Spot welding apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9522440-B2
Application number	US-201314144088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2013
Priority date	Oct 14, 2013
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A spot welding apparatus is provided that includes a fixation panel mounted on an arm of a robot. An upper welding gun is vertically installed on a front of the fixation panel, reciprocatesvertically through a pressing unit and moves horizontally toward the fixation panel. A left and right moving unitis installed between the fixation panel and the pressing unit to move the upper welding gun horizontally. Further, two or more lower welding guns are horizontally disposed to correspond to the upper welding gun, and an upper and lower moving unit are installed on the fixation panel to reciprocate the lower welding gun vertically.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spot welding apparatus, comprising:
a fixation panel mounted on an arm of a robot;
an upper welding gun vertically installed on a front of the fixation panel, reciprocating vertically through a pressing unit;
a left and right moving unit installed between the fixation panel and the pressing unit to move the upper welding gun horizontally, wherein the left and right moving unit includes:
a rail horizontally installed on the fixation panel;
a slide block installed on the rail and connected with the pressing unit; and
a cylinder provided at one side of the pressing unit to move the pressing unit horizontally on the rail;

two or more lower welding guns horizontally disposed to correspond to the upper welding gun; and
an upper and lower moving unit installed on the fixation panel to reciprocate the lower welding gun vertically.

2. The spot welding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the pressing unit includes:
a gear box provided at a top of the upper welding gun;
a pressing actuator mounted on one lower side of the gear box; and
a moving block vertically installed on another lower side of the gear box and reciprocating on a screw shaft that is rotated by receiving actuation of the pressing actuator through the gear box.

3. The spot welding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the pressing actuator is formed by a step motor of which an RPM and a rotational direction are controllable.

4. The spot welding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
in the left and right moving unit, the rails and the slide blocks are configured in a plurality on the fixation panel.

5. The spot welding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the upper and lower moving unit includes:
a cylinder connected to correspond to the lower welding guns on the fixation panel in the rear of the pressing unit; and
an ascending and descending means installed between the lower welding guns and the fixation panel to guide ascension and descension of the lower welding guns by actuation of the cylinder.

6. The spot welding apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
the ascending and descending means include:
a vertical rail installed on the fixation panel; and
a guide block joined to the vertical rail and connected with the arm of each of the lower welding guns.

7. The spot welding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the lower welding guns includes first and second lower welding guns having different shaped welding tips.

8. The spot welding apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the cylinder includes a first cylinder and a second cylinder that correspond to the first and second lower welding guns.

9. The spot welding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
a current conduction unit that conducts current to the upper welding gun and the lower welding guns is installed on the fixation panel.

10. The spot welding apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:
the current conduction unit includes:
a transformer installed on the fixation panel; and
a bus bar connected with the transformer to conduct current to the upper welding gun and the lower welding guns.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee So Young
• Ryu Sung Phil

Classifications

• B23K11/312

  for several electrodes · CPC title

• Y10S901/42

  Welding · CPC title

• B23K11/115

  by means of two electrodes placed opposite one another on both sides of the welded parts · CPC title

• B23K11/314 Primary

  Spot welding guns, e.g. mounted on robots · CPC title

• B23K11/311

  the actuating device comprising an electric motor · CPC title