Robotic Fixturing for Welding with the Adaptive Gripper
Industries: Automotive parts, Motorized vehicles, Machinery
Process Application: High-mix robotic welding
GIVE YOUR ROBOTS
"HAND-LIKE" CAPABILITIES
TO INCREASE HIGH-MIX
WELDING FLEXIBILITY WITH
THE ADAPTIVE GRIPPER
"HAND-LIKE" CAPABILITIES
TO INCREASE HIGH-MIX
WELDING FLEXIBILITY WITH
THE ADAPTIVE GRIPPER
Current process and challenges
A large variety of small components such as brackets and studs need to be welded on a larger assembly. These small components have to be placed into a custom made fixtures to be welded.
- Fixtures are not flexible. High-mix low-volume batches are then difficult to automate.
- Custom made fixtures are expensive to design and modify.
- Ferry wheels typically used for robotic welding are expensive.
Adaptive Gripper solution and benefits
If you are a high-mix manufacturer, use the gripper on a robot as a flexible, reprogrammable fixture for all your small parts to be welded.
- Significantly reduce fixture costs and complexity.
- Reduce operational costs and reaction time to engineering changes.
- Solve operator ergonomics and access problems.
- Perfectly suited to mixed-model production.
