IZENA Arku soldadura

Pilot plant for the study of different joining processes including: - arc welding: MIG/MAG (including CMT and CMT twin), TIG (including hot-wire and speedTIG) and plasma processes (including microplasma and plasma) - laser welding, - friction stir welding and - resistance welding processes. Different pilot welding cells (including welding equipment and different resources (sensors, monitoring devices, CAD/CAM software, etc.)) are available for training, demonstration, applied research and development activities. Different options are offered for industry to participate and collaborate : - From lab-scale proof of concept or feasibility tests, to the study of the process industrialization and integration in the production chain. - Comparative study of different welding processes or technologies. - First demonstrator fabrication: technology and products development applying our welding expertise. Arc welding assets: - 3 robotic arc welding cells. - 5 different power sources: Fronius TPSi, Fronius Transpuls (2), EWM Activarc, SBI plasma arc. (Availability of a wide range of technologies: advanced MIG/MAG welding processes (CMTi, LSC, PMC), advanced TIG processes (hot wire and TIGSpeed), tandem processes (CMT Twin) and plasma arc processes). - A rail guided welding carriage for mechanised longitudinal seam welding. - Tilting and rotating positioning table. - CAD/CAM software: SKM programming system. - Different equipment for process control: process data acquisition system, laser-tracker for seam tracking (2), thermographic cameras, active thermography, artificial vision, ultrasonic testing, etc. Laser welding assets: Different laser sources: - Laser disk 5 kW Trudisk 5002 - Laser Nd:YAG 3 kW, Trumpf HL 3006D. - Laser diodo 3 kW, Laserline LDL 160-3000. Different accessories, motion: - a rotating and tilting table - 4 robotic cells - large scale gantry (7 x 3 m) CAD/CAM software for programming complex trajectories. Different equipment for process control: temperature control, vision cameras, thermography, laser seam tracking… Friction stir welding (FSW) assets: Two different FSW cells: 1. robotized welding cell: KUKA KR500 3MT adapted with a FSW spindle and process control system 2. First specific FSW facility in Spain: Istir pds4 + TestStar TM controller.