Shipyards around the world are under increasing pressure. The maritime industry faces a severe shortage of skilled welders, rising labor costs, and growing vessel complexity. Traditional hand welding - still widely used for studs, brackets, fasteners, and outfitting components - is slow, inconsistent, and difficult to scale. These constraints create production bottlenecks, delay downstream activities, and increase total vessel cost.
SILICON’s Rapid Arc Welding (RAW) technology offers a practical, but high impact solution. RAW enables one operator to cover the work of four welders, significantly increasing productivity while improving weld quality and consistency.
Five of the most important benefits for the Maritime Industry:
1. Higher productivity with fewer welders
2. Up to 10× faster fastening operations
3. Reduced rework through consistent weld quality
4. Faster project timelines
5. Lower labor and operational costs
This whitepaper outlines the challenges shipyards face now and demonstrates how RAW helps them modernize, stabilize production, and build with greater resilience for the future. This applies to shipbuilding as well as refractory lining applications where speed, accuracy and consistency are critical.
For shipbuilding enquiries about RAW equipment, studs and fasteners, or RAW training, please contact
Damian Wawrzyniak, Global Maritime Specialist, by email: Damian.Wawrzyniak@silicon.nu
and by tel: +31 621 110 237 or +133 074 114 94.
