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7326880 |
Welding torch and welding robot
A welding torch having a flange portion to be coupled to a wrist of a robot. A shock sensor is attached to the flange portion. A nozzle is attached to the shock sensor. The welding torch includes a...
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7094989 |
Welding apparatus and methods for using ultrasonic sensing
A welding apparatus using ultrasonic sensing is described and which includes a movable welder having a selectively adjustable welding head for forming a partially completed weld in a weld seam...
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7034249 |
Method of controlling the welding of a three-dimensional structure
A welded structure is formed by arranging multiple pieces on a three-dimensional support base to provide an assembly in accordance with the structure to be welded and making a picture map of the...
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7005607 |
Welding method, welding device, welded joint, and welded structure
A welding method is disclosed for butt welding a first base material 1 and a second base material 2 with each other. To also permit stable and efficient formation of a bead in the form of a...
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7002102 |
Toolholder for coupling a tool to a handling device
The invention relates to a toolholder ( 10 ) for coupling a welding torch to an industrial robot ( 14 ), comprising a first fixing device ( 16 ) for fixing the welding torch ( 12 ) to the...
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6996456 |
Robot with tactile sensor device
Methods and apparatuses for calibrating and teaching a robot to accurately work within a work environment. The present invention preferably provides one or more tactile sensor devices that may be...
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6984805 |
Arc welder
The present invention provides an arc welder in which a robot controller of a teaching playback type robot and a welding power source are of digital control type and the robot controller and the...
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6954681 |
Board align image acquisition device with improved interface
An electronics assembly system includes an image acquisition system that is coupled to a controller through an improved interface. The coupling facilitates advanced monitoring and control of the...
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6924452 |
Welding device and method
A welding device and a welding method for butt welding two pipes to be welded are provided. The welding device comprises a welding device body, having an electrode unit with a welding electrode and...
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6917854 |
Method for recognition determination and localization of at least one arbitrary object or space
A method for recognition, determination and localization of at least one arbitrary object or space and the picking up of said object, by at least on robot, in particular, a service robot, which...
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6909066 |
Adaptive and synergic fill welding method and apparatus
An adaptive and synergic fill welding method and apparatus enables automatic, or adaptive fill, and user directed, or synergic fill, modes to provide improved fusion quality, by ensuring that base...
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6853878 |
Robot controller
A robot controller for teaching a robot with high efficiency. The robot controller including command storage unit ( 21 ) where a movement command and a work command are stored, command identifying...
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6826450 |
Robot controller
Bendings Δα, Δβ, and Δθ are determined by the torques about the axes of coordinate systems disposed to respective joints and by spring constants. Parameters α, β, and θ 0 are determined...
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6791062 |
Method for positioning a welding torch in the center-line of the desired course of a weld seam
The invention describes a method of positioning a welding torch ( 10 ) and a welding wire ( 13 ) at the center of a seam ( 32 ). The welding torch ( 10 ) is positioned by means of a robot arm on a...
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6750426 |
Welding arrangement and method
Constituent pieces of a structure to be welded are arranged in a desired configuration on a support surface and are welded together at a plurality of weld points to form the welded structure. At...
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6711469 |
Robot system, robot apparatus and cover for robot apparatus
An authenticating pattern is disposed on a cover and an authenticating device is disposed in a robot apparatus for authenticating the cover on the basis of the authenticating pattern of the fitted...
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6693259 |
Self-diagnosis type welding carriage control system for automatically controlling welding conditions and implementing oscillation motion
Disclosed herein is a self-diagnosis type welding carriage control system for automatically controlling welding conditions and implementing an oscillation motion. The welding carriage control...
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6681151 |
System and method for servoing robots based upon workpieces with fiducial marks using machine vision
A system and method for servoing robot marks using fiducial marks and machine vision provides a machine vision system having a machine vision search tool that is adapted to register a pattern,...
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6603096 |
Welding apparatus and method thereof for hermetic compressor
In a welding apparatus and a method thereof for a hermetic compressor, a welding apparatus for a hermetic compressor includes a plurality of three welding torches placed at the circumference of a...
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6570118 |
Arc welding system and a process therefor
An electric arc welding robot for welding a zone of a rail or the like comprises a movable, electric arc torch unit for operating the welding, first controlling means for controlling a first...
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6563084 |
Probe for touch sensing
A probe for touch sensing to determine the position of a workpiece in a robot welding system using a robot driven welding gun for advancing a welding wire in a given direction toward a workpiece....
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6560513 |
Robotic system with teach pendant
A robotic system for a robot includes a programmable controller coupled to the robot and a teach pendant coupled to the programmable controller. The teach pendant is adapted to control the robot...
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6480760 |
Robot restarting method
When an emergency stop button 12 is pressed after a robot 1 passes a teaching point P N , and then reach a position P E , the robot 1 is stopped at a position P S diverted from the...
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6453213 |
Robot control system and method
A robot control system and method for controlling a robot that performs working on a working path between a specified working start point and a working end point. The robot control system includes...
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6452134 |
Method for correcting teaching points for welding robot and welding robot system employing the same
A method for correcting a preset locus of a teaching point for a welding robot having a touch sensor, includes the steps of positioning a workpiece on a welding jig, performing a touch-sensor...
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6429405 |
Apparatus and method for welding pipes together
Two pipes are arranged, when forming a deep sea pipeline, end to end thereby defining a circumferentially extending narrow angled (less than 10 degrees) groove. Two arc welding torches are arranged...
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6429404 |
Method and apparatus for determining seam tracking control of arc welding
A tracking monitoring device and a tracking control device are provided for determining the state of how a weld line is tracked under arc sensing control to let the oscillating center of a welding...
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6407364 |
Method and system for welding railroad rails
A method and system of depositing molten metal from an advancing welding wire to form a root pass of weld metal in the bottom of a gap between first and second metal members having generally flat...
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6376801 |
Gas turbine component refurbishment apparatus and repair method
A gas turbine component can be refurbished and/or repaired with an arc welding process that is used in conjunction with a 6-axis robot, a camera and a robot controller/vision processor. Applied to...
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6362456 |
Method and system for controlling weld geometry features for improved fatigue performance of fabricated structures
Surfaces of a weld seam are measured to determine weld seam characteristics such as weld seam profile, seam shape, misfit in a seam, seam gap, and surface irregularities. A desired weld bead...
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6352354 |
Light pinpointing device for a robot
The light pinpointing device is for producing a pinpointing light signal at an operative center point of a robot tool. The pinpointing light signal is useful to properly position the robot tool...
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6345213 |
Control method for an industrial robot
A method provides an exact measurement of the tool center point (TCP) being carried out, preferably in the whole working area of the robot. In this measurement, the robot moves very slowly so that...
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6329635 |
Methods for weld monitoring and laser heat treatment monitoring
Methods for weld monitoring and for laser heat treatment monitoring are provided using infrared emissions. In the method for weld monitoring, an infrared (IR) signature emitted by a hot weld...
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6327516 |
Operation terminal and remote operation system for a robot
Parameters of a robot is displayed on a display device of an operation terminal in a manner that parameters having been changed and parameters having not been changed of all the parameters are...
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6321139 |
Operation line searching method and robot/sensor system having operation line searching function
An operation line searching method in which an operation start position is automatically approached and a robot/sensor system having such function of detecting the operation line. A robot having a...
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6278074 |
Method and system for welding railroad rails
A method and system for automatically filing the narrow gap between facing end walls of adjacent first and second railway rails by depositing vertically spaced layers of molten metal in the gap...
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6274845 |
Method and apparatus for electric arc welding
An electric arc welding apparatus for depositing molten metal from an advancing welding wire into a weld puddle in an open root between two juxtapositioned plates where the root extends in a...
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6273320 |
Measurement of pipe joint misalignment at weld interface
A method of monitoring the alignment of pipes to be welded end to end involves supporting a reference bar extending generally parallel to, and external of, the pipes so as to span a weld position...
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6243621 |
Method of determining workpiece positions including coordinated motion
A method of determining position information of a workpiece relative to a robot includes the ability to move the workpiece into a variety of orientations relative to the robot during the touch...
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6177649 |
Method and apparatus for regulating the position of a camera in a thermal control system for welding
Both a method and apparatus for regulating the position of a camera in a thermographic control and monitoring arrangement is provided for a system for welding together at least two metal plates...
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6166506 |
Wireless safety clutch
A robotic safety clutch that provides a wireless connection between the safety clutch and an robotic/automatic arm controller. The safety clutch includes a sensor for sensing a crash event and a...
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6150631 |
Method of detecting root gap and arc welding method using the former
The weld seam tracking and the welding torch height are controlled, the waveform of the welding voltage or the welding current of the arc is detected, the waveform of the above-described welding...
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RE36926 |
Welding control using fuzzy logic analysis of video imaged puddle dimensions
A welding system includes an imaging system that takes frame by frame pictures of a weld puddle. The imaging system is located in the weld torch. From the images puddle length and width are...
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6133545 |
Welding robot
A measured welding event is reproduced by a welding robot. Welding events are organized into a database by a three-dimensional measuring device and a data logging device, and the welding events are...
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6124566 |
Automatic tracking process of the joint bevel for the butt welding of pipes and equipment for the embodiment of the process
A process for automatically tracking a joint bevel during butt welding of coaxial pipes includes the steps of observing electrical parameter values relating to the voltage, current and voltaic arc...
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6118093 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a welding robot
An apparatus and a method for controlling a welding robot is disclosed. In the method, an initial welding is performed under initial welding conditions while moving a welding object and a welding...
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6097169 |
Stitch machining method by industrial robot
A stitch machining method by an industrial robot capable of performing a teaching operation easily and the stitch machining accurately. Instead of teaching switchover points p1, P2, . . . for...
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6069340 |
Electrode holder mirror device
An electrode holder mirror device for welding purposes and method therefor comprises a body structure which comprises an open sleeve member and a flange section. The flange section functions to...
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6049059 |
Vision processing method and device for welding line auto-tracking
A vision processing method and device which processes a photographed-object image to provide information about a position and shape of the object, and perform the steps of forming a shape-memory...
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6046431 |
Remote operator viewing and measurement system for arc welding
Arc welding control apparatus includes a laser (10) for projecting a first reference mark (24) along a first axis onto the line of a weld (26) and a video camera (12) arranged to view the work...
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