Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming

Ioan-Matei Sarivan; Jørgen Schiønning Larsen; Ole Madsen; Brian Vejrum Wæhrens

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-27933-1_9

Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming

Ioan-Matei Sarivan^*, Jørgen Schiønning Larsen, Ole Madsen, Brian Vejrum Wæhrens

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Highly-skilled engineers are needed to reprogram a welding-robot upon a new variant or product introduction. This paper addresses the complexity of the welding-robot programming process by proposing and demonstrating the theoretical concept of “elementary welding operation” (EWO). The EWO is a fundamental building block for robot-welding programs containing most of the data necessary to generate a program automatically. The EWO is a descriptive data structure for the welding process, comprehensible by humans and machines. A technical proof of concept is put together and tested. The results indicate that the programming of the welding robot can be automated as part of a one-piece information flow based on a product model. Further development is required to ensure the system can handle complex weldment geometries, multi-pass welding, and proper validation of the robot program upon deployment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains : Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply ChainsStuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022)
Editors	Niklas Kiefl, Frederik Wulle, Clemens Ackermann, Daniel Holder
Number of pages	10
Volume	2
Place of Publication	ARENA2036
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	5 Jun 2023
Pages	85-95
Article number	9
Chapter	2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-27932-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-27933-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27933-1_9
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2023
Event	Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production 2022: Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains - ARENA2036, Stuttgart, Germany Duration: 16 Nov 2022 → 18 Nov 2022 Conference number: 2 https://scap.arena2036.de/

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Conference	Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production 2022
Number	2
Location	ARENA2036
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Stuttgart
Period	16/11/2022 → 18/11/2022
Internet address	https://scap.arena2036.de/

Keywords

robot programming
welding robot
elementary welding operation
digitalisation
data structure
robot
industrial robot
Industry 4.0
Business Intelligence
Supply Chain
value chain

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Sarivan, I.-M., Larsen, J. S., Madsen, O., & Wæhrens, B. V. (2023). Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming. In N. Kiefl, F. Wulle, C. Ackermann, & D. Holder (Eds.), Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains: Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply ChainsStuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022) (Vol. 2, pp. 85-95). Article 9 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27933-1_9

Sarivan, Ioan-Matei ; Larsen, Jørgen Schiønning ; Madsen, Ole et al. / Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming. Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains: Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply ChainsStuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022). editor / Niklas Kiefl ; Frederik Wulle ; Clemens Ackermann ; Daniel Holder. Vol. 2 ARENA2036 : Springer, 2023. pp. 85-95

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Sarivan, I-M, Larsen, JS, Madsen, O & Wæhrens, BV 2023, Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming. in N Kiefl, F Wulle, C Ackermann & D Holder (eds), Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains: Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply ChainsStuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022). vol. 2, 9, Springer, ARENA2036, pp. 85-95, Stuttgart Conference on Automotive Production 2022, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 16/11/2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27933-1_9

Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming. / Sarivan, Ioan-Matei; Larsen, Jørgen Schiønning; Madsen, Ole et al.
Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains: Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply ChainsStuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022). ed. / Niklas Kiefl; Frederik Wulle; Clemens Ackermann; Daniel Holder. Vol. 2 ARENA2036: Springer, 2023. p. 85-95 9.

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Sarivan IM, Larsen JS, Madsen O , Wæhrens BV. Elementary Welding Operations for Automatic Robot Programming. In Kiefl N, Wulle F, Ackermann C, Holder D, editors, Advances in Automotive Production Technology – Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains: Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply ChainsStuttgart Conference on Automotive Production (SCAP2022). Vol. 2. ARENA2036: Springer. 2023. p. 85-95. 9 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-27933-1_9

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