Flexible production, higher quality and throughput

Although building ships involves nearly all technologies and crafts invented by man, a number of particular tasks are especially suitable for shipyard automation. Kranendonk is specialized in shipyard automation for:

Profile cutting

The Profile Cutting Line is especially designed for shipbuilding profiles and increases the efficiency and steel throughput. Read more about the profile cutting line.

Panel welding & web welding

The Kranendonk Panel and Web Welding Gantries are developed to perform fully automatic welding of sub-assemblies in the shipbuilding industry. The sub-assemblies can be large buildup panels or the smaller webpanels. Read more about the panel & web welding gantry. 

Double bottom hull welding

Today’s ships must be built with double bottom hull structures. The production of these hull sections is complicated due to the narrow ‘boxes’ that have to be welded. Kranendonk has developed a special robotic welding system for this task. Read more about the double bottom hull welding gantry.