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Yaskawa’s MotorGun software features: easy set up to
configure communication with the welding timer; easy
calibration, with a dedicated calibration page for the gun
and motor; and self-learning functions.
able robots with lower capacities to be
used. Yaskawa alsomake awide range of
guns with different openings, reach and
wrist mounting, to best suit the items to
be welded.
The non-pneumatic spot welding
guns consist of only three components:
the gun body, a transformer and the
motor. This offers maximum simplicity
and ease of maintenance and connect-
ing cables are routed to ensure better
rotation of the wrist of the robot.
The lightweight system offers lower
energy consumption and the guns can
be mounted onto robots with lower
carrying capacity. The guns are easy
to install and maintain and offer more
standardisation with wider range of
customisation options.
Nut-welding machine
The nut-welding machine is a new ad-
dition designed and manufactured by
Yaskawa to enable all of the necessary
welding to be completed in this single
spot welding cell.
The unit can be attached to the right
or left of the machine, depending on
needs, with a dedicated handling robot
(MH5) attached to the side structure. A
vibrating servicing cabinet conveys nuts,
bushes or pins to the handling robot.
When in position, these can be picked
up by the handling robot, which places
them in position on the part.
The servomotor then brings the nut-
welding tool into contact with the item
and, like spot welding, through pressure
and current flow the nut, bush or pin is
welded onto the sheet metal part.
Yaskawa’s new high-speed robot-
based spot welding cell comes com-
plete with its power sources in a weld-
ing cabinet and Yaskawa’s MotorGun
communication software for controlling
the weld timers and gun motors. This
guarantees high quality welding due to
the integration and dialogue between
all of the interconnected Yaskawa
systems.
Yaskawa’s new robot-based
spot welding cell is a holistic
approach to spot welding,
one that focuses on solving
problems rather than
supplying individually
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