Robotics

Spot Servo Equalizing™

Software to enhance spot welding

Spot Servo Equalizing is a

function embedded into the
Spot Servo process software
that allows you to solve spot
welding gun equalizing without
mechanical hardware.

Reduce your investment costs Spot Servo Equalizing is valid for

Spot Servo Equalizing reduces your cost by the removal of
equalizing hardware on the weld gun. Due to the approxi-
mately 5-10% lighter weld gun you can improve your cycle
time aswell. By removing the pneumatic equalizer, air is no
longer needed for servo controlled weld guns. As a result the
complete air supply chain and air consumption in the factory
can be reduced.
Simplifying production
No gravitational influence means easier optimizing and com-
promising when programming the robot path. Furthermore,
less spare parts and lower maintenance costs are achieved
by removing the mechanism parts (seen exemplified in the
picture).
−− Robot mounted C- and X-type guns
− − Pedestal C- and X-type guns
Tool changing between guns with different equalizing data
Main functionality features
− − Weld position touch up– Simplifies adjustment of the pro-
grammedweld points.
− − Release of the fixed gun arm – Automatic gun arm release
from the welded sheets when the robot is moving among
weld points.
−− Gun arm Deflection Compensation – The robot program
compensates for the gun arm deflection automatically.
− − Tip wear measurement and compensation – The robot
program automatically compensates theweld gun TCP (Tool
Center Point) for tip wear without using external sensors.

Improved production result

Consistent performance over time will give better production
results. It may seem as taken for granted but today‘s me-
chanical equalizers do not offer consistent performance over
time, basically because of the pneumatic cylinder wear. You
may also combine guns with mechanical equalizing and guns
using Spot Servo Equalizing in the same user program.
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1. Removed hardware from example weld gun when using Spot Servo Equalizing.

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