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Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Manipulator,

the Most Flexible and Reliable Pipe Tank Welding Equipment for Customers!

Wide Application of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

A. Function and Applicable Workpieces of Welding Column and Boom:

1. Usage: LHZ series Automatic Welding Column and Boom is for implementing fabrication on cylinder working parts (The typical ones: Tube/ Pipe/ Tank/ Pressure Vessel...);

2. Available Dimension Range of Workpieces Pipes in Welding Column and Boom:

1) Pipe diameter from Φ1,500mm (LHZ2020) up to Φ8,000mm (LHZ8080);
2) Pipe length from 1,500mm up to 10,000mm or longer, with support of motorized movement function;
3) Pipe wall thickness from several millimeters up to over 30mm;
4) Pipe weight from light to heavy duty;
5) Materials of workpieces can be carbon steel/ stainless steel/ Al... etc.;

3. Process Technology Operation Available in Welding Column and Boom:

1) Welding: All possible welding modes: SAW/ GMAW/ TIG/ MIG ...;
2) Painting;
3) Assembling;
4) Testing; ...

4. Form of Welding Seams Delivered from Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

1) Position: Internal and external walls of pipe;
2) Orientation: Circumferential and longitudinal seam fabrication along pipe longitudinal body;

5. Vital Important Role of Column and Boom Pipe Tank Welding Machine:

1) In all, where there exists demand on pipe/ tank manufacture, there exist huge demand on application of cross slides Welding Column and Boom;

2) A set of Wuxi JACK exported to Russia LHZ5050 motorized moving column and boom Welding Manipulator is carrying out external longitudinal welding on a segment of large tank: (Fig.1)

6. Application Form and Scenarios of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

1) Role: Welding Column and Boom is one of the three most often applied Welding Equipment;
2) The other two the most often applied Welding Equipment are: Welding Rotator (Welding Turning Roller), and Welding Positioner;
3) Using Form: Welding Column and Boom seldom operates individually. Working together with Welding Rotator (Welding Roller Bed), the 2 Welding Equipment form into various configured Welding Center, to fulfil longitudinal and circumferential fabrication on internal and external walls of workpieces;
4) Application Sites: Column and Boom Welding Manipulator see widespread use at industries of: Petrochemical/ Oil and Gas/ Pressure Vessel/ Pipeline Construction/ Pharmaceutical, etc.

B. Working Principle and Technical Specifications of Welding Column and Boom:

1. Joint of Horizontal Boom and Upright Column in Pipe Tank Welding Machine:

Welding operation in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator is implemented by means of:
1) X axis: Horizontal boom extends forward and or retracts backward along longitudinal body of pipe. This produces main operation in Welding Column and Boom. The corresponding speed is controlled with A.C. inverter;
2) Y axis: Horizontal boom ascends upward and or descends downward along upright column, accommodating varied diameter of pipes. The corresponding speed is usually constant;
a) Guidance: The both X and Y axis motions are guided with cross slides (Saddle), which is at the intersection center of horizontal boom with upright column, in the column and boom Welding Manipulator;
b) This is the product name “Welding Column and Boom” of the pipe tank Welding Equipment got from;

c) Close view on cross slides pivot of Wuxi JACK LHZ3030 Welding Column and Boom: (Fig.2)

Fig2 Cross Slides Welding Manipulator 4 - 100_9346

2. Model selection on proper configuration of Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom is discussed in blog “Variation in Configuration of Welding Manipulator and Proper Selection”;
3. Summary slides on our excellent Welding Column and Boom is illustrated in web page “Introduction on Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Manipulator”.

Wide Variety Models of Wuxi JACK Cross Slides Welding Column and Boom

Primary Function Units of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

1 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 1- IMG_1390

2 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 2- 000_0062

3 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 2- IMG_3288

4 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 3- IMG_4950

5 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 4- IMG_0676

6 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 4- IMG_9805

7 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 8- IMG_9812

8 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 25- IMG_3544

11 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom

Main Composition of Welding Column and Boom

The Lefthand Scrolling Photos: Parts/ Components / Sub-Assemblies/ Assemblies which compose Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom

A set of LHZ series Welding Column and Boom is mainly composed of:

1. Solid Base: Mechanical base bed in Stationary Welding Manipulator; Motor drive moving trolley in moving ability Welding Column and Boom;
2. Horizontal Boom: This is the central working hand of cross slides Pipe Tank Welding Machine. It moves up and down along upright column, fulfilling welding torch position adjustment along X and Y axis;
3. Upright Column: This is the main trunk of the column and boom Welding Manipulator. It is assembled together with the horizontal boom, to form into a right angle “Cross” mechanical frame of the Welding Equipment, and perpendicular to base bed or trolley of the Welding Manipulator;
4. Cross Slides (Saddle): This is central joint of the Welding Column and Boom. Movement of horizontal boom along the upright column is by means of guiding and transmitting through the cross slides;
5. Welding Head: This is core function unit in Welding Equipment of LHZ series Welding Column and Boom.

Working Video of Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

Design Sketch of Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom

Below is design illustration on a set of Wuxi JACK LHZ4040 motor drive moving column and boom Welding Manipulator:

1. Applicable Workpiece Size: The largest diameter of tanks/ pipes that can be welded in this Pipe Tank Welding Machine is Φ4000mm;

2. Length of traveling rails for Welding Column and Boom is based on required max. longitudinal length of workpiece;
3. Way of Operation: During running of the Column and Boom Welding Manipulator, workpiece is laid onto 2 sets of Welding Rotator. The distance between the 2 sets of welding roller bed;
4. Welding Mode is flexible based on necessary process technology at working site of the Welding Column and Boom. The most often adopted welding modes are: SAW (Submerged arc welding)/ GMAW/ TIG/ Stap Cladding;
5. Welding Orientation on Working Parts: As shown in the above design sketch, the LHZ4040 Welding Column and Boom carries out external longitudinal welding along longitudinal body of pipe.

159- Cross Slides Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom

Welding Head Mechanism in Wuxi JACK LHZ Series Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

1. Core Function Unit: All the types of available welding modes can be adopted in the LHZ series Column and Boom Welding Equipment. This is fulfilled by means of configuration and set up style of welding head in the Welding Manipulator;

2. The above 4 Photos Reflect on the 4 Common Seen Welding Modes and Related Welding Heads being Applied in Welding Column and Boom:

1) Photo 1: Large welding current SAW (Submerged arc welding), for fabricating on thick wall pipes/ tubes/ tanks, that are made of carbon steel;
2) Photo 2: Delicate TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding, for fabricating on thin wall pipes/ tubes/ barrels, which are made of non-ferrous metal, including stainless steel/ zinc;
3) Photo 3: High IK value CO₂ GMAW, for fabricating on small to medium wall thickness of workpieces, in column and boom Welding Manipulator;
4) Photo 4: Strip Cladding (Hard facing), for acquiring on building up anti-corrosion layer, on external surface of workpiece, in this column and boom Pipe Tank Welding Machine;

3. Composition of Welding Head Mechanism in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

Correspondingly, from the above 4 photos, we can see that, welding head of the Welding Column and Boom has main elements of:
1) Various modes of Welding torch, including welding torch position controlling mechanism / high precision cross slides/ Welding seam tracing unit;
2) Welding wire feeder, and welding wire reel;
3) SAW welding flux system: Hopper/ recycling unit, and conveying tubes, in case of SAW (Submerged arc welding) being adopted in Welding Column and Boom;
4) Control console of welding power supply, and welding seam tracker, that conform to welding modes being adopted in specific Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;

4. Welding Modes of Welding Column and Boom being Linked with Corresponded Product Section:

1) For SAW (Submerged arc welding), please check product section of “LHZ models High Efficiency Welding Column and Boom with SAW”;
2) For CO₂ GMAW, please check product section of “LHZ series Precise and Efficient Welding Column and Boom with GMAW”;
3) For Strip Cladding, please check product section of “LHZ series Accurate and Fast Column and Boom Welding Manipulator with Strip Cladding”.

Outsourced Function Cells of Wuxi JACK Cross Slides Welding Column and Boom

Background: For high efficiently put into use of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator, there exist personalized demand from customers. For this purpose, series of optional outsourced function cells are available to be equipped in LHZ series tube pipe Welding Equipment. The typical function cells include:
1) Welding Seam Tracing Unit, on welding torch mechanism, for managing on real time position of welding torch;
2) Video Graphic Monitor, for reflecting on welding torch phenomenon, which happened at internal wall of tubes/ pipes in real time;
3) Welding Torch Swing Unit, for managing on width of generated welding seam...

Welding Seam Tracing Unit, Assistant Cell on Welding Torch of Varied Function Welding Equipment

1. Vital Importance: Welding seam tracing unit belongs to indispensable function unit, for fulfilling on high standard welding performance;
2. Application: It is applied in nearly all types of Welding Equipment. Welding seam tracing unit constitutes on closed loop circuit, for managing on real time position of welding torch, during the entire welding period of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;

3. Working Principle of Welding Seam Tracing Unit in Welding Column and Boom:

1) It collects on real time position data of welding torch;

2) Makes calculation, and sends out command in the form of welding torch displacement;
3) In this way, welding torch can accurately trace on welding seam along all the while, contributing on high level performance of LHZ series Pipe Tank Welding Machine;

4. Installing Welding Seam Tracing Unit onto Welding Torch of Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Equipment: (Fig.1)

Fig1 Welding Equipment Welding Column and Boom 149

5. Complement on Adopting on Welding Seam Tracing Unit in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

1) Importance: The welding seam tracing unit is a very powerful tool for guaranteeing on superior welding quality of LHZ series automatic high precision Welding Column and Boom;

2) On the other hand, guaranteeing on superior performance of the entire set of Welding Equipment, depends on coordination of all the working units of the Column and Boom Welding Manipulator.

Video Graphic Monitor in Welding Column and Boom

1. Why Use Video Graphic Monitor in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator?

1) What is Blind Welding: When the Pipe Tank Welding Machine is used for producing longitudinal and or circumferential welding seams on internal wall of cylindrical workpieces, which operator can not see directly on welding point, such operation belongs to blind welding;

2) Deficiency: Under such conditions, operator of the pipe and tank Welding Equipment is very difficult to grasp on actual condition of welding point, and manage on welding job;
3) Necessity: For this reason, to precisely control on blind welding operation in the Welding Column and Boom, an external surveillance unit: Video graphic monitor should be used in the column and boom Welding Equipment;

2. Application of Video Graphic Monitor in Welding Column and Boom: (Fig.1,2)

Fig1 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 1

Fig2 Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom 2

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1) Applicable Sites: As can be found from the above 2 photos, in the case of performing internal welding for cylindrical working parts of Welding Column and Boom, especially for small diameter workpieces, it is hard and dangerous for operator to have direct access on the welding torch;
2) Usage: By this time, video graphic monitor is a hit for managing on welding process happened in the Welding Equipment of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
3) Huge Contribution: With the great support of video graphic monitor, operators of Welding Column and Boom can precisely track on condition of internal welding inside cylinders/ tanks in real time manner, monitoring on and controlling welding operation of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator accurately.

Category and Main Parameters of Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom

Based on below 3 technical indexes of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

1) Loading capacity at the front end of horizontal boom;

2) Revolve of Upright Column: Rotating or fixed; If rotating, motor drive or manual push;
3) Mechanical Base of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator: Stationary or moving style

LHZ series Welding Column and Boom can be divided into below 13 sub-groups of:

1. Light duty column manual revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
2. Light duty column motor drive revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
3. Light duty column manual revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
4. Light duty column motor drive revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;

5. Medium duty column manual revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
6. Medium duty column motor drive revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
7. Medium duty column manual revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
8. Medium duty column motor drive revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;

9. Heavy duty column manual revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
10. Heavy duty column motor drive revolving stationary Welding Column and Boom;
11. Heavy duty column manual revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;
12. Heavy duty column motor drive revolving cross slides moving Column and Boom Welding Manipulator;

13. Column Non-revolving Welding Column and Boom.

Below are Technical Parameters of the above listed 13 Branches of LHZ series Welding Column and Boom:

MODEL	LHZ 2 X 3	LHZ 3 X 4	LHZ 4 X 4	LHZ 4 X 5	LHZ 5 X 5	LHZ 5 X 6	LHZ 6 X 6	LHZ 7 X 7	LHZ 8 X 8
Horizontal Boom Vertical Moving Stroke (mm)	2000	3000	4000	4000	5000	5000	6000	7000	8000
Boom Horizontal Moving Stroke (mm)	3000	4000	4000	5000	5000	6000	6000	7000	8000
Mechanical Bed of Welding Manipulator	Stationary Base Bed / Moving type Tolley
Upright Column Revolve Way	Non Revolving/ Manual or Motor Drive Revolving
Horizontal Boom Vertical Speed (mm/min.)	Constant 1000							Constant 1500
Horizontal Boom Horizontal Speed (mm/min.)	120 ~ 1200, Inverter							80 ~ 1000, Inverter
Max. Loading at Front End of Boom (kg)	80	80 ~ 120			200		500		400
Welding Seam Tracking Range	100 ~ 200 mm
Welding Seam Tracking Speed	200 ~ 250 mm/min.
Welding Seam Tracking Precision	± 0.25 mm
Applicable Welding Mode	SAW/ GMAW: CO₂, MIG, MAG/ TIG/ Strip Cladding
Applicable Welding Material	Carbon steel/ Stainless Steel/ Al

Application and Related Equipment of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

1. Working Together Welding Equipment with Welding Column and Boom for Pipe Production:

1) As one of the widely applied Pipe Tank Welding Machine, column and boom Welding Manipulator usually work together with Welding Roller Bed;

2) Here, Welding Rotator is used for holding on and driving cylindric workpiece into revolve, so that carry out external and internal circumferential welding on internal and external walls of pipes/ tubes/ tanks;
3) When carry out fabrication on structure members, Welding Positioner is also necessary to collaborate with Welding Column and Boom;
4) These Welding Equipment work in the form of Welding Center;

2. The 1^st Operation Welding Equipment for Sheet Fabrication with Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

Edge Milling Machine: For machining on welding groove on edges of sheet metal steel plate, so that subsequent bending and close gap welding for pipe production can be acquired;

3. Two Important Supplementary Welding Equipment for Pipe Fabrication:

1) CNC Pipe Cutting Machine: For cutting off pipe/ cut holes in longitudinal body of pipes/ make beveling on rim of pipe;
2) CNC Pipe Beam End Face Milling Machine: For performing end face polishing on fabricated workpieces.

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Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Manipulator,

the Most Flexible and Reliable Pipe Tank Welding Equipment for Customers!

Wide Application of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

A. Function and Applicable Workpieces of Welding Column and Boom:

2. Available Dimension Range of Workpieces Pipes in Welding Column and Boom:

3. Process Technology Operation Available in Welding Column and Boom:

4. Form of Welding Seams Delivered from Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

5. Vital Important Role of Column and Boom Pipe Tank Welding Machine:

2) A set of Wuxi JACK exported to Russia LHZ5050 motorized moving column and boom Welding Manipulator is carrying out external longitudinal welding on a segment of large tank: (Fig.1)

6. Application Form and Scenarios of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

B. Working Principle and Technical Specifications of Welding Column and Boom:

1. Joint of Horizontal Boom and Upright Column in Pipe Tank Welding Machine:

c) Close view on cross slides pivot of Wuxi JACK LHZ3030 Welding Column and Boom: (Fig.2)

Wide Variety Models of Wuxi JACK Cross Slides Welding Column and Boom

Primary Function Units of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

Wuxi JACK Cross Slides Welding Manipulator

Main Composition of Welding Column and Boom

A set of LHZ series Welding Column and Boom is mainly composed of:

Working Video of Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

Design Sketch of Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom

Below is design illustration on a set of Wuxi JACK LHZ4040 motor drive moving column and boom Welding Manipulator:

Welding Head Mechanism in Wuxi JACK LHZ Series Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

2. The above 4 Photos Reflect on the 4 Common Seen Welding Modes and Related Welding Heads being Applied in Welding Column and Boom:

3. Composition of Welding Head Mechanism in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

4. Welding Modes of Welding Column and Boom being Linked with Corresponded Product Section:

Outsourced Function Cells of Wuxi JACK Cross Slides Welding Column and Boom

Welding Seam Tracing Unit, Assistant Cell on Welding Torch of Varied Function Welding Equipment

3. Working Principle of Welding Seam Tracing Unit in Welding Column and Boom:

4. Installing Welding Seam Tracing Unit onto Welding Torch of Wuxi JACK Column and Boom Welding Equipment: (Fig.1)

5. Complement on Adopting on Welding Seam Tracing Unit in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

Video Graphic Monitor in Welding Column and Boom

1. Why Use Video Graphic Monitor in Column and Boom Welding Manipulator?

2. Application of Video Graphic Monitor in Welding Column and Boom: (Fig.1,2)

Category and Main Parameters of Wuxi JACK Welding Column and Boom

Based on below 3 technical indexes of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

LHZ series Welding Column and Boom can be divided into below 13 sub-groups of:

Below are Technical Parameters of the above listed 13 Branches of LHZ series Welding Column and Boom:

Application and Related Equipment of Column and Boom Welding Manipulator

1. Working Together Welding Equipment with Welding Column and Boom for Pipe Production:

2. The 1st Operation Welding Equipment for Sheet Fabrication with Column and Boom Welding Manipulator:

3. Two Important Supplementary Welding Equipment for Pipe Fabrication:

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Welding Manipulator Welding Column and Boom Blogs

2. The 1^st Operation Welding Equipment for Sheet Fabrication with Column and Boom Welding Manipulator: