An Arc Welding Robot Control for a Shaped Metal Deposition Plant: Modular Software Interface and Sensors

Author

Bonaccorso, Filippo ; Cantelli, Luciano ; Muscato, Giovanni

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. Elettr., Elettron. e Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

Volume

58

Issue

8

fYear

2011

Firstpage

3126

Lastpage

3132

Abstract

This paper is focused on the study and the control of a process of robotic arc welding. The system developed has been used to study the whole process and to develop an automatic controller for the arc process of deposition. The process consists of a shaped metal deposition (SMD) system that is an innovative method for the manufacturing of metal objects, which uses a layer-by-layer deposition technique. A useful software interface has been implemented in a Labview environment to study the system and to develop and tune the parameters of an automatic controller.

Keywords

arc welding; control engineering computing; industrial robots; robotic welding; Labview environment; SMD system; arc process; arc welding robot control; automatic controller; innovative method; layer-by-layer deposition technique; metal objects manufacturing; modular software interface; robotic arc welding; shaped metal deposition plant; Metals; Process control; Sensors; Voltage control; Welding; Wire; Arc welding control; Labview software interface; control; shaped metal deposition (SMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2011.2114311

Filename

5712190