公开(公告)号：US20140138012A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-22

申请号：US14065801

申请日：2013-10-29

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： John Patrick Spicer ,  Debejyo Chakraborty ,  Michael Anthony Wincek ,  Hui Wang ,  Jeffrey A. Abell ,  Jennifer Bracey ,  Wayne W. Cai

IPC: B29C65/00

CPC classification number: B32B37/00 ,  B06B3/00 ,  B23K20/10 ,  B23K20/106 ,  B23K20/26 ,  B29C65/08 ,  B29C66/90 ,  B29C66/9121

Abstract: A vibration welding system includes vibration welding equipment having a welding horn and anvil, a host device, a check station, and a robot. The robot moves the horn and anvil via an arm to the check station. Sensors, e.g., temperature sensors, are positioned with respect to the welding equipment. Additional sensors are positioned with respect to the check station, including a pressure-sensitive array. The host device, which monitors a condition of the welding equipment, measures signals via the sensors positioned with respect to the welding equipment when the horn is actively forming a weld. The robot moves the horn and anvil to the check station, activates the check station sensors at the check station, and determines a condition of the welding equipment by processing the received signals. Acoustic, force, temperature, displacement, amplitude, and/or attitude/gyroscopic sensors may be used.

Abstract translation: 振动焊接系统包括具有焊接喇叭和砧座的振动焊接设备，主机设备，检查站和机器人。 机器人通过手臂将喇叭和砧座移动到检查站。 传感器，例如温度传感器，相对于焊接设备定位。 附加传感器相对于检查站定位，包括压敏阵列。 监测焊接设备状况的主机设备，当喇叭主动形成焊缝时，通过相对于焊接设备定位的传感器测量信号。 机器人将喇叭和砧座移动到检查站，激活检查站的检查站传感器，并通过处理接收到的信号来确定焊接设备的状态。 可以使用声学，力，温度，位移，幅度和/或姿态/陀螺仪传感器。