Introducing
Automated Welding in Your Shop: Case Study: Custom-Engineered System for Small
Aluminum Connectors
Customer contacts
AP Automation with job requirements:
Customer is currently hand-welding these
parts and wants to mechanize in order to:
Increase production
Improve weld quality and consistency
Reduce rejects
Lower operator skill level requirements
The customer has 45 different
aluminum parts, which require quick setup and easy switching between parts.
AP Automation Custom-Engineers
a Welding System:
AP Automation designed
fixtures with internal argon purge for each part. The fixtures exactly
align the two halves of each part together before welding. Each set
of holding fixtures is labeled with a part number which corresponds
to the program number in the AP-1000 TIG Controller. The fixtures quickly
clamp into a weld lathe, which has synchronized head and tail stock
rotation.
The simple programming of the AP-1000 is ideal for this application.
AP-1000 controls all welding parameters for each part, including amperage,
voltage, wire speed, and lathe rotation speed. Once the parts are oriented
in the fixture,
the entire weld is executed with the
push of a button.
Solidworks®
3D CAD model is created and emailed:
This allows the customer to
view on his web browser an animated simulation of his job being welded
with our system. The customer can zoom in and manipulate the image to
view all of his clearance requirements and verify our equipment for his
job. No extra software is required to view the model. In addition, AP
Automation emails a PowerPoint® presentation detailing the system
and its cost, giving the customer all the information needed to make a
purchase decision.
AP
Automation assists the customer in every step of automating
your shop, from design to implementation. Our AP-100
Controller is a powerful component in an automated TIG system.
