Robotic Welding Cell
Flexible – Intelligent – Efficient
Traditional Robotic Welding cells are best suited to repeated runs of 50 parts or more of heavy material with minimal heat distortion that must be placed in precision fixtures. Pickwick has operated a single-unit cell of this type for over a decade, but these restrictions severely limited its use producing mixed models in a single piece flow – our most popular service today. The speed advantage of a robot in laying weld just could not offset the combined investment in fixturing and higher cost of setups.
Pickwick's new Dual Robot Dual Head and Tailstock Cell has two new innovations to overcome these challenges:
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High Voltage Touch Sensing – Both robots automatically touch off on the part to be welded and determine its exact location, relying less on a heavy rigid fixture and baseplate location.
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Through the Arc Seam Tracking – Automatic course changes made during the weld application overcome minute metal distortion and maintain weld integrity.
When combined with Pickwick's Offline Programming and 3D Laser-cut Fixturing innovations, the result is a highly flexible short-run cell capable of handling complex parts of sheet gauge material with speed and precision. It's just one more example of Pickwick's success in adapting lean, mass-production technologies to customized, short-run manufacturing.
The Details: Two Panasonic TA1800WGH TAWERS Robots with Harmonious Communication able to operate in either or both of two 144" long x 60" dia. envelopes, both equipped with 2000 lb. capacity head and tail stock positioners and mounting plates for change-over fixture backbones.
