Flexibility with Robotic Welding Scales up Production of Inox Parts

In short

Bountourakis is a Greek manufacturing company specializing in HORECA equipment, supplying Inox stainless steel kitchen units, showcases, and tables—particularly well-known across Heraklion on Crete. To scale up its welding operations, the company turned to Kassow Robots’ partner Netelco S.A. Together, they implemented the KR1805 cobot, enabling flexible welding with both Laser and TIG technologies.

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Challenge

A shortage of skilled welders was limiting Bountourakis' ability to meet growing production demands. "Like a lot of businesses, we find it really hard to find someone who can weld and who can sometimes be flexible with their hours during busy times. As our production is on the island, it makes it even harder," says Adonis Bountourakis, Head of Production of Bountourakis.

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Despite having invested in a laser welder, the company lacked enough staff to operate it, causing significant delays—especially for small parts, which could take days to complete. The goal was to make welding easier, faster, and more scalable.

Solution

Netelco S.A delivered a custom robotic welding cell, equipped with a gripper changer that allows the robot to switch between laser and TIG welding tools. The laser welder, provided by the customer, was successfully integrated into the setup by Netelco S.A. “We had an initial meeting, then the customer sent us the laser welder and asked us to do some welding with the robot. We showed him how it works. He was really happy with it and decided to go for Kassow Robots. It was a really smooth process”, says Anastasios Paraskevopoulos, sales rep at Netelco S.A.

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Thanks to the KR1805’s long reach and 7th axis, the robot is now capable of welding a wide variety of parts such as refrigerators, cooking appliances, ovens and washing /hygiene units—and ready to handle more complex tasks in the future.

Benefits

Bountourakis highlights the ease of use, flexibility, and robustness of the KR1805 cobot. The company has significantly increased its welding throughput while reducing dependence on manual labor—scaling production and staying competitive in a demanding market.

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Curious to see how others are automating welding with Kassow Robots? Check out another use case where a flexible cobot setup made all the difference.

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