SCOUT: 3D tracking

Klaus G. Barthel

doi:10.1117/12.193117

4 November 1994 SCOUT: 3D tracking

Klaus G. Barthel

Proceedings Volume 2246, Laser Materials Processing and Machining; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.193117
Event: Optics for Productivity in Manufacturing, 1994, Frankfurt, Germany

Abstract

The seam-following system SCOUT precisely positions a robot or gantry ready for laser welding -- at an accuracy of +/- 0.05 mm on three Cartesian axes (X, Y, Z) -- and controls the three cardanic angles of orientation (A, B, C) in space. SCOUT automates high-speed bonding and sealing processes. Image processing at 50 Hz provides for feedrates of more than 20 meters per minute. Due to the `online' programming feature the conventional time- consuming preprogramming to define the robot's track prior to processing and for each modification of the workpiece has now become superfluous.

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Klaus G. Barthel "SCOUT: 3D tracking", Proc. SPIE 2246, Laser Materials Processing and Machining, (4 November 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.193117

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