A method controls a portable welding robot to ensure good bead appearance even where a workpiece corner and a curved section of a guide rail are not located on a concentric circle and where there is a large difference in curvature between the workpiece corner and the curved section of the guide rail. A portable welding robot sets a guide rail with respect to a workpiece having a corner and performs arc welding on the workpiece while moving on the guide rail and a welding control device controls the portable welding robot. The control method includes determining a torch position on the workpiece via a torch position determination unit, calculating a torch angle at the torch position via a torch angle calculation unit, and controlling the torch angle via a movable part based on the calculated torch angle.

The axle welder can be easily configured and adjusted to accommodate axle assemblies of varying axle shaft lengths, hub styles (“straight” and “drop axle”) and lug bolt configurations. The axle welder uses a sliding carriage that slides along the support frame at one end of the welder to accommodate differing shaft lengths. The axle welder also includes a pair of pivoting hub lifts that accommodate both straight and drop axle style axle hubs using modular mounting plates. Modular mounting plates (“hub adaptors”) fitted to the hub lifts accommodate hub assemblies with differing lug bolt patterns. The axle welder is built on a rectangular frame that supports a pair of weld units and articulated electrode arms. The axle welder also includes a pair axle supports for carrying the axle shafts within the support frame. A shaft drive pivotally mounted to the support frame lowers to engage and rotate the axle shaft and hub assemblies in unison during the welding process.

A rail apparatus, a laser apparatus, and a laser machining device are provided in the present disclosure. The rail apparatus includes a rail frame assembly and a mounting assembly. The rail frame assembly includes a rail frame and a guide shaft fixed to the rail frame. The mounting assembly includes a mounting base and a pulley. The pulley defines a sliding groove. The sliding groove is slidably connected with the guide shaft. The laser apparatus includes a base, a laser, and a focusing member. The laser is disposed on the base and is configured to emit a laser light. The focusing member is movably disposed on the base and has a focusing end. The laser apparatus is operable in a retracting state and an extending state. The laser machining device includes the rail apparatus and the laser apparatus.

A plasma cutting system includes a power supply that outputs first and second plasma cutting currents. A torch is connected to the power supply and includes a first cathode that receives the first plasma cutting current, a first electrode and swirl ring, a second cathode that receives the second plasma cutting current, and a second electrode and swirl ring. The torch simultaneously generates a first and second plasma arcs from the electrodes. A gas controller is configured to separately control a flow of a first plasma gas to the first swirl ring and a flow of a second plasma gas flow to the second swirl ring. A torch actuator moves the torch during cutting, and includes a motor having a hollow shaft rotor for rotating the torch during cutting. A motion controller is operatively connected to the torch actuator to control movements of the torch during cutting.

A portable device for precision plasma and oxy-fuel torch cutting is provided. Versions of an example portable cutting torch tool guide the gun of a cutting torch to make precision linear cuts or curved cuts in a metal workpiece. In an implementation, the device is a gun for a cutting torch, with an integrated rail follower and adjustable vertical and horizontal offsets from a workpiece. The cutting torch tool may use various kinds of rails for stable cuts, with optional movement damping, motorized drive, servos for vertical and horizontal offset, and remote control with user interface.

A reflow soldering system comprising one or a plurality of individually heatable soldering process zones. The reflow soldering system is configured to supply heat to a workpiece selectively through condensation or through convection or as a combination of convection and condensation.

Moving unit for moving two soldering assemblies connected by means of a coupling device, soldering system for selective wave soldering of circuit boards with such a moving unit, and associated method.

The invention relates to a laser brazing system, comprising a braze tool having a laser configured to emit a laser beam along a radiation path, and a braze wire tool being configured to guide a braze wire along a wire path intersecting the laser beam. The system comprises a jig comprising a first alignment surface and a first blocking surface, wherein the first alignment surface is configured to be in contact with the braze wire while the first blocking surface blocks at least a first part of the emitted laser beam, and a detector arranged in the radiation path and configured to detect the emitted light of the laser beam passing the jig.

A GTAW system and a welding method suitable for ultra-narrow gaps, and belongs to the technical field of narrow gap welding. The device includes a argon arc welding machine, a GTAW torch, a welding trolley, a wire feeding device, and a gas protection device. The GTAW torch includes a rotating motor, a rotating tungsten, a conductive system, and a gas supply system. The non-axisymmetric rotating tungsten is drived by the rotating motor through the central rotating shaft. The conductive system is used for connecting and supplying electric power from the argon arc welding machine, and the air supply system is used for providing shielding gas into the welding torch. The GTAW torch is fixed on the welding trolley, and the GTAW torch is moved by the welding trolley, and the wire feeding device moves synchronously with the welding torch.

The invention relates to a laser machining tool (100), in particular a laser cutting tool, comprising a machining device (1) which is guided on a bridge (10) and has a movable carriage (2), on which a machining unit (3) is arranged, which has a machining head (4), which is designed in such a way that it directs a laser beam of laser light onto a workpiece to be machined, wherein a flexible fibre cable (6) for supplying the laser light from a laser light source (16) is connected to the machining head (4) and the machining unit (3) can be moved linearly together with the machining head (4) relative to the movable carriage (2). The fibre cable (6) is fixed to the machining unit (3) with a first fixing means (7) and fixed to the movable carriage (2) with a second fixing means (8), wherein the fibre cable (6) is freely movable for enabling a linear movement of the machining unit (3) relative to the movable carriage (2) in a predetermined guide plane (G) between the first and second fixing means (7, 8).