The Development Prospect of Welding Positioner

Subject of This Blog on Welding Positioner:

1.  Definition: The Welding Positioner is a widely applied Welding Positioning Equipment, which is used to drag structure member workpieces to be welded, to move welding seam on workpieces to the ideal position, for the expected welding operation;

2. The Common Used Same Names with Welding Positioner:

Describing its characteristics on structure and operation, this widely applied welding positioning equipment is also often described as:

1) Welding Turning Table;

2) Welding Turntable;

3) Rotary Welding Table;

3. Business Status on Welding Turning Table:

1) Manufacturing Company: Generally speaking, most manufacturers who produce Welding Manipulators/ Welding Roller Tables/ Welding Centers/ Various Welding systems, and other Welding Equipment, produce Welding Positioners;

2) Manufacturers who produce Welding Robots mostly produce Welding Positioner for robots;

3) However, companies that take Welding Positioner as their leading products are very rare.  

4) In practical application, Welding Turntable comes in wide variety form of Welding Positioning Equipment, especially in the field of Structure Member Production/ Construction Machinery/ Engineering Machinery, etc.;

4. Here is the Content List on Welding Positioning Equipment:

• Definition and Function of Welding Positioner Welding Turning Table;

• Main Category of Welding Positioning Equipment;

•  Development Prospect of Welding Positioner Welding Turntable;

•  How to Properly Select Welding Positioner Rotary Welding Table;

•  Summary on Wuxi JACK Welding Positioner

A. Definition and Function of Welding Positioner Welding Turning Table:

1. What is Welding Positioner?

1) Nature: Welding Positioner is a typical Welding Positioning Equipment. It is impossible to standardize the name for this Welding Turntable. The same device, different companies, and different people may have different names. Such as turning tires/ Welding Turning Table/ Rotary Welding Table/ Welding Positioner, etc.;

2) Why Need Welding Positioner?

a) In daily operation of welding, original positions of welding seams may come in different orientation, which poses challenge on welders, on welding operation comfort and welding quality;

b) Welding Turning Table changes the original operations of vertical welding/ overhead welding, etc., which are difficult to ensure welding quality. Thus, the welding quality is guaranteed, and the welding productivity and the safety of Welding Positioning Equipment process are improved;

3) Wuxi JACK 2 Ton loading capacity L type Welding Positioner welds on steel structure member at customer facility, for fabricating on Construction Machinery structural workpieces: (Fig.1)

2. What can Welding Turning Table do for Customers?

There are 3 degrees of freedom in a set of typical Rotary Welding Table:

1) 0° ~ 360° infinite rotation of Welding Turntable and its fixed workpieces;

2) 0° ~ 180° tilt of Welding Turntable and its fixed workpieces;

3) Certain stroke (Usually 1,000mm to 3,000mm) motor drive or hydraulic cylinder lifting of Welding Turntable and its fixed workpiece;

3.  Why Need Introduce Elevation Function into Rotary Welding Table?

1) To be sure, if a Welding Positioner drags the weldment and only performs linear motion, even if it is three dimensional, it is impossible to change posture of the weld to meet the Welding Turning Table;

2) In other words, the displacement motion is a rotary motion, which is called the main degree of freedom of the Welding Positioning Equipment;

3) A set of typical 3 degrees of freedom Welding Turntable: (Fig.2)

B. Main Category of Welding Positioning Equipment:

This is introduced in blog: Overview on Types of Welding Positioner and its Choice;

In brief, there are 5 main branches of Welding Positioner:

1) 2 Axis (2 degrees of freedom) Single table top conventional Welding Positioner: (Fig.3)

2) 2 Axis (2 degrees of freedom) Double table top Welding Turning Table: (Fig.4)

3) 3 Axis (3 degrees of freedom) elevating L type Welding Positioner: (Fig.5)

4) 3 Axis (3 degrees of freedom) Head and Tail Welding Positioner: (Fig.6)

5) 1 Axis (1 degrees of freedom) Rotary Welding Table: (Fig.7)

6) Special design Welding Positioning Equipment, such as Pipe Welding Turntable: (Fig.8)

C. Development Prospect of Welding Positioner Welding Turntable:

1. Evolvement: Over the past decades, Welding Positioning Equipment has gradually become indispensable in the manufacturing industry, and it is classified as an auxiliary Welding Equipment in the welding field;

2. Wide Application: This product family has made great progress and has been widely used in many industries: Construction Machinery/ Vehicle/ Power Plant/ Engineering Machinery;

3.  Rich Assortment of Rotary Welding Table:

1)  In terms of type/ series / varieties and specifications, there are about a dozen to hundreds of species that have come out: A small but important branch of Welding Equipment is being formed as Welding Positioning Equipment;

2) In people's eyes, Welding Positioner as an universal or special purpose Welding Equipment may be considered a “trivial” product. However, internationally, there are more than 100 series Welding Turning Table being widely applied, equipped various functions;

4.  What will be Welding Turning Table Looks Like in the Future:

1) With the rapid development of IT (Information technology)/ Intelligent Manufacturing/ Automation Technology, Welding Positioner will grow more and more “Clever” and “Friendly”;

2) Working together with other Welding Equipment and state-of-art control technology and robot, Welding Turning Table forms into tailor made Welding Center, becoming important part of Smart Factory.

D. How to Properly Select Welding Positioner Rotary Welding Table:

1. General Guide on Selecting Appropriate Welding Positioner:

1) Model and technical ability of the Welding Positioning Equipment should be made according to structural characteristics of workpieces structure;

2) Choose a Welding Positioner with good openness/ easy operation/ compact structure, and small footprint;

3) Operator's operating height should be as low as possible, which is safe and reliable on managing the Rotary Welding Table;

4) The tooling design of the Welding Turntable should consider simple and convenient loading of workpieces;

2. Critical Performance Index of Welding Positioner:

In sequence, these factors should be considered when choosing a proper Welding Turning Table:

1) Max. loading capacity (Tonnage);

2) Does the Welding Positioner only need two degrees of freedom (Workpiece Rotation and tilting), or the 3^rd degree of freedom: Elevation;

3) The Max. lifting stroke of workpiece;

4) Are there any special requirement on the Welding Positioner, such as interface with other Welding Equipment.

E. Summary on Wuxi JACK Welding Positioner:

1. Wuxi JACK Competitive Strength on Welding Turning Table:

1) Generally speaking, most manufacturers who produce Welding Equipment, such as Welding Manipulators/ Welding Roller Tables/ Welding Systems, and other “ordinary” welding equipment;

2) Manufacturers who produce welding robots mostly produce Welding Positioner for robots;

3) However, companies that take Welding Positioner as their leading products are very rare, and Wuxi JACK is one of such excellent companies;

2. Wuxi JACK has developed variety of Welding Positioner, and conducted a lot of tests before leaving the factory to ensure superior quality of the Welding Positioning Equipment. If you are in its business, you can consider using our cost effective and superior performance Welding Turning Table.