Good Morning Everyone,
The grey-matter is just churning this morning.
Problem: We are currently using touch sensing to find our offset for weld starting locations in corners. With a predetermined length of wire (15 mm) the first search goes off without a hitch. But after welding, we are left with an undetermined amount of wire length and it may not be long enough to search the next points without crashing into the part.
Possible Solution: Given I already have a predetermined height from a surface, I'd like to move the robot to a height above that surface and then feed wire until I touch the surface, thus giving me a predetermined length of wire again.
Problems with the Solution:
1) Given that the search function is associated with a MOV command, can I set the MOV V to zero, or very very slow, to maintain torch position while I wait for touch to happen?
2) Knowing that I need to start the wire feed just prior to the MOV command with the search active, can I set the speed at which the wire feeds to improve the accuracy of the stopping point?
I look forward to any feedback or alternate suggestions on how this problem can be solved.
Thank-you in advance for your time.