PROWELD: an off-line welding robot programming package with an interactive graphical interface
by Tuna Balkan, M. A. Sahir Arikan, Murat Balut
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology (IJMPT), Vol. 12, No. 4/5/6, 1997

Abstract: A PC-based interactive software package for low-level programmers is developed the for off-line programming of robots for welding, and is evaluated for arc welding using a six-degree of freedom industrial robot. The package is also capable of simulating the process graphically. Weld trajectories are either determined by making use of user input three-dimensional weld seam drawings, or can be extracted from three-dimensional workpiece drawings. A module is developed for easy weld seam input, which also makes use of open-architecture libraries for classical weld geometries. The software package consists of modules for automatic selection of welding machine and robot programming parameters by making use of open-architecture libraries. The user can also override and input these parameters manually, whenever required.

Online publication date: Tue, 02-Nov-2010

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