Bulletin 48
April 15, 2010

PWL#080B - Resources on Weldment Tooling and Positioning Systems, Welding Tables, Modular Fixturing Tables, Clamping Benches, Rotating Tables, Welding Rotators, Welding Turning Rolls, Welding Manipulators, Welding Positioners, Roller Positioners (Turning Rolls), Lathe Positioners, Longitudinal Seam Welding Machine (Seam Welders), Circumferential Weld Fixtures, Automatic Girth Welding Machine, H & I Beam Welding Production Lines and more...

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Weldment Tooling and Positioning Systems are indicated with the following terms:

• Welding Tables
• Modular Fixturing Tables
• Clamping Benches
• Rotating Tables
• Welding Rotators
• Welding Turning Rolls
• Welding Manipulators
• Welding Positioners
• Roller Positioners (Turning Rolls)
• Lathe Positioners
• Longitudinal Seam Welding Machines (Seam Welders)
• Circumferential Weld Fixtures
• Automatic Girth Welding Machines
• H & I Beam Welding Production Lines
• Side Beam Tracks and Carriages
• Welding Gantries

Readers looking for Positioning Welding Tooling can perform searches using the above terms that describe some of the tools used by Industry for welding.

Used or Reconditioned Equipment can be found on the market.

Chapter 9 - Weldment Tooling and Positioning
Chapter 11 - Mechanized, Automated, and Robotic Welding
AWS WHB-1.9
Welding Science and Technology
Welding Handbook - Vol. 1, 9th Edition
American Welding Society, 01-Jan-2001
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AWS Welding Buyers Guide
http://awsweldingbuyersguide.com/

Fundamentals for Choosing a Positioner
http://www.aws.org/wj/july03/feature2.html

Designing Positioners for Robotics
http://www.aws.org/w/a/wj/2003/07/040/index.html

Company's Welding Success Fueled By Robotics
http://www.aws.org/wj/june03/feature.html

Guidelines for Implementing Robotic Arc Welding
http://www.aws.org/w/a/wj/2005/04/034/index.html

Are Your Parts Ready for Robotic Welding?
http://www.aws.org/wj/june03/feature1.html

Improving Productivity with Robotic Welding
http://www.aws.org/w/a/wj/2001/08/0045/index.html

Putting the spin on benchtop positioners for tube and pipe welding
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/arcwelding/putting-the-spin-on-benchtop-positioners-for-tube-and-pipe-welding

Don't forget the fixturing
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/resistancewelding/dont-forget-the-fixturing

A 'Case' for agility
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/automationandrobotics/a-case-for-agility

Getting the needed fixtures
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/arcwelding/getting-the-needed-fixtures

Loading up on quality, productivity, safety
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/automationandrobotics/loading-up-on-quality-productivity-safety

Optimizing flow through robotic welding workcells
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/automationrobotics/optimizing-flow-through-robotic-welding-workcells

Moving to modular welding fixturing
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/arcwelding/moving-to-modular-welding-fixturing

Fixturing on display
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/cuttingandweldprep/fixturing-on-display

Positioners are key to adaptive welding cells.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/8873943.html

NOMAD - Autonomous manufacture of large steel fabrications
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spcndpjune2002.html

What is Modular Fixturing?
http://www.stevenseng.com/techarticles/tech_whatismodularfixturing.htm

Welding Positioners Information
http://www.weldingpositioners.org/2009_02_01_archive.html

Information
http://www.westermans.com/weldpositioners.aspx

Positioner Literature
http://www.koike.com/product-literature/positioner-literature.aspx

Robot, Gantry Reduce Welding Times
http://www.assemblymag.com/CDA/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000192987

Multiple-wire Welding Creates High Productivity, High Quality
http://www.fandmmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=20&id=3752&pageNum=2

Workplace Safety Begins With Communication, Involvement And Support
http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/welding-workplace-safety/

A look at the future of automation
http://weldingdesign.com/operations/look-future-automation-0108/

Cellular Manufacturing
http://weldingdesign.com/equipment-automation/cellular-manufacturing/

Automating Small Batch Fabrication Lines- No Longer a Myth
http://www.robotics.org/content-detail.cfm/Industrial-Robotics-Feature-Articles/Automating-Small-Batch-Fabrication-Lines--No-Longer-a-Myth/content_id/1945

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