US 2015/0090769 A1Published application

Welding Apparatus

AssigneeKeylex Corporation

InventorsTakeshi Furuta, Shunsuke Okamoto

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Abstract

Provided is a welding apparatus by which a worker can work in a comfortable posture, with which a space can be effectively utilized at a low cost, and which can reliably weld workpieces. Specifically, a pair of jigs are circumferentially provided on the upper surface of a circular rotating table around its outer circumference at intervals, and positions workpieces such that orientations of the workpieces are changeable. A welding robot is provided in a workpiece welded region. A control board outputs an operation signal to the rotating table such that the jigs respectively move into a workpiece set region and the workpiece welded region, and outputs an operation signal to the respective jigs such that the jig in the workpiece set region is inclined toward a side closer to the worker and the jig in the workpiece welded region is inclined according to welded parts of the workpieces.

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Dependent claims

A welding apparatus comprising:

a circular rotating table supported by a vertically extending rotation shaft, and rotating between a workpiece set region and a workpiece welded region;
a plurality of jigs circumferentially provided on an upper surface of the rotating table around an outer circumference thereof at intervals, and configured to position workpieces such that orientations of the workpieces are changeable;
a welding robot provided in the workpiece welded region;
and
control means connected to the rotating table and the respective jigs, and configured to output an operation signal to the rotating table such that the respective jigs move into the workpiece set region and the workpiece welded region, and output an operation signal to the respective jigs such that one of the jigs in the workpiece set region is inclined toward a worker and another one of the jigs in the workpiece welded region is inclined according to welded parts of the workpieces.

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