Method and Device for Measuring Resistance Spot Welding Electrode Tips While Connected to a Robotic Welder
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Abstract
A method and device for measuring a resistance spot welding electrode tip includes a welding electrode tip monitoring device for monitoring a welding electrode tip, the welding electrode tip monitoring device communicatively connected to a robotic welder equipped with electrode welding tips in a manner to be automatically employed as part of a robotic step with the robotic welder and is equipped with a mechanism for generating characteristic data of the welding electrode tips without having to remove the welding tips from the robotic welder.
Claims24
A method of measuring a resistance spot welding electrode tip connected to a robotic welder,:
- which includes the steps of:
- (a) operatively associating a welding electrode tip monitoring device with the robotic welder for monitoring said welding electrode tip while attached to the robotic welder such that said welding electrode tip monitoring device is automatically employed as part of a robotic step by said robotic welder, and
- (b) generating characteristic data of said welding electrode tip during said operation of said robotic device through said welding electrode tip monitoring device.
A device for measuring a resistance spot welding electrode tip connected to a robotic welder, which includes:
- a welding electrode tip monitoring device for monitoring a welding electrode tip, said welding electrode tip monitoring device communicatively connected to a robotic welder which is equipped with electrode welding tips, wherein said welding electrode tip monitoring device is employed automatically as part of a robotic step with said robotic welder and is equipped with means for generating characteristic data of said welding electrode tips without having to remove said welding tips from said robotic welder.
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