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The laser seam tracking capability was integrated into SmartTCP s automatic offline programming software for small batch production to provide accurate automatic control of the position of the welding robot without the need for operator intervention or welding interruption.

In connection with, for example, bearing drilling systems, sandblast systems, pantograph milling machines or welding robots almost any automatic line operation of steel constructions can be realised," it says.

Tel Aviv-based SmartTCP's software turns welding robots into next generation smart machines and cuts programming time from weeks to a matter of hours.

TMS made much of the fact that by using its advanced Tecnomatix simulation systems, it was able to pack in the German Kuka handling and MIG and spot welding robots very tightly.

The laser seam tracking capability was integrated into SmartTCP's automatic offline programming software for small batch production to provide accurate automatic control of the position of the welding robot without the need for operator intervention or welding interruption.

Toyo Seat uses a variety of welding processes including 70 welding robots.

The controllers form part of a robotic control unit that improves application planning, set up, operation and maintenance of single or multiple robot cells The controller has the same functions as the existing IRC5 range, but at 250mm deep, is 60 per cent thinner ABB has launched the IRB1600 ID arc welding robot with an extended reach and integrated cabling and can handle payloads up to 4kg.

Similarly, the ES spot welding robot design routes all of the utilities through the upper arm so that the dress-out is not dangling as is ordinarily the case, permitting improved access into parts for welding and higher-robot density within a work area, and significantly reducing worn cable (with significantly signifying a replacement interval of about 24,000 hours rather than the 2,000 to 4,000 hours as is typical for a general-purpose robot).