AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS

摘要

Louis Dicaire, AGT Robotics (Canada) and Ian McLaren, ESAB highlight new solutions for low volume, high mix automation for pipe fabrication. Automated welding, plasma cutting and plasma gouging has been historically limited to high volume applications. Traditionally, trajectories are programmed offline or with a teach pendant, and programming could easily take 10 - 30 hrs per part. If part dimensions change, such as the diameter or wall thickness of a pipe, the part will then require a new programme. Primarily because of programming time, robots were only used in applications where costs could be disbursed over a high volume of parts.