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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kevin S. Schnipke, Prospect, OH (US);
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dummy weld apparatus including a dummy weld gun which allows a direct weld robot with a conventional weld gun to clamp down on the dummy weld gun to apply force and weld current for performing welding of workpieces of a first composition (e.g., aluminum). This arrangement allows the current provided by the conventional weld gun to flow through the dummy weld gun for welding the workpieces using weld tips dedicated to welding parts of the first composition, but also allows the dummy weld gun to be removed from the conventional weld gun to allow the conventional weld gun to performing welding operations on workpieces of a second composition (e.g., steel) using the original welding tips of the weld gun, avoiding material contamination of the tips.