoring technology, closed‑loop real‑time correction is performed for molten‑pool status.
‑ Field‑proven results: The weld depth‑to‑width ratio stays stably above 5:1, porosity rate is controlled below 0.5%, and product yield rises to 99.5%, easily passing stringent air‑tightness tests.

③ Scenario 3: Small‑batch & Multi‑variant Non‑standard Customization

‑ Pain points: Time‑consuming teaching and programming for traditional robots bring high change‑over costs, which cannot adapt to the flexible‑manufacturing trend of "multiple product varieties and small‑batch sizes".
‑ Eagle Laser Solution: Adopt cutting‑edge vision seam‑seeking and AI‑trained manipulator technologies. Cumbersome teaching work is unnecessary. The system automatically identifies weld trajectories and adaptively adjusts parameters.
‑ Field‑proven results: Change‑over time is shortened from hours to minutes, truly realizing flexible automation for direct processing of incoming workpieces. It empowers small‑ and medium‑sized enterprises with capabilities for lights‑out factories.

Eagle Laser: Redefining Automation Boundaries with Industry‑University‑Research Strength

As a high‑tech enterprise located in the Optoelectronics & Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park of Changchun New District, Eagle Laser provides not only standalone equipment but also turn‑key projects for automated production‑line transformation:

  1. In‑depth industry‑university‑research integration: Drawing on research strengths of Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the company has solved technical difficulties including high‑reflectivity‑material welding and anti‑electromagnetic interference, ensuring high stability of automated production lines under complex working conditions.
  2. Blueprint for "Laser + Automation + AI": The company proactively develops industrial robotic welding products, deeply coupling AI vision with laser‑welding processes to equip devices with self‑learning and self‑optimization capabilities.
  3. Core‑component cooperation: In‑depth collaboration with leading industrial‑chain players such as Yongli Laser guarantees high electro‑optical conversion efficiency and long service life of laser sources, cutting customers’ overall operation and maintenance costs from the source.

★ Bid Farewell to Labor‑recruitment Pressures and Embark on Smart‑manufacturing Upgrades!

Is your workshop troubled by low welding efficiency and labor shortages? Manufacturing enterprises from all sectors are welcome to make inquiries. Eagle Laser delivers one‑stop solutions ranging from process testing to automated‑system transformation.

About Flying Eagle Laser

Changchun Flying Eagle Laser Equipment Co., Ltd. is located in Changchun, the birthplace of China’s first laser. As a high‑tech enterprise within the Optoelectronics & Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park of Changchun New District, it leverages the industry‑university‑research advantages brought by Changchun’s optoelectronic industry and research institutes. It focuses on R&D and production of laser welding, cutting, marking, cleaning and automated equipment. It owns 2 invention patents and more than 20 utility‑model patents and software copyrights. Its products cover automotive manufacturing, precision machinery, new‑energy and other sectors and are sold worldwide.