Welding Operation Feasibility
The welding operations have feasibility requirements that are based on the Weld Type and Production Mechanism which were specified in the Welding dialog when the weld was created, or were determined by extraction from the CAD model. Following are the requirements:
• Manual MIG Welding: both the following must hold:
o Weld type is not Spot.
o Production Mechanism is not Robotic.
o Travel speed data is available (see
MIG Welding Operation Weld Time)
• Manual TIG Welding: both the following must hold:
o Weld type is not Spot.
o Production Mechanism is not Robotic.
• Manual Spot Welding: both the following must hold:
o Weld type is Spot.
o Production Mechanism is not Robotic.
• Robotic MIG Welding: both the following must hold:
o Weld type is not Spot.
o Production Mechanism is Robotic.
o Travel speed data is available (see
MIG Welding Operation Weld Time)
• Robotic TIG Welding: both the following must hold:
o Weld type is not Spot.
o Production Mechanism is not Robotic.
• Robotic Spot Welding: both the following must hold:
o Weld type is Spot.
o Production Mechanism is Robotic.
• Electron Beam Welding: all the following must hold:
o Weld type is not Spot.
o Production Mechanism is Robotic.
o Weld depth does not exceed the value of the cost model variable EBWMaximumWeldDepth (100mm in starting point VPEs).
• Laser Welding: all the following must hold:
o Weld type is not Spot.
o Production Mechanism is Robotic.
o Weld depth does not exceed the value of the cost model variable LWMaximumWeldDepth (100mm in starting point VPEs).