| 2007 №12 (09) | 2007 №12 (01) |
The Paton Welding Journal, 2007, #12, 39-40 pages
Robotic station for welding globe valves in Ar + CO2 gas mixture atmosphere
V.M. Ilyushenko, G.A. Butakov, A.V. Ganchuk
E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NASU. 11 Kazymyr Malevych Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine.Abstract
Described is a robotic station for welding globe valves, which includes a workpiece rotator. Synchronising the rotator operation with the RM-01 robot manipulator is provided by using the «Sfera-36» control system devices. The station was tested by the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute.
Keywords: arc welding, robotic station, workpiece rotator, control system, globe valve