US 12,214,448 B2
Robotic welding device employing flexible guide rail, and welding method
Zhenming Chen, Guangdong (CN); Tao Chen, Guangdong (CN); Gongfeng Luan, Guangdong (CN); Jisheng Yu, Guangdong (CN); Junhong Zhou, Guangdong (CN); Jialiang Yu, Guangdong (CN); Minghui Qiu, Guangdong (CN); Xinhua Fei, Guangdong (CN); Dazhuang Li, Guangdong (CN); Ruguo Gao, Guangdong (CN); Ning Tang, Guangdong (CN); and Kang Chen, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to CHINA CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY CORPORATION LTD, Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/416,673
Filed by CHINA CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY CORPORATION LTD, Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/098980
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/125019, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811562597.3 (CN), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072666 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/133 (2006.01); B23K 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 37/0217 (2013.01) [B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/1087 (2013.01); B23K 9/133 (2013.01); B23K 9/164 (2013.01); B23K 37/0247 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic welding device employing a flexible guide rail, comprising:
a control box configured to pre-store various welding processes and to generate a welding parameter according to an actual welding position and welding groove shape;
a wire feed mechanism configured to feed welding wire to a welding gun;
a flexible guide rail, attached to a welding component, wherein the flexible guide rail is provided with a plurality of magnetic adhesion devices, and the plurality of magnetic adhesion devices are located on an identical side of the flexible guide rail, and wherein any one of the magnetic adhesion devices comprises a connecting plate and an upper magnetic adhesion block and lower magnetic adhesion block and the connecting plate is fixed on the flexible guide rail through an outer side of the flexible guide rail, and the connecting plate is provided with the upper magnetic adhesion block and the lower magnetic adhesion block on an inner side of the flexible guide rail, and wherein the flexible guide rail is attached to a welding member through the upper magnetic adhesion block and the lower magnetic adhesion block of each magnetic adhesion device, and wherein the upper magnetic adhesion block and the lower magnetic adhesion block are provided with a fixing knob:
a welding robot, comprising:
a robot body movably disposed on the flexible guide rail and movable along the flexible guide rail; and
a welding gun disposed on the robot body and controlled by the robot body to weld the welding component;
a teaching apparatus, in communication with the welding robot and the control box, and configured to control a traveling path and an operation position of the welding robot, and to adjust oscillation and welding operations of the welding gun according to an instruction of the control box;
a remote control terminal, in communication with the control box, so as to remotely monitor and configure the welding parameter generated or acquired by the control box, and in communication with a data acquisition device of the welding robot, so as to remotely monitor and configure the welding parameter during a welding process; and
a welding power supply, for supplying power.