Method For Welding a Sphere Onto a Metal Sheet By a Welding Current Between Electrodes
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsIngo MANTEI, Hannes Vasold
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Abstract
A method is provided for welding in an automated way a sphere onto a metal sheet. The method includes the following steps: providing a sphere; providing a first electrode; picking up the sphere by use of the first electrode; providing a metal sheet; providing a second electrode; pressing the metal sheet and sphere together such that the sphere is pressed against the metal sheet by the first electrode, and the metal sheet is pressed against the sphere by the second electrode; and welding the sphere and the metal sheet together by generating a welding current between the two electrodes.
Claims18
A method for welding a sphere onto a metal sheet, the method comprising the acts of:
- picking up a sphere by use of a first electrode;
- pressing a metal sheet and the sphere together, wherein the sphere is pressed against the metal sheet by the first electrode and the metal sheet is pressed against the sphere by a second electrode;
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- generating a welding current between the first and second electrodes to weld the sphere and the metal sheet together.
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