Joining Dissimilar Metals with Electron Beam Welding Robots

Weld­ing is one of the most com­mon appli­ca­tions in the indus­tri­al world of met­al work­ing. While robots have been weld­ing for many years, many appli­ca­tions have the same prob­lem – they can’t weld met­als that have vast­ly dif­fer­ent prop­er­ties. That is where elec­tron beam weld­ing robots come into play. These robots are able to eas­i­ly weld two dis­sim­i­lar met­al work pieces togeth­er, while also bring­ing to the table the same advan­tages that man­u­fac­tur­ers gain from oth­er weld­ing robot applications.

Elec­tron beam weld­ing robot­ic sys­tems do not melt both of the pieces of met­al in the joint. Instead, they will melt the met­al with the low­er melt­ing point, and then use that weld pool to join the two pieces of met­al togeth­er. Of course, this kind of weld­ing is not with­out its prob­lems. The mate­r­i­al will shrink after being weld­ed with a robot­ic elec­tron beam welder, which can cause the mate­r­i­al to crack at the weld point, caus­ing issues for the prod­uct. Man­u­fac­tur­ers should take this into con­sid­er­a­tion when decid­ing which weld­ing appli­ca­tion to use for their products.

Over­all, elec­tron beam weld­ing robots are able to per­form sim­i­lar to oth­er weld­ing robots. These robots com­plete the elec­tron beam weld process faster than a man­u­al appli­ca­tion, and they have the abil­i­ty to focus heat at a pre­cise point, which improves the accu­ra­cy of the weld­ing process.

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