System and method for modular portable welding and seam tracking
AssigneeWeldobot Ltd.
InventorsOmer Einav, Doron Shabanov, Daniel Spirtus, Ami Andre Kronenberg
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Abstract
A modular two-part welding and processing platform is described. A cart section is capable of rotating around objects such as pipes and cylinders, or of linear travel along plates or the like. This cart section reversibly couples to a processing section supplied for instance with welding apparatus, painting apparatus, cleaning means, analysis means or the like. By means of this two-part device, work pieces can be cleaned, welded, and inspected quickly and accurately. Special marks may be provided on the work piece which in conjunction with sensors and motoring means on the cart, allow for precise positioning of the process head with respect to the work.
Claims10
An automatic modular welding device comprising:
- a support carriage adapted to move along at least one flexible track relative to a work piece, the at least one flexible track being disposed directly on the surface of the work piece;
- and
- a welding head connected to a welding rig,
- the welding rig removably connected to said support carriage, wherein a sensor provides a position of the welding head relative to at least one feature on the work piece, and wherein the support carriage lifts the at least one flexible track off the work piece as the support carriage moves relative to the work piece,
- wherein the at least one feature is indicative of the path to be welded, said feature being offset from a welding location by a predetermined amount, and wherein said carriage is provided with a drive to move said welding rig in response to a relative position between said welding rig and said feature, and wherein automatic seam tracking is accomplished without obstruction of the at least one feature by welding debris, and
- wherein said welding rig comprises a marking device for creating said feature.
An automatic modular welding device comprising:
- a support carriage adapted to move relative to a work piece;
- and
- a welding rig removably connected to said support carriage, wherein the at least one feature is indicative of the path to be welded, said feature being offset from a welding location by a predetermined amount, and wherein said carriage is provided with a drive to move said welding rig in response to a relative position between said welding rig and said feature, wherein automatic seam tracking is accomplished without obstruction of the at least one feature by welding debris, and said welding rig comprises a marking device for creating said feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.