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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Klaus G. Schmitt, Giessen, DE;
Arne Friedrich, Wettenberg, DE;
Klaus G. Schmitt, Giessen, DE;
Arne Friedrich, Wettenberg, DE;
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A short-cycle arc-welding system () and a method for welding elements (), such as metal bolts () to components () such as sheet metal () includes a robot (), having at least one arm () displaceable on at least two co-ordinate axes (x, y, z), a welding head base () fixed to robot arm (), a welding head () displaceably mounted on welding head base (), a retaining device () retaining an element, a lifting device () for setting and re-positioning retaining device () in relation to welding head (), and a measuring system () determining the relative position between component () and element (). Measuring system () has a control device (), controlling lifting device () such that element () displaces towards component () until contacting component () to determine the relative position.