Projects
Special spot welding system
Flexible robotics for reproducible welding quality
- Industry
- Metal
- Solution
- Welding
AGS is implementing a special system for the automated spot welding of expanded metal cassettes with circumferential ribs. A robot on a linear axis serves two processing stations. While setting up on one side, welding can already take place on the second side.
Project highlights
- A robot on a linear axis
- Two processing stations with two clamping units each
- Spot welding of cassettes with two to four circumferential webs
- Servo-mechanical clamping unit for precise positioning
- Manual loading and unloading with automated welding process
- Product-specific recipe parameters
- Advance simulation of processes
Application & machining processes
- Manual insertion of cassettes and spacers
- Servo-mechanical clamping and positioning
- Automatic spot welding by the robot
- Alternating operation between setup and processing
- Removal and reloading by operating personnel
Operating & control concept
- Recipe management for different product variants
- Status and warning messages for the operator
- Simulation for the preparation of processes and interfaces
Safety concept
- [OPEN – no separate technical specifications for the safety concept are contained in the source document.]
Result
- Reproducible welding quality
- Flexible processing of different component sizes
- Reduced non-productive time through two processing stations
- Clear operator guidance and fast variant changes
Insights | Process
Conclusion
The spot welding system combines manual set-up with automated welding and uses two processing stations for efficient alternating operation.