Abstract:
The invention concerns a method of strengthening a welded connexion comprising at least one weld seam (2,3) and/or of increasing of tolerance of a welded connexion in relation to fatigue load which welded connexion joins at least two sections of one component or at least one section (4) of a first component (6) and at least one section (5) of a second component (7) with each other, wherein the geometry of the at least one weld seam (2,3) and of at least one section (4,5) of at least one component (6,7), which at least one section (4,5) adjoins to the at least one weld seam (2, 3), is specifically modified by removing welding material (8) from the at least one weld seam (2,3) and by removing material of the at least one section (4,5) of the at least one component (6,7), which material adjoins to the at least one weld seam (2,3) . The invention relates also to an element for a tower of a wind turbine, to a tower of a wind turbine and to a wind turbine having at least one welded connexion with this modified geometry.
Abstract:
A method and related apparatus for precision deploy-attaching beam-mount structure (38) to the outside of an elongate column (32) at plural, defined attachment sites that are distributed and spaced along the length of the column (32). The method involves (a) preparing an elongate column (32) to act as a travel way for a carriage (62) which is designed to transport and deploy beam-mount structure (38), shifting such a carriage (62) progressively along the column (32) from defined attachment site to defined attachment site and at each site, deploy-attaching from the carriage (62) to the column (32) the carriage-carried beam-mount structure (38).
Abstract:
A welding system (10) which allows a single welding operator to perform quick, easy and high quality vertical welds comprises a welding fixture (12) with a pair of opposing, positionally adjustable welding shoes, and lock screws for attaching to a workpiece (56) such as an I-beam. Welding fixture (12) is located adjacent the end of an articulating boom (20), and includes a welding torch (14) and oscillator (48). A rotary straight wire feeder (18) removes the cant and helix from welding wire as it is fed to the welding torch (14). The welding torch (14) prevents welding wire from fusing to a guide tube. A distributed welding control system comprising a plurality of controller modules (46, 48, 50, and 52) is interfaced with a common bus (54) and allows a welding operator to program automated welding cycles for various welding operations. The welding system (10) is particularly useful for installing stiffener plates (58) onto structural beams (56).
Abstract:
A laser processing machine includes a work head, a platelike work working table for processing a plate-like work, a rod-like work working table including a rod-like work holder for processing a rod-like work, and a work area in which the work head is movably provided. The plate-like work working table is provided movably from one side of the work area into the work area. The rod-like work working table is provided movably from another side of the work area into the work area that is opposite side of the one side. According to the laser processing machine, when switching over between a processing of a plate-like work and a processing of a rod-like work, it is needed only to move/evacuate the plate-like work working table and the rod-like work working table to/from the work area, so that the switching-over operation can be easily done.
Abstract:
CAM (20) sets an evaluation region in an adjacent plane to a target plane; calculates the position of the extremity of the product profile in the axial direction within the evaluation region; sets a first line segment passing through the position of the extremity and extending orthogonally to the axis in the target plane; locates a processing area in the range surrounded by the first line segment, a second line segment, and the product profile, the second line segment extending in the axial direction from an end of the first line segment to the product profile; allocates a trajectory for laser beam cutting to form a notch or a hole in the processing area; and allocates a trajectory for laser beam cutting to cut the material along the product profile. This can normally perform even cut-off processing of the material.
Abstract:
To obtain a laser joining structure and a laser joining method that can suppress a decrease in strength or rigidity of a third plate that is disposed at an interval apart from at least two metal plates. A laser joining structure has at least two metal plates whose superposed region, at which the at least two metal plates are superposed with one another, is joined by laser welded portions at two or more places, and a third plate that is disposed at an interval apart from the superposed region. A through-portion, that passes-through the third plate and through which laser light is irradiated onto the superposed region and that is of a number that is less than a number of the laser welded portions, is formed in the third plate.
Abstract:
A method of processing long product on a numerical control machine including a gantry, a cutting bed, and a gantry holding a cutting torch, includes the steps of moving the gantry over a stationary long product on the cutting bed while cutting the long product with the cutting torch to process the long product. The cutting torch is capable of moving in at least the X-, Y-, and Z-directions relative to an arbitrary coordinate system defining the dimensions of the long product.