Robot Interface

The Robot Interface option is used to allow transfer of production information from the product model to welding robot facilities. The robot controllers and or robot programming languages must have the possibility to read the Robot Interface format. The receiving system must have a preprocessor. The production parts are transferred as volumes, for example, general cylinders. In addition, curves of miscellaneous types can be transferred. Certain production information and contours of plates are also available.

The option contains one program together with utility files, which produce the transfer file. The result of a run is an ASCII file in a specific format describing the production parts and information in a specific format. The data to be transferred can be selected in various ways, for example, by names, by date and by a box in space. The accuracy of the resulting volumes can be controlled in different ways, for example, excluding some components or details. Identities, for example, panel names, are transferred. Layers for different types of information can be defined.

Note: The option does not contain any translation to receiving robot programming languages or controllers.

The option can achieve the following:

• Transfer of plane panels, including:

  • plate contours with cutouts and notches

  • thickness

  • holes

  • flanges

  • bracket plates

  • plane stiffeners

  • pillars

  • clips

• Transfer of bracket panels

• Transfer of plane plates

• Transfer of profiles, including:

  • holes

  • notches

  • cutouts

  • endcuts

    Note: Endcuts of folded and planar flanges can be treated. Endcuts of curved flanges are not treated in this release.

• Transfer of longitudinals/transversals either

  • converted into plane profiles (default) or

  • approximated with straight segments (optional)

• Transfer of limited production information, like:

  • material quality

  • surface treatment designations

  • position numbers

  • destination.

Further detailed information about this option is available in:

Hull / Manufacturing / Plate Manufacturing / Robot Interface