I bought this table, along with two Fanuc robotic welders and two Lincoln Idealarc DC-400 MIG welders.
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
But what does it do exactly, eludes me. It is made by Automated Concepts of Omaha, NE, that fell victim to corporate carnage.
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.
Exactly.
What language do the robots speak? I have a big box of Karel programming manuals for a GMF Fanuc welding robot I did some work on.
This is what it is, GMF Robotics Fanuc robots.
This is the auction page.
Perfect answer, makes 100% sense.
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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.
Ah, brings back memories. i was responsible for the care and feeding of four GMF robot cells for about three years. Still got a bad spot on my arm from when I f$%^ up and programmed the robot to pin me down. I didn't DARE turn in the injury - lead engineer doing something unsafe to cause a lost time accident.
Karl
I will have two GMF robots for sale soon.
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