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CAM for robot welding
Offline programming software for arc-welding robots
act/weld, dedicated to the offline programming of arc-welding robots, allows you to optimize the utilization
rate of your robots resulting in increased flexibility and improved productivity. A precursor over the past
fifteen years, act/weld is now the leading solution in the field of arc-welding robot offline programming and is
praised by several manufacturers and integrators who propose act/weld to their customers.
Through a graphical interface, act/weld allows you to
program a robot from a virtual scene and qualified welding
conditions. The parts or assemblies to be welded, together
with the tooling, are imported from a 3D CAD system via
native or neutral formats (STEP and IGES). A specific simulator
allows you to take into account all the controller parameters
and to simulate the movements of the robot on the screen.
act/weld combines welder know-how together with
programming and simulation tools that allow you to create
programs in optimal conditions, and even to validate
the design of a tooling or to study a cell set-up. In some
conditions, act/weld can generate programs that will require
no further touch-ups in the workshop.
A post-processor specifically adapted to the controller allows
generating in robot language the programs prepared with
act/weld. Thanks to specific cell and part-program sizing
functions, the user can benefit from the automatic error
correction functions available in the robots (shifting of
trajectories via sensing of joint follow-up, laser camera, etc.).
act/weld can also manage the multi-controller functions
of the new models of robots, i.e. two robots and one
manipulator that are synchronized.
Alma
CAM software
15, rue Georges Perec - F-38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères
Tel. +33 (0)4 76 63 76 20 - info@almacam.com
www.almacam.com
Advantages and benefits
• Improved productivity thanks to the offline
programming (reduction of robot idle periods and
reduction of programming costs).
• Much faster than programming by teaching.
• Possibility to immediately start programming after
creating the virtual models of assemblies to weld.
• Automatic search for collision-free trajectories.
• Full and realistic simulation with the complete cell
which guarantees the reliability of both the cell
design and cell production.
• Improved quality thanks to the integration of all the
welding parameters (torch angles, stick out, etc.)
• Reduction of programming cycle for similar parts
thanks to the automatic transfer of welding
programs.
• Improved working conditions and increased safety.