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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Donald R. Landoll, Marysville, KS (US);
Jeffrey P. Germann, Marysville, KS (US);
Hosea M. Harris, Waterville, KS (US);
Jeffrey L. Keating, Marysville, KS (US);
Phillip R. Landoll, Marysville, KS (US);
Donald R. Landoll, Marysville, KS (US);
Jeffrey P. Germann, Marysville, KS (US);
Hosea M. Harris, Waterville, KS (US);
Jeffrey L. Keating, Marysville, KS (US);
Phillip R. Landoll, Marysville, KS (US);
Landoll Corporation, Marysville, KS (US);
Abstract
A multi-station, gantry-based automated welding system includes a gantry mounting robotic arc welders or other equipment. The gantry has a range of travel over multiple workstations, each workstation being adapted for rotatably mounting a respective workpiece. A control system controls and coordinates the movements and operation of the gantry, the robotic arc welders and the workpiece-rotating motors located at the workstations. Encoders are installed at the moving elements of the system for precisely tracking and providing output to the computer controller. Primary and secondary power/data distribution systems include cable and hose carriers for providing mobile power/data connections to the gantry and also to the robotic arc welders mounted thereon. The power/data distribution systems are elevated above a facility floor to avoid interfering with equipment, personnel and activities at floor level.