Arc Welding Robot

• US 20080302773A1
• Filed: 07/08/2005
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mukai, Yasushi, Aimi, Kei, Ikeda, Tatsuya
• Application Number:
  US11/571,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20080302773A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/125.1
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/0953 using computing means
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/12 Automatic feeding or moving of electrodes or work for spot or seam welding or cutting
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/126 Controlling the spatial relationship between the work and the gas torch between wire tip and piece B23K9/073
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/127 Means for tracking lines during arc welding or cutting copying in general B23Q35/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45104 Lasrobot, welding robot

Abstract

In the visual inspection of welded members, there is a limit to welding quality control. Even in the welding quality control using general-purpose measuring instruments, sufficient data cannot be collected, and increased cost entails.

An arc welding robot of the invention is an arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, includes: storage means for storing as history information at least one of a program name, a welding portion, and measurement data at the time of execution of the operation program. Therefore, it is possible to collect data necessary for welding quality control at low cost and with high accuracy without adding any special measuring instrument.

Claims

1. An arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, comprising:

storage means for storing as history information at least one of a program name, a welding portion, and measurement data at the time of execution of the operation program.

2. An arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, comprising:

storage means for storing at least measurement data as history information, wherein the measurement data includes at least one of a welding current command value, an average value of a welding current output, a welding voltage command value, an average value of a welding voltage output, a wire feed rate, a short-circuiting frequency, a feed motor current, and a welding error, all during the predetermined period.

3. An arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, comprising:

storage means for storing at least measurement data as history information, wherein the measurement data includes a determination result in which a determination is made as to whether or not at least one of an average value of a welding current output, an average value of a welding voltage output, a short-circuiting frequency, and a feed motor current, all during a predetermined period, falls within a predetermined range set in advance.

4. An arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, comprising:

storage means for storing as history information at least one of a program name, a welding portion, and measurement data at the time of execution of the operation program, wherein a timing at which the storage means stores the history information can be selected from either the time of a change of all welding conditions or the time of occurrence of an abnormality.

5. An arc welding robot which operates with a predetermined operation pattern by an operation program taught in advance, and welds a workpiece under predetermined welding conditions set in advance for each predetermined period in the operation pattern, comprising:

storage means for storing as history information at least one of a program name, a welding portion, and measurement data at the time of execution of the operation program, wherein the stored history information can be transferred to an external memory.