What is this rotating welding table?

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June 28, 2012, 7:20 pm
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I bought this table, along with two Fanuc robotic welders and two
Lincoln Idealarc DC-400 MIG welders.

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Rotating-Welding-Table/

The table rotates around the middle.

The table clearly is a welding table. It has a welding cable
connection on the bottom that swivels. (and also came with some length of
3/0 welding cables)

But what does it do exactly, eludes me. It is made by Automated
Concepts of Omaha, NE, that fell victim to corporate carnage.

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June 28, 2012, 7:30 pm
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Re: What is this rotating welding table?


Ignoramus30438 wrote:

It's a palette changer of sorts with a shield in the middle. On one side
the robots are welding, on the other side the humans are removing the
previously welded part and installing the next part to be welded. When
both are complete it indexes to the other side and the process resumes.

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June 28, 2012, 9:20 pm
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Perfect answer, makes 100% sense.

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June 29, 2012, 10:17 am
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Re: What is this rotating welding table?

On 6/28/2012 6:20 PM, Ignoramus30438 wrote:

What Pete said: two position rotary table. Typically used on a robot
welder, slight chance it could be used for a manual operation if the
setup is particularly ugly or they wanted to let things cool in the
fixture. You will find that the table spins fairly fast. I'd expect it
to spin 180 degrees in 5 to 10 seconds. Look for some detents or locking
pins to assure that it is EXACTLY in position.


 

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