System for surface finishing a workpiece

TL;DR: In this article, a system and a method for tracking and analyzing welding activity is presented, where dynamic spatial properties of a welding tool are sensed during a welding process producing a weld.

TL;DR: In this article, a simulator for virtual welding activity of pipe and open root weld joints is presented, where one or more sensors are adapted to track movement of an input device in real time for communicating data about the movement of the input device to the logic processor based system.

TL;DR: In this paper, an arc welder including an integrated monitor is disclosed, and the monitor is capable of monitoring variables during a welding process and weighting the variables accordingly, quantifying overall quality of a weld, obtaining and using data indicative of a good weld, improving production and quality control for an automated welding process, teaching proper welding techniques, identifying cost savings for a welding processes or applications, and deriving optimal welding settings to be used as pre-sets for different welding process or applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a system for training welders that includes a data generating component, a data capturing component and a data processing and visualization component is presented, which operates in real time and derives data from an actual manually-executed weld and further includes a weld process-specific jig, a calibration block positioned on the jig and at least one target mounted on the welding gun for providing multidimensional position and orientation feedback.

TL;DR: An improved method and automated apparatus for the automated surface finishing of aircraft panels, which includes a central controller, a universal shuttle for transporting aircraft panels and scanning means and a panel surface processor moveable about a plurality of axes to act upon the panel is disclosed in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus for finishing the surface of a work article is disclosed wherein the article is transferred to a polishing head of a polishers machine by a multi-joint industrial robot.

TL;DR: In this paper, a constant rotating grinder is used for grinding a workpiece, such as for finishing welded metal and deburring or chamfering the work piece.

TL;DR: In this article, an overload release mechanism for a robot supporting a cutting tool such as an abrasive grinding wheel is described, in which a force sensor detects an amount of force applied to the cutting tool by a workpiece, while a force release mechanism reduces the force applied by the workpiece.