To complete a web a large amount of welds have to be performed. KRANENDONK’s web welding gantries are developed to perform fully automatic welding of sub-assemblies in the shipbuilding industry. Depending on the througput of the system, a single robot or multiple robots are suspended on a moving gantry. The intelligent RinasWeld software makes sure no time is wasted with programming of the system; this happens automatically based on the 3D CAD model of the end-product.
Web welding gantry
The web welding gantry is a flexible welding solution for micro-panels or webs. It consists of a traveling portal that suspends two industrial robots. The standard system is able to weld webs up to 12*5 meters; with a stiffener height of 500 mm. Customized solutions can be supplied for other web dimensions.
Automatic operation with RinasWeld
The panel welding gantry is available with the intelligent RinasWeld software, that ensures automatic operation. With this RinasWeld software, it is possible to derive all production data from the 3D CAD model. RinasWeld generates collision free robot programs including predefined weld data, without any human effort. This drastically reduces the time required for work preparation, in practice to almost zero.
Multiple robots
The gantry supports one or two robots, which simultaneously weld without any chance of collision due to the RinasWeld software. Besides collision avoidance, RinasWeld also balances the workload of the system to optimize efficiency and minimize deformation due to heat input.
Stiffener mounting portal
At a tack welding station, the stiffeners are manually positioned and tack welded. The stiffener mounting portal can be installed additional to the web welding gantry. This portal has innovative features to make the work for the operator as easy as possible. After tack welding, the web welding gantry can then finish the welding.
Integrated logistics
The webs can be laid down directly on the concrete floor for robot welding. To increase throughput and efficiency KRANENDONK can provide various options to integrate logistics suchs as rollerconveyors for casettes. This will result in an efficient production flow.
