Weld compensation device
AssigneeKawasaki Robotics (USA), Inc.
InventorsMaximiliano A. Falcone, Zhengyuan Sam Yang, John C. Siemer, Paul M. Betz
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to devices and methods for automating weld termination. In one embodiment, a compensation device is provided to grip a weld dam comprised of silicon dioxide. The compensation device is used to impart linear motion along an x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis, and rotational motion about the z-axis, to the weld dam. Via the imparted linear and rotational motion, the weld dam is then abutted against a surface of a workpiece, the workpiece comprising a first and a second section. In some embodiments, the workpiece surface includes uneven terminal ends of the first and second sections. In other embodiments, the workpiece surface is a bottom surface.
Claims20
A method for automating weld termination, comprising:
- gripping via a compensation device a weld dam comprised of silicon dioxide;
- imparting via the compensation device linear motion along an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis, and rotational motion about the z-axis, to the weld dam;
- abutting via imparted motion the weld dam against a surface of a workpiece, the workpiece comprising a first section and a second section.
A weld compensation device for automating weld termination, comprising:
- a weld dam comprised of silicon dioxide;
- a compensation device imparting motion to the weld dam, the motion including linear motion along an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis, and rotational motion about the z-axis;
- a workpiece comprising a first section and a second section, a surface of the workpiece abutted against the weld dam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.