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Welding Guns/Torches

A welding gun directs the wire to the joint, transfers the welding current to the wire and provides the gas for shielding the arc and weldpool. For light duty work, air-cooled guns rely on the shielding gas passing through the body to cool the nozzle and have a limited current-carrying capacity. Water-cooled guns are preferred for high current levels, especially at high duty cycles. In electric welding, the torch conducts electric current to the electrode and carries the shielding gas to the arc zone of the welding arc. In gas welding, the torch adjusts the mixture of gases and guides the welding flame. Torches may be moved along the edges being welded by hand or automatically.

Welding Guns/Torches: Articles

Welding Technology: Robotics, Automation and Cobots

cobot welding solutions, MIG welding process, traditional welding, laser welding, laser weld, TIG quality welds, Cobot Technologies, Industrial welding cobots, Dan Colvin, The cobot is a tool for the welder, ESAB, Universal Robots, Ross Fleischmann, Miller Welding Automation, Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, Will Healy, American Welding Society, Yaskawa Motoman, Yaskawa America, Joshua Leath, MT Solar, Vectis Cobot Welding Tool, THG Automation, Path Robotics, Cobot Welding Summit, Flextur, Modine Manufacturing Co., cobot welding systems

Moving beyond high-mix, low-volume welding work, cobots are more and more suitable for laser welding, becoming increasingly more portable, and are incorporating coordinated motion to optimize cycle times.

Moving beyond high-mix, low-volume welding work, cobots are more and more suitable...

Small Shop, Big Gains

Small Shop Big Gains, robotic automation, robotic work cell, ArcWorld HC, Power and Force Limiting (PFL) technology, provisions for fume mitigation, arc flash protection and an e-stop, Dress packs, Weld torches, Servo positioners, weld cells, welding cells, Yaskawa America Inc. - Motoman Robotics Division

How pre-engineered weld cells can benefit business of all sizes.

How pre-engineered weld cells can benefit business of all sizes.

Think Outside the Generator Box

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Ryan Adams, George Myers, ESAB automation team, ESAB’s Technology & Research Center, Aristo® 500ix heavy industrial power source, RobustFeed U82 wire feeder, Universal Robots’ robotic arm, Siegmund weld table, TIG to MIG, A36 bar stock, 4340 ultra-high strength steel, ER90S-B9 filler metal, ER70S MIG wire, Grinding the plate to shiny metal., Using a fixture to clamp three base plates to the Siegmund table., Pre-heating the 4340 steel lifting hubs to 350oF using an oven, Pre-heating the 4340 steel lifting hubs to 350oF using an oven, Using a jig made in-house to perfectly center the hubs on the base plate, Using the cobot to make two tack welds on each hub, Using a rosebud to maintain the pre-heat temperatures, as well as checking the interpass temperature with an IR gun, Welding a root and cover pass on each hub, TIG welding process, Justin Mitchell, UR20e cobot arm, mechanized track welders, Brandon Allen, Exploring Automation, ASC deployed an ESAB cobot (collaborative robot), ¼” steel plate, I-beams and C-channel, Acoustical Sheetmetal Company (ASC), Think Outside the Generator Box

Power generation packager adds ESAB cobot, updates WPS from TIG to MIG and increases production five-fold for a critical part.

Power generation packager adds ESAB cobot, updates WPS from TIG to MIG...
Welding Guns/Torches: Products

New Cutting-Edge OptX 2kW Handheld Laser Welder

Miller Electric, Miller Electric Manufacturing, Dave Lambert, OptX™ 2kW handheld laser welder, IPG Photonics Corporation, welding shops, welding, laser welder, precision welding, fabrication, TIG

Miller Electric Mfg. developed the new handheld laser welder in collaboration with IPG Photonics Corp., to create an easy-to-use welder to support welding shops amid the ongoing labor shortage by unlocking the capacity of their workforce and dramatically boosting productivity.

Miller Electric Mfg. developed the new handheld laser welder in collaboration with...
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