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Cut Through Base Plates
Cut through base plates are commonly used when a tooling plate is on a rotating head stock tail stock. These access
holes simply allow the welding torch access to be able to weld the bottom of the part.
Holding and Tacking Fixtures
Some parts to be welded can be very large or heavy.
Loading these components into a robot fi xture can be
cumbersome and can limit torch accessibility for the welding
robot. When this occurs, a tacking fi xture is often used to
hold the part together without falling apart. The tacked but
un-welded part can be then placed into a simple holding
fi xture on the robot cell with minimal clamping to ensure easy
torch access to all the welds.
Smart Tooling with HMI Interfaces
Smart tooling is used to give fi xtures a level of automation for purposes such as:
Ensuring all parts are present using proximity sensors
To quickly change programs through a HMI interface
To actuate clamps during the welding process
To have a part auto load or auto eject a part in the cell
All these help ensure quality and productivity of the robot cell.
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