FANUC Robot Adapted for Vaporizing Foil Actuator Welding
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CDME has adapted a six-axis Fanuc robot to perform vaporizing foil actuator welding (VFAW). Developed at The Ohio State University in Professor Glenn Daehn’s Impulse Manufacturing Laboratory, VFAW is a manufacturing process capable of enabling welds between a variety of sheet metal structures, including steel and aluminum alloy welds. Led by lead engineer Dr. Ryan Brune, the team successfully adapted a VFAW welding head to the approximately 2800 lb. robot in order to refine the robotic welding process and demonstrate the capabilities of VFAW in the industry.