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Citation
(2003), "TC introduces Internet Weld Doctor", Industrial Robot, Vol. 30 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2003.04930bad.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
TC introduces Internet Weld Doctor
TC introduces Internet Weld Doctor
Keywords: Welding, Diagnostics
The latest version of Townsend Coates’ Web site offers a powerful troubleshooting tool for resistance welding applications. Townsend Coates has added a powerful new resistance welding diagnostics and trouble-shooting tool to its Web site (www.townsendcoates.com). Developed in partnership with Unitek Miyachi, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of advanced welding systems, the tool – called Weld Doctor – offers problem analysis and recommended solutions for a wide variety of welding-related issues.
As Unitek’s distributor in the UK, and one of the country’s leading specialists in automated and semi-automated production and assembly solutions, Townsend Coates has the experience and skillsets to ensure that a technical aid such as Weld Doctor can operate as an effective business tool, rather than a cosmetic attraction. Feedback from the marketplace is already very positive, and the company is already reviewing comments with a view to the next revision of Weld Doctor.
Using a simple but powerful system of dynamic priority ratings, Weld Doctor allows users to quickly identify probable causes of a wide range of problems, including discolouration, a weak weld, metal expulsion, sparking, inconsistency and electrode-sticking. The system immediately identifies whether the cause of the problem is related to the power supply, the weldhead, the materials being welded or the electrode. A solution is then recommended in terms of specific actions – for example, “Decrease force in steps of 10-20 per cent”, or “use argon or similar cover gas”.
Weld Doctor also includes comprehensive and easy-to-use information on the weldability of materials, and a power-supply technology comparison, which shows the relative merits of AC, DC, HF and CD power supplies. There is also a section on power supply capabilities and optimal solutions which, offers advice on the most appropriate supply to use in a given situation. Links to Unitek’s site and the Welding Institute are also carried, as well as an interactive advice line with Townsend Coates in case of more intractable problems.
For further information, contact: Mike Garry, Townsend Coates, Lunsford Road, Leicester LE5 0HH, UK. Tel: 0116 274 4488; E-mail: pedsales@townsendcoates.com