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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 37/047 (2006.01); B25J 5/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B23K 9/12 (2013.01); B23K 37/0229 (2013.01); B23K 37/047 (2013.01); B25J 5/02 (2013.01); B25J 9/1669 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01);
Abstract
A welding system configured to weld a workpiece by using a welding device and a positioner includes a control device configured to control the welding device and the positioner. The positioner includes a workpiece position setting mechanism having reference position information, and at least one holding mechanism configured to hold the workpiece. The control device includes a positioner position calculation means for calculating a position of the holding mechanism when holding the workpiece based on the reference position information provided from the workpiece position setting mechanism and workpiece information inputted into the control device in advance.