1. Application of Welding Manipulator 2. Picture View on Wuxi JACK Cross Slides Welding Manipulator 3. Main Working Units of Cross Slides Welding Manipulator 4. Working Video of Wuxi JACK Welding Manipulator 5. Design Sketch of Cross Slides Welding Manipulator 6. Welding Head in Cross Slides Welding Manipulator 7. Seam Tracker in Welding Torches of Welding Equipment 8. Video Graphic Monitor in Cross Slides Welding Manipulator 9. Category and Main Parameters of Welding Manipulator 10. Application and Related Equipment of Welding Manipulator
The Lefthand Scrolling Photos: Parts/ Components / Sub-Assemblies/ Assemblies which compose Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom
1. Solid Base: Mechanical base bed in Stationary Welding Manipulator; Motor drive moving trolley in moving ability Welding Column and Boom;
2. Horizontal Boom: This is the central working hand of cross slides Pipe Tank Welding Machine. It moves up and down along upright column, fulfilling welding torch position adjustment along X and Y axis;
3. Upright Column: This is the main trunk of the column and boom Welding Manipulator. It is assembled together with the horizontal boom, to form into a right angle “Cross” mechanical frame of the Welding Equipment, and perpendicular to base bed or trolley of the Welding Manipulator;
4. Cross Slides (Saddle): This is central joint of the Welding Column and Boom. Movement of horizontal boom along the upright column is by means of guiding and transmitting through the cross slides;
5. Welding Head: This is core function unit in Welding Equipment of LHZ series Welding Column and Boom.
ESAB Strip cladding welding commissioning in Wuxi JACK LHZ5050 large Welding Column and Boom;
Trying on EASB built up welding in Wuxi JACK LHZ5050 large motorized moving column and boom Welding Manipulator;
Close distance observance on SAW strip cladding in Wuxi JACK LHZ5050 Pipe Tank Welding Machine
1. Applicable Workpiece Size: The largest diameter of tanks/ pipes that can be welded in this Pipe Tank Welding Machine is Φ4000mm;
2. Length of traveling rails for Welding Column and Boom is based on required max. longitudinal length of workpiece;
3. Way of Operation: During running of the Column and Boom Welding Manipulator, workpiece is laid onto 2 sets of Welding Rotator. The distance between the 2 sets of welding roller bed;
4. Welding Mode is flexible based on necessary process technology at working site of the Welding Column and Boom. The most often adopted welding modes are: SAW (Submerged arc welding)/ GMAW/ TIG/ Stap Cladding;
5. Welding Orientation on Working Parts: As shown in the above design sketch, the LHZ4040 Welding Column and Boom carries out external longitudinal welding along longitudinal body of pipe.
1) Photo 1: Large welding current SAW (Submerged arc welding), for fabricating on thick wall pipes/ tubes/ tanks, that are made of carbon steel;
2) Photo 2: Delicate TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding, for fabricating on thin wall pipes/ tubes/ barrels, which are made of non-ferrous metal, including stainless steel/ zinc;
3) Photo 3: High IK value CO2 GMAW, for fabricating on small to medium wall thickness of workpieces, in column and boom Welding Manipulator;
4) Photo 4: Strip Cladding (Hard facing), for acquiring on building up anti-corrosion layer, on external surface of workpiece, in this column and boom Pipe Tank Welding Machine;
Correspondingly, from the above 4 photos, we can see that, welding head of the Welding Column and Boom has main elements of:
1) Various modes of Welding torch, including welding torch position controlling mechanism / high precision cross slides/ Welding seam tracing unit;
2) Welding wire feeder, and welding wire reel;
3) SAW welding flux system: Hopper/ recycling unit, and conveying tubes, in case of SAW (Submerged arc welding) being adopted in Welding Column and Boom;
4) Control console of welding power supply, and welding seam tracker, that conform to welding modes being adopted in specific Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
1) For SAW (Submerged arc welding), please check product section of “LHZ models High Efficiency Welding Column and Boom with SAW”;
2) For CO2 GMAW, please check product section of “LHZ series Precise and Efficient Welding Column and Boom with GMAW”;
3) For Strip Cladding, please check product section of “LHZ series Accurate and Fast Column and Boom Welding Manipulator with Strip Cladding”.
1) It collects on real time position data of welding torch;
1) The welding seam tracing unit is a very powerful tool for guaranteeing on superior welding quality of LHZ series automatic high precision Welding Column and Boom;
2) On the other hand, guaranteeing on superior performance of the entire set of Welding Equipment, depends on coordination of all the working units of the Column and Boom Welding Manipulator.
1) What is Blind Welding: When the Pipe Tank Welding Machine is used for producing longitudinal and or circumferential welding seams on internal wall of cylindrical workpieces, which operator can not see directly on welding point, such operation belongs to blind welding;
1) Loading capacity at the front end of horizontal boom;
2) Revolve of Upright Column: Rotating or fixed; If rotating, motor drive or manual push;
3) Mechanical Base of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator: Stationary or moving style
1. Light duty column manual revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
2. Light duty column motor drive revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
3. Light duty column manual revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
4. Light duty column motor drive revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
5. Medium duty column manual revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
6. Medium duty column motor drive revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
7. Medium duty column manual revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
8. Medium duty column motor drive revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
9. Heavy duty column manual revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
10. Heavy duty column motor drive revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
11. Heavy duty column manual revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
12. Heavy duty column motor drive revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
13. Column Non-revolving Welding Column and Boom.
| MODEL | LHZ 2 X 3 | LHZ 3 X 4 | LHZ 4 X 4 | LHZ 4 X 5 | LHZ 5 X 5 | LHZ 5 X 6 | LHZ 6 X 6 | LHZ 7 X 7 | LHZ 8 X 8 |
| Horizontal Boom Vertical Moving Stroke (mm) | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 4000 | 5000 | 5000 | 6000 | 7000 | 8000 |
| Boom Horizontal Moving Stroke (mm) | 3000 | 4000 | 4000 | 5000 | 5000 | 6000 | 6000 | 7000 | 8000 |
| Mechanical Bed of Welding Manipulator | Stationary Base Bed / Moving type Tolley | ||||||||
| Upright Column Revolve Way | Non Revolving/ Manual or Motor Drive Revolving | ||||||||
| Horizontal Boom Vertical Speed (mm/min.) | Constant 1000 | Constant 1500 | |||||||
| Horizontal Boom Horizontal Speed (mm/min.) | 120 ~ 1200, Inverter | 80 ~ 1000, Inverter | |||||||
| Max. Loading at Front End of Boom (kg) | 80 | 80 ~ 120 | 200 | 500 | 400 | ||||
| Welding Seam Tracking Range | 100 ~ 200 mm | ||||||||
| Welding Seam Tracking Speed | 200 ~ 250 mm/min. | ||||||||
| Welding Seam Tracking Precision | ± 0.25 mm | ||||||||
| Applicable Welding Mode | SAW/ GMAW: CO2, MIG, MAG/ TIG/ Strip Cladding | ||||||||
| Applicable Welding Material | Carbon steel/ Stainless Steel/ Al | ||||||||
1) As one of the widely applied Pipe Tank Welding Machine, column and boom Welding Manipulator usually work together with Welding Roller Bed;
2) Here, Welding Rotator is used for holding on and driving cylindric workpiece into revolve, so that carry out external and internal circumferential welding on internal and external walls of pipes/ tubes/ tanks;
3) When carry out fabrication on structure members, Welding Positioner is also necessary to collaborate with Welding Column and Boom;
4) These Welding Equipment work in the form of Welding Center;
Edge Milling Machine: For machining on welding groove on edges of sheet metal steel plate, so that subsequent bending and close gap welding for pipe production can be acquired;
1) CNC Pipe Cutting Machine: For cutting off pipe/ cut holes in longitudinal body of pipes/ make beveling on rim of pipe;
2) CNC Pipe Beam End Face Milling Machine: For performing end face polishing on fabricated workpieces.