Tank welding
M2D laser scanner controls welding unit

 
Task - Sure weldseam tracing
  
The welding of stainless steel tanks for hot water systems and heating systems requires an accurate seam guiding. The low sheet thickness requires a high-precision guiding.
The prepared parts might have tolerances. Normally, a mechanical guiding system is insufficient for the possible deviations of seam position. However, that will be no problem for the M2D scanner.
Solution  
The manufacturer of the welding unit has integrated two laser scanners of the type M2D-75/30 for simultaneous seam guiding on both sides of the boiler. That way, cover and bottom will be welded in one work step.
The MEL i-Control is an ultra compact industrial PC with additional interfaces for CAN-Bus and Profibus. With the bidirectional communication, this PC is well equipped for automation business. The internal processor prepares data in such way, that only control commands and results have to be emitted and collected by interface.
The MEL software is able to operate without mouse and monitor. Of course, you can use the peripheral devices for maintenance and parameter adjustments.

In this case, all operational adjustments and the usual operation of the system are made via Profibus.

By control system, the operator can affect the laser intensity or the exposure time of the camera, he can retrieve different presettings for diverse joint geometries and adjust the filters.		  

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