SERVO-ROBOT Group is a company that develops and creates intelligent sensing and digital vision systems to simplify manufacturing process automation such as welding. Therefore, the main activity is to build intelligent sensing systems based on precision measurement with laser beams and other intelligent sensing devices applicable to various industries such as automotive, railroad, pipe and tube, aerospace, shipbuilding, fabricated structures, windmill towers manufacturing, etc.Welding Vision Systems, by Nello Zuech, Machin Vision Online, June 4th, 2006 http://www.visiononline.org/vision-resources-details.cfm/vision-resources/Welding-Vision-Systems-by-Nello-Zuech-Contributing-Editor/content_id/1184/id/2/category_id/52/newsType_id/0
Founded in 1983, SERVO-ROBOT has established its world headquarters, production plant and research and development center in the St-Bruno Industrial Park, south of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. More than 95% of SERVO-ROBOT's products are exported outside of Canada every year.
Applications
Innovations developed in patents mentioned in the above section resulted in concrete solutions easily applicable to markets ranging from automotive to aerospace which has helped many companies Adaptive Welding, Fanuc Robotics America, 2005 Fanuc Robotics Newsletter https://www.fanucamerica.com/ and factories to become more productive and reach their Six Sigma constant improvements goals.
Aircraft & Aerospace Automotive Construction Welding automation: - Jet engine exhaust turbine blades - Turbo prop engine casing Robotic measurement of wings for machining operation Robotic joining of body components Inspection: - Suspension member - Frame assembly, chassis - Laser-brazed roof-pillar junction LWB applications Tracking for complex 3D weld seam Blank palletizing/ de-palletizing Welding automation: - Pipe steel structural components - Bridge structural components - Aluminum concrete form Inspection of offshore oil-ring platform Earth Moving Equipment Railroad Shipbuilding Building a Better Submarines in Less Time, U.S. Navy by Mary Ruth Johnsen, The Welding Journal,May 2002 http://www.aws.org/w/a/wj/2002/05/feature1/index.html Welding automation: - Heavy machinery weldments On-Site quality control of weld bead geometry and dimensions Welding automation: - Wagon bogie - Aluminum passenger cars - Panel lines Welding automation: - Ship Stiffeners - Submarines - Panel lines Tank & Vessel Tube & Pipe Windmill Tower Welding automation: - Water heater tanks - Aluminum fuel tanks - Stainless steel tanks Inspection of leak sensitive gas tanks Pressure Vessels Welding automation: - U-O pipe - Spiral pipe - High-speed pipeline welding machines Quality control of weld beads Tracking for ultrasonic testing Pipe diameter measurement Roll formed tube longitudinal weld seam tracking Outside circumferential weld seam tracking and adaptive control Inside circumferential weld seam tracking and adaptive control
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References SERVO-ROBOT Group general web site
External links Robotic Industry Association Manufacturing Talk