公开(公告)号：US5923555A

公开(公告)日：1999-07-13

申请号：US867050

申请日：1997-06-02

Applicant: William Eastham Bailey ,  Steven Darrell Overby ,  James Patterson Bryant

Inventor： William Eastham Bailey ,  Steven Darrell Overby ,  James Patterson Bryant

IPC: B23K9/04 ,  H04N7/18

CPC classification number: B23K9/044 ,  B23K2201/06

Abstract: A welding system for automatically welding two workpieces together at a joint. The system includes a welding box having an electrode for welding the workpieces together; a camera assembly for viewing selected regions of the workpieces including a first edge and a second edge of the joint; and a controller connected to the camera assembly and the welding box for receiving the location of the first edge and the second edge of the joint and calculating the centerline of the joint and providing an output signal representative of the difference of the relative position of the centerline of the joint and the centerline of the fusing element. In the preferred embodiment, a 2-axis light source illuminates the surface of the workpieces to better locate the centerline of the joint.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在接头处自动焊接两个工件的焊接系统。 该系统包括具有用于将工件焊接在一起的电极的焊接盒; 用于观察所述工件的选定区域的相机组件，包括所述接头的第一边缘和第二边缘; 以及连接到相机组件和焊接箱的控制器，用于接收接头的第一边缘和第二边缘的位置，并计算接头的中心线，并提供表示中心线的相对位置的差异的输出信号 的接头和定影元件的中心线。 在优选实施例中，2轴光源照亮工件的表面以更好地定位接头的中心线。