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公开(公告)号:US6031199A
公开(公告)日:2000-02-29
申请号:US959043
申请日:1997-10-28
CPC分类号: B23K26/38 , B23K26/26 , B23K2201/185
摘要: A combination cutting and welding apparatus for fabricating tailor welded blanks and the like wherein sheets of metal are placed end-to-end in an abutting relationship and welded together along the resulting seam to form a blank for subsequent metal processing. The machine includes two halves which are positioned relative to each other in either a cutting position or a welding position. Each half secures a sheet metal workpiece. At least one of the workpieces is cut so that the workpieces respectively secured by the first and second halves include adjacent edges that mate when the halves are moved from the cutting to the welding position. The workpieces are not unclamped between cutting and welding operations to facilitate the precise mating of the workpiece forward edges. The halves of the apparatus are able to communicate workpieces and finished blanks to each other via crossover conveyor assemblies that allow the workpieces and finished blanks to span a space between the halves. Sensing and positioning assemblies accurately position the workpieces for cutting operations. Offal supports are selectively deployed to support the offal formed by cutting.
摘要翻译: 一种用于制造定制焊接坯件等的组合切割和焊接装置,其中金属片以邻接关系端对端地放置,并沿着所得到的接缝焊接在一起以形成用于后续金属加工的坯料。 该机器包括在切割位置或焊接位置相对于彼此定位的两个半部。 每个半固定一个钣金工件。 切割至少一个工件,使得分别由第一和第二半部固定的工件包括当半部从切割件移动到焊接位置时配合的相邻边缘。 工件在切割和焊接操作之间不会松开,以便于工件前沿的精确配合。 设备的一半能够通过允许工件和成品坯料跨越半部之间的空间的交叉输送器组件将工件和成品坯料彼此通信。 传感和定位组件精确定位切割操作的工件。 选择性地部署内底支架以支撑通过切割形成的内脏。