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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2001
Josef Kipping, Schmelz, DE;
Josef Görgen, Weiskirchen, DE;
Thyssenkrupp Technologies AG, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for clamping and welding pieces of sheet metal ( ) which are placed against one another, preferably for use in the area of automobile manufacturing. According to the invention, a bracket ( ) is fastened to a mounting flange ( ), preferably of a robot arm. Said bracket ( ) comprises a clamping tool ( ) and a welding head ( ). The energy beam ( ) of the welding head ( ) is directed into the welding gap between the pieces of sheet metal ( ). Using the mounting flange ( ), the bracket ( ) and/or the welding head ( ) can be displaced in a linear guide ( ), said guide being situated opposite the hydraulic cylinder ( ), according to the progression of the weld seam ( ). In addition, stop elements ( ′) for detecting the position of the edges of at least one of the pieces of sheet metal ( ) are arranged on the clamping tool ( ) in order to position the pieces of sheet metal ( ) with regard to one another and/or to the welding head ( ).