Development of a robot for orbital welding

Industrial Robot

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-325

  Lima II, Eduardo J ^a   Torres, Guilherme C Fortunato ^a   Felizardo, Ivanilza ^a   Ramalho Filho, Frederico A ^a   Bracarense, Alexandre Q ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pipes; Robotics; Welding

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS;

ORBITAL WELDING; TORCH ANGLE; WELD BEADS; WELDING PIPES;

GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

EID: 21244493534     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910510600182     Document Type: Article

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