Can a 3D flexible platform be used for robotic welding?

Robotic welding can fully utilize 3D flexible platforms,which are currently the mainstream and efficient solution for flexible and intelligent welding.With its high precision,modularity,and ease of integration,the 3D flexible platform is highly compatible with robotic welding systems,significantly improving the efficiency and quality of multi-variety,small-batch production.

I.Core Compatibility Advantages

High-Precision Positioning,Ensuring Welding Quality:The platform body has extremely high flatness and positioning hole accuracy(repeatability≤0.02mm),providing the robot with a stable and precise workpiece reference,greatly reducing welding deviations and improving weld consistency.

Modular Quick Changeover,Adapting to Multi-Variety Production:Standard hole/slot design,combined with universal modules such as square boxes,angle rulers,and support blocks,allows for rapid tooling reconstruction.Changeover time is reduced from hours with traditional dedicated tooling to minutes,eliminating the need for custom-made fixtures for each workpiece.

Seamless Integration,Achieving Intelligent Collaboration:The platform reserves standardized communication and mechanical interfaces,allowing direct connection to robots,positioners,and 3D vision systems.Data interoperability is achieved through industrial Ethernet,supporting automatic robot path planning and positioner-linked rotation to form a closed-loop intelligent welding system.

Strong load-bearing capacity and stability,suitable for heavy workpieces.Utilizing high-strength ductile iron and reinforced ribs,the large-scale platform has a rated load capacity of up to 50 tons,with minimal deformation under heavy load,meeting the robotic welding needs of heavy structural components in engineering machinery,shipbuilding,and other industries.

II.Typical Application Scenarios

Automotive and New Energy:Welding of various parts such as battery trays,chassis,and frames,enabling rapid changeover and high-precision assembly.

Engineering Machinery:Heavy structural components such as booms,sticks,and frames,cooperating with robots and positioners to complete multi-angle thick plate welding.

Aerospace:Welding of irregularly shaped,high-precision parts,with 3D vision enabling automatic programming of complex trajectories.

General Sheet Metal/Steel Structures:Flexible robotic welding production lines for multi-specification,small-batch workpieces.

III.Key Points for Integration and Implementation

Selection and Matching:Based on the workpiece weight,size,and precision requirements,select a platform with the corresponding specifications and precision level(e.g.,D28 series hole system).

System Integration:Configure communication protocols(such as Profinet,EtherNet/IP)between the robot controller and the platform/positioner to achieve coordinate linkage.

Vision Assistance:Complex workpieces can be equipped with 3D vision to automatically identify workpiece positions and compensate for robot path errors,improving flexibility and intelligence.

Programming Optimization:Based on the platform's reference coordinate system,robot paths can be programmed offline,reducing on-site debugging time.

GB/T 7714:Gan Z L, Musa S N, Yap H J. A review of the high-mix, low-volume manufacturing industry[JJ. Applied Sciences, 2023,13(3):1687.

MLA:Gan, Zhi Lon, Siti Nurmaya Musa, and Hwa Jen Yap. "Areview of the high-mix, low-volume manufacturing industry."Applied Sciences 13.3 (2023): 1687.

APA:Gan, Z. L., Musa, S. N., & Yap, H. J. (2023). A review of thehigh-mix, low-volume manufacturing industry. AppliedSciences, 13(3), 1687.