Improve Weld Quality and Cycle Times with Motoman's AccuFast II

If you are look­ing to improve your weld qual­i­ty and reduce cycle times even more, than Motoman​’s new laser-based seam find­er, Accu­Fast II, is the solu­tion. This eco­nom­i­cal, enhanced soft­ware offers increased per­for­mance with improved sen­sor capa­bil­i­ties for Motoman’s Arc Weld­ing robots; the MA- and VA- series and oth­er stan­dard 6 axis robots. Accu­Fast II is unique; rather than ​“touch” sens­ing with the weld wire, it uses a non-con­tact com­mer­cial point laser enabling quick and accu­rate loca­tion of weld­ing seams.

Accu­Fast II is able to pro­vide read­ings on a vari­ety of mate­ri­als at angles of mea­sure­ment that were not before pos­si­ble and has built-in jobs for dif­fer­ent joint types. It pro­vides more reli­able and repeat­able feed­back to the robot con­troller regard­ing part posi­tion. Fur­ther­more, instal­la­tion into exist­ing robot instal­la­tions should be sim­ple as the input and out­put sig­nals that the sen­sor uses are the same as touch sense. Cycle times are great­ly reduced by elim­i­nat­ing the need to cut the weld wire; it can also search at faster speeds due to elim­i­na­tion of wire deflection.

The sen­sor is com­pact and mount­ed in-line with the weld­ing torch; it is com­pat­i­ble with Motoman’s indus­try-lead­ing thru-arm torch design robots. The laser sen­sor is pro­tect­ed from the harsh weld­ing envi­ron­ment in an enclo­sure with a pneu­mat­ic shut­ter and pos­i­tive air pres­sure. There is also an option­al laser tar­get avail­able that aids in main­tain­ing the sen­sor TCP and adjusts the points if the sen­sor is serviced.

Pro­gram­ming is sim­pli­fied with macro job rou­tines as Accu­Fast II pro­vides a sin­gle instruc­tion in the robot job for detect­ing a seam or fea­ture. Macro jobs and the auto-teach func­tion can auto­mat­i­cal­ly find the taught part loca­tion and orientation. 

Motoman is proud of they inno­v­a­tive soft­ware and tech­nolo­gies that they offer to their cus­tomer’s; a wide range of cost-effec­tive thru-wire touch sen­sors to cut­ting-edge laser and vision sys­tems. Robots​.com rep­re­sen­ta­tives are ready to help dis­cuss all of these options with you and ulti­mate­ly bring bet­ter weld qual­i­ty to your pro­duc­tion line. 

Con­tact rep­re­sen­ta­tives online or at 877−762−6881 to get start­ed with your Accu­FastII inte­gra­tion today.