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    Advice on Robotic Welding Systems

    You will want ease of use, good feedback etc, automatic corrections etc. Igm robots have..... 1. K5 teach pendant - windows style teach pendant. 2. Instant feedback to TP with welding parameters in real time, you dont need to look at the weld set. 3. Automatic tcp correction. 4. 720 deg axis...
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    Advice on Robotic Welding Systems

    http://www.robotsystems.co.uk/ Ask yourself the question, do you want a robot from a manufacturer that is capable of making there robot weld. !! Or do you want a robot that only specialises in welding. There is a massive difference in there abilitites. I currently work with Fanuc, ABB and...
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    Review of testing a "robotic" welding device

    1. What kind of consumables are used, in house bought out. 2. MTB's, Mean Time Between Failure's..! 3. Working envolope, does it require extra axis. 4. Programming time, does it have an offline programming device, i.e ROBCAD or ACTWELD. Spider : weld a spider can climb vertically, horizontally...
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    Robotic welding aluminium

    You cannot use welding plates on an inside corner, this only works in basic welding theory i.e. on long straight weld seams. You would end up with tooling costing you 10x the price by adding this to all weld seams, if it was at all possible. Then there would be additional costs for clamping...
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    Robotic welding aluminium

    If you are not an experienced Aluminium mig welder, you have got a big hill to climb..! Even if you get all the parameters, I guarentee you will still have problems. Wire feed consistency is the key. You need a push/pull wire feed unit. Keep the length of your welding torch short if possible...
  6. 28021973

    Electron Beam Welding vs. Laser Welding

    try www.twi.co.uk
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    On-Line Degrees

    As an employer, I would give a lot of praise to any person who obtained a degree whilst in full time employment. The respect is due to the effort made by dedicating some of there social time to studies rather than studying full time. The examinations are all written by the same level of...
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    Would you do it again?- Hind sight and engineering-

    You have to blame company accountant's & buyers..... Running the price down on engineering products, makes the quality of the product poor. Therefore the respect of poor quality work is given its due respect. We are a society led by accountant's, so the pound in engineering terms is not a...
  9. 28021973

    VB search and open from file

    I want to try and create a simple program that will open up a text document and search for a specific part of the document, then print only that specific part to a text box. I guess i would have to use bookmarks in the text document, can any one help please.
  10. 28021973

    Engineering Apprenticeship

    We had a project engineer sent to site years ago to help out due to a staff shortage. This guy was a gradute engineer, brilliant at project managing. But we needed him to muck in and give us a hand, a bit of fitting, electrical installation work, welding etc, he could not do any of them...
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    Engineering Apprenticeship

    4yrs apprenticeship (full time), plus your time spent gaining a degree choice. This would be acceptable. Anything less would be consider an accident waiting to happen. There are many companys in the UK that stipulate a full apprenticeship as one of the criteria needed to qualify for a vacant...
  12. 28021973

    LOSSES THROUGH MUTUAL INDUCTION

    We have a spot welding machine and projection welding machine side by side, welding the same part. The jig which locates the part is made of ferrous material. After welding for some time, even though the jig is electrically isolated from the lower electrodes and only makes contact to the part...
  13. 28021973

    Linear bearing-acetal copolymer radiation protection

    Dupont are the manufaturers of Delrin (acetal copolymer), have you tried to contact them for help. Im not sure where you are based, but i know who to contact at the manufacturing site in Dordrecht Holland if its any help.
  14. 28021973

    Will online degrees ever reach high status in the US?

    I do a degree ..then try and get a job.. I do an apprenticeship in a job..gain vast amounts of experience..then do an online degree... who would you employ........! Doesnt matter where the degree is earned...only the person who earns it..!
  15. 28021973

    connect my laptop to s7 400

    Basically the way we had to get it to work was to buy a piece of software, I think it was called SCMN7 industrial ethernet - from siemens. This will open up the setup properties in your simatic manager to be able to connect over ethernet. Standard simatic manager wont work. Try asking the...
  16. 28021973

    Gudel Gantry Robots with the S4C+ (ABB) 6-Axes Robot Controller

    www.igm.at Try looking and talking to these people if you want to take a look at a different brand of robot controller which is easier to use. They are currently using K5 teach pendant which is windows based, very easy. You can control up to 16 axis on one controller including gantry systems...
  17. 28021973

    IGM ROBOTS HELP

    If you need technical help on igm robot systems get in touch with me; I worked for igm for nearly a decade and I will help you solve your problems for free. [pipe]
  18. 28021973

    THREATENED WITH THE SACK

    Recently I was in the office with my immediate manager.One of our company's highly regarded directors stormed in on our meeting and quite rudely started bawling and shouting at my boss. Basically it was over an incident that happened 2 days ago; which has no relevance to this thread. My boss...
  19. 28021973

    CALIBRATING MIG WELDING SETS

    Could anyone tell me who I could by mig welding calibration and verification equipment from, preferably a UK company ease of delivery. Other than that, what components would I need to make my own. I have seen the units, and all they look like they have are large wire wound resistors inside...
  20. 28021973

    from autocad to position

    Try using robcad. http://www.tecnomatix.com/ But as tygerdawg said, your robcad system and robot coordinate system need to be calibrated. http://www.tecmedic.de/ These may help you.

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