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Automated welding in industrial production is state of the art in countless industries. Yet in nearly all cases, the quality of the weld seams is still assessed manually by trained employees. This requires a large human resources contingent, while at the same time harboring the risk that poor-quality parts could remain undetected due to unavoidable human error.
To optimize production processes and enable consistent quality of weld seams, automated seam inspection systems have been used in various industries since the mid-1990s. In the automotive industry, for example, 3D machine vision systems enable automated weld seam inspections on axle supports and the chassis, on steel wheels, seats and exhaust systems; as well as inspection of heavy-duty shelves the supplier sector.
This presentation describes how automated 3D seam inspection systems simplify quality controls, ensure a consistently high quality of welding seams, and help to optimize welding processes and cost efficiency. And it will show how weld seam inspection system VIROwsi replaces expensive manual reworking with cost-effective, automated reworking of seams.
In 2007, Daimler AG became the first vehicle manufacturer to utilize a system for the automated inspection and optimization of welded seams. The overall concept developed by Daimler was implemented for the first time for rear axle carrier assembly on the C-Class. The goal of Daimler AG was to replace the existing manual welded seam inspection and reconditioning, with an automated inspection and optimization system working in a line cycle.
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