Is kind of both,
I almost graduated and i`m making the study at a big company.
We have issues with some workpieces that are not being welded propertly because of small differences in the geometry and the fact that same piece comes from multiple identical welding cells (that have different tolerances).
As you said in theory, WELDGUIDE seams (he he) like the Holly Grail but i wonder why i can`t find proper documentation on this.
I don`t expect someone to solve my problem, i`m just asking for guidance and where to find more unbiased info about this.
As i said we are a big company and we have contacts with ABB, but in our country there is only one company that uses this method.And the testimonials are only from ABB and they say it works wonders.
About the issues; i know it is restricting the torch mobility, we have errors under 0.5 mm, so it will be an almost unnoticeable weave so the torch won`t hit anything in this setup.
And for the distance to "home" how can i calculate, or approximate it ? from some videos i saw that in a V pattern (the configuration we need) i saw that [Home position = 3 x Initial displacement] so, by having a initial displacement of 0.5mm the robot will find home in 1.5 mm , which is not a problem on a 45mm weld
We are making 800+ heavy pieces per day and the process is optimized, the issue is that we have to retouch almost 200 pieces a day because of a small variation.
Edit: About the cycle time , if we increase weaving speed so in a manner that don't affect advance speed the cycle time will increase?
(except the minor triangulation in the beginning)
I mean, the welding speed will modify after adding the system?