Is Welding Worth It?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

As an afterthought.... look at some of the critical joints on 254's robot. They are both welded, and riveted.

They are generally only riveted to serve as fixturing for the welder, so that no hand alignment is necessary. Since we've started doing that we've gotten huge increases in quality and reduction in time it takes for the welding to be completed.

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by Cory

They are generally only riveted to serve as fixturing for the welder, so that no hand alignment is necessary. Since we've started doing that we've gotten huge increases in quality and reduction in time it takes for the welding to be completed.

Interesting lesson learned. Maybe we will put it into practice too.

[kevincrispie]

Originally Posted by Cory

They are generally only riveted to serve as fixturing for the welder, so that no hand alignment is necessary. Since we've started doing that we've gotten huge increases in quality and reduction in time it takes for the welding to be completed.

Can't recommend this enough. 971 also generally rivets together assemblies before welding. It allows us to fixture the assembly the way we want before its welded, which makes it much easier for the welder, much easier to transport to the welder's shop, and helps eliminate inconsistencies due to the welding process. We have seem much better results with pre-riveted welded assemblies.

[Seth Mallory]

Originally Posted by kevincrispie

Can't recommend this enough. 971 also generally rivets together assemblies before welding. It allows us to fixture the assembly the way we want before its welded, which makes it much easier for the welder, much easier to transport to the welder's shop, and helps eliminate inconsistencies due to the welding process. We have seem much better results with pre-riveted welded assemblies.

192 also rivets before welding many of the parts.

[sanddrag]

Add 696 in there for one more ditto.