AUTOMATIC TIP AND NOZZLE EXCHANGING DEVICE AND TIP EXCHANGING DEVICE FOR WELDING ROBOT

摘要

PURPOSE: To automatically and property exchange and abandon a tip (contact tip) and a nozzle at the necessary time, respectively from a welding torch by receiving an exchange request signal from the welding robot side by a computer. ;CONSTITUTION: In the tip and nozzle automatic exchanging device of the welding robot, a handling robot 9 is guided by a guidance means, a tip exchanging device 6 corresponding to the necessary position of the guidance means, a tip feeder 12 corresponding to the device 6, a nozzle exchanging device 20 and a nozzle feeder 24 corresponding to the device 20 are arranged, respectively and a tip holding part and a nozzle holding part are arranged on the hand 10 of the handling robot 9. In addition, the tip expanding device 6 is guided elastically and freely transmittably for power by a body 13 of rotation to elevate and rotate at a specified pitch by a driving source with the outside diameter of a tip holder 7 as the outside diameter to be fitted in the nozzle inside diameter.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO&Japio