Robotic MIG Welding Process-level Options
The Robotic MIG Welding process provides the following options:
Enable Tacking
By default in starting point VPEs, operators are assumed to perform tack welding in order to prepare the workpieces. VPE administrators can customize the default with the cost model variable
enableTackingWithRoboticWelding (
true in starting point VPEs). Users can override the default with this setup option. See the formula
Tack Time in
MIG Welding Operation Weld Time.
Number of Operators
Robotic MIG Welding provides an option that allows you to specify the number of operators tending to the robotic welder.
• Number of operators tending to this machine: By default this is the value of the machine property Number of Operators (1 in aPriori starting point VPEs). You can override the default and specify a different number of operators, including a fractional number of operators.
Note that at least some of the welding operators are assumed to perform pick and place tasks--see
Robotic MIG Welding .
The corresponding Pick and Place machine property or PSO (see
Process Cycle Time Calculation and
Pick and Place Options) specifies the
total number of operators performing pick and place tasks, including any Robotic MIG Welding operators who perform pick and place tasks.
Select one of the following options
o Default number of operators: specified by the machine property Number of Operators.
o User override value for this part: enter a value greater than or equal to 0.