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Valk Welding develops and delivers robotic welding systems, which are intended for flexible production of small to medium-large series. On the back of the sale and installation of more than 2,000 industrial robots and a monthly supply of more than 600 tonnes of solid welding wire, Valk Welding is truly one of the largest independent suppliers in this field in Europe. With our extensive knowledge and experience in the field of robotic welding and welding technology, Valk Welding can provide total solutions that lead to strong productivity and profitability gains.TRANSCRIPT
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Everyone can program our weldingrobots
Both Panasonic Welding Systems and Valk Welding wants to offer the finest tools for the arc welding robot industry.
With the TAWERS weldingrobots and programming software for teach-pendant and pc, they offer the best all-in-one
system available on the market for arc welding robot jobs.
Simplicity and efficiency in programmingFive ways to program Panasonic weldingrobotsystems
CAD ERP Excel SQL GUI
APG (Automatic Program Generation for DTPS)
DTPS (Simulation, Reach Check, Collision Check)
DTPS is the ultimate offline programming software for Panasonic arc welding robots, which can be used instead of programming with a teach pendant . One of the biggest ad-vantage is that DTPS makes programming of your Panasonic arc welding robot(s) possible without interrupting welding production, therfore increasing the productivity of your robotic installations.
Full support of 2D and 3D CAD file import
Powerfull engineering/testing tool for jig design
Actual cycle time calculations
Converting existing programs to new installations or to
other working stations
Powerful 3D-simulation with collision detection
Planning/management tools for the welding production
Data registration of the welding process
Borderless robot control over different production
facilities
100% upwards compatible with all new generations of
controllers
Easy to adjust existing robot programs
Basic Programmingwith teaching pendant for older generations robots
Panasonic welding robots without an integrated power source, such as the VR series, and Panasonic welding ro-bots that are fitted with an external power source, such as Fronius, can be programmed in the conventional way with a teaching pendant or with external offline software. When programming with the teaching pendent, the operator uses the teach pendant to navigate the welding robots into the positions that must be welded and sets the welding parameters such as, torch angle, etc. When all the positions have been recorded, this data becomes the welding program. Welding programs can then be played back during production.
The teaching pendant has a number of convenient functi-ons, such a copy, cut, paste, move, etc to make program-ming easier.
During the programming process, the welding robot can-not be used for production.
DTPS is the most frequently used offline arc welding robot programming system in the world.
APG (Automatic Path Generation) for DTPS G2 is an open source software toolkit, developed by Valk Welding to create your own specific robot software. APG uses data out of CAD systems, ERP, CMRS and Excel sheets to automa-tically generate complete programs for the welding robot. With APG it is also possible to check parts and jigs created
in 3D drawings for collisions automatically in DTPS
Panasonic developed G3 Weld Navigation for the latest generation of robot controller.Weld Navagation asks you to choose the type of joint you want to weld (fillet weld, lap joint, butt weld) and then by entering the material type and thickness, G3 Weld Navigation automatically calculates the correct settings for amperage, voltage and welding speed. The software also provides advice on the correct torch angle and offset of the TCP to achieve the perfect welding seam.
That means that programs for the welding robot can be produced quicker and simpler than ever before. Employees with limited welding knowledge can now also program welding robots.
Finding the recommended parameters with G3 Weld Navigation:1) Select the joint type: fillet weld, lap joint, butt weld2) Enter the thickness of each material and the type of materialThe software recommends the correct parameter settings for amperage, voltage and welding speed. The correct torch angle and offset of the TCP are also shown.
Creating your own parametersIf you want to go a step further you can enter the welding speed and length. G3 Weld Navigation will automatically recalculate the new parameter settings.
G3 Weld Navigation is a standard function on the newest generation of Panasonic WG3/WHG3 Robot Controllers.
CONVENTIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH A TEACHING PENDANT IS STILL USED FREQUENTLY IN INDUSTRY. VALK WELDING AND PANASONIC OFFER EASY
PROGRAMMING SOLUTIONS SUCH AS G3 WELD NAVIGATION, DTPS, CMRS AND APG THAT SIMPLIFY AND EVEN FULLY AUTOMATE THE PROGRAMMING OF
WELDING ROBOTS
With the development of the customer-specific Custom Made Robot Software (CMRS) Valk Welding makes it pos-sible to program different products automatically within a product family. A number of manufacturers with their own products, such as grids (Dejo), lintel beams (Leenstra), fen-ces (Betafence), Stairlifts (ThyssenKrupp), Loading platforms (Dhollandia) and Forklift trucks (MCFE) are now using wel-ding robots for single-piece production and thus achieving considerable programming time reductions. This makes Valk Welding unique in the market for arc welding robot systems.
G3 Weld navigation: quick and simple teaching
Offline programming for low volume, high mix applications
Automated program-ming for low volume production
Automatic Programming using existing data
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Valk WeldingStaalindustrieweg 15
P.O. Box 60NL-2950 AB Alblasserdam
The Netherlands:Tel. +31 (0)78 69 170 11Fax +31 (0)78 69 195 15
Belgium:Valk Welding NV
Tel. +32 (0)3 685 14 77Fax +32 (0)3 685 12 33
France: Valk Welding France
Tel. +33 (0)3 20 10 00 39Fax +33 (0)3 20 10 01 12
Denmark:Valk Welding DK S/ATel. +45 44 68 31 81Fax +45 44 68 31 87
Czech RepublicValk Welding CZ s.r.o.
tel: +420 556 730 954fax: +420 556 731 680
Panasonic welding robot systemsthe best tools for the arc welding robot process
Valk Welding uses Panasonic arc welding robots to automate welding pro-
cess. Panasonic is one of the few welding robot manufacturers producing
all components and the software under its own management. This carries
the advantage that the welding robot, welding power source, control, wire
feeder, positioners and software are optimized with each other. Panasonic
has thus grown to be one of the most innovative manufacturers in this field.
Valk Welding welding robots and consumables throughout Europe
During the past decade Valk Welding has built up its reputation in the Euro-
pean welding industry as a premier robot integrator and supplier of welding
wire and welding consumables. With the sale and installation of more than
1.800 welding-robot systems throughout Europe and monthly deliveries of
more than 650 tonnes of solid welding wire Valk Welding has grown into an
organisation with a broad range of engineering, assembly, training and dis-
tribution facilities, with sites in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the Czech
Republic and Denmark.
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Numerous companies from the automotive industry, truck and trailer
manufacturers, agricultural machine manufacturers, as well as many others,
use the Panasonic Arc Welding robot systems and our easy programming
systems.