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Tool change
Short summary
Applications
• Simultaneous welding of different materials
• Simultaneous welding with different processes (MIG, TIG,…)
• Simultaneous welding of different wire diameters
• Use of different forms of welding gun
• Combining welding/plasma cutting
• Combining spraying and milling
• Combining pick&place functions such as positioning of parts to be welded
• Sharing of one tool between various robots
• Variations of the above mentioned points
Required items
• Gripper exchange head: the part that remains on the robot and functions as “hand”
• Gripper exchange adapter: for the attachment of tools that the exchange head can
grip into
• Proximity switches: detect the presence of tools, the correctness of the tools and whether
the gripper is loose or not
• Gripper exchange cartridge: to put aside the tools via the adapters
• Pneumatic breaking: to limit damages in case of
collisions
• Easy to call exchange programmes
