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From car manufacturing to the production of niche products, welding is now one of the most widespread and successful applications of industrial robotics. Welding Robotics: Technology, System Issues and Application is a detailed overview of robotic welding at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The last few years-worth of evolution in robotic welding are described, illustrating their rapid innovations and featuring: Welding Technology; Sensors and Sensing Techniques; Industrial robotic welding systems; and Actual industrial application of modern-day robotic welding techniques. Containing worked examples and problems throughout the book, Welding Robotics: Technology, System Issues and Application will be an ideal guide for students of robotics and manufacturing engineering who wish to gain a full understanding of the latest robot welding technologies as well a useful reference for active researchers and those working in industry. The book signposts future developments and aims to give readers the information that they need to contribute to the next wave of development of a growing and important area of manufacturing technology. Selected for indexing by Scopus.

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Recent industrial criteria increasingly require the production of multi-material components. However, the manufacturing requirements of these components are not met by conventional welding techniques. Alternative solid-state technologies, such as impact-based processes, must be considered. The impact welding family is composed of several processes, such as explosion welding, magnetic pulse welding, vaporizing foil actuator welding, and laser impact welding. These processes present very different length scales, providing the impact welding family with a broad applicability range. A sample of the cutting-edge research that is being conducted on the multidisciplinary field of impact welding is presented in this book.

Technology: general issues --- dissimilar materials --- interlayer --- vaporizing foil actuators welding --- impact welding --- impact velocity --- impact angle --- welding interface --- flyer velocity --- energy efficiency --- peak velocity --- flyer rebound --- flyer size --- confinement layer --- explosive welding --- Ti6Al4V/Al-1060 --- microstructure --- mechanical properties --- smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) --- high-velocity impact welding --- smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation --- welding window --- gelatin --- thin aluminum plate --- magnesium alloys --- LPSO phase --- cellular metal --- composite structure --- unidirectional cellular metal --- explosive compaction --- high-energy-rate forming --- tantalum/copper/stainless steel clads --- severe plastic deformation --- SEM/EBSD --- microhardness --- magnetic pulse welding --- dissimilar metals --- surface preparation --- interface --- aluminum --- carbon steel --- stainless steel --- collision welding --- pressure welding --- process glare --- jet --- cloud of particles --- shock compression --- surface roughness --- collision conditions --- model test rig --- welding mechanisms --- n/a

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Recent industrial criteria increasingly require the production of multi-material components. However, the manufacturing requirements of these components are not met by conventional welding techniques. Alternative solid-state technologies, such as impact-based processes, must be considered. The impact welding family is composed of several processes, such as explosion welding, magnetic pulse welding, vaporizing foil actuator welding, and laser impact welding. These processes present very different length scales, providing the impact welding family with a broad applicability range. A sample of the cutting-edge research that is being conducted on the multidisciplinary field of impact welding is presented in this book.

Technology: general issues --- dissimilar materials --- interlayer --- vaporizing foil actuators welding --- impact welding --- impact velocity --- impact angle --- welding interface --- flyer velocity --- energy efficiency --- peak velocity --- flyer rebound --- flyer size --- confinement layer --- explosive welding --- Ti6Al4V/Al-1060 --- microstructure --- mechanical properties --- smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) --- high-velocity impact welding --- smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation --- welding window --- gelatin --- thin aluminum plate --- magnesium alloys --- LPSO phase --- cellular metal --- composite structure --- unidirectional cellular metal --- explosive compaction --- high-energy-rate forming --- tantalum/copper/stainless steel clads --- severe plastic deformation --- SEM/EBSD --- microhardness --- magnetic pulse welding --- dissimilar metals --- surface preparation --- interface --- aluminum --- carbon steel --- stainless steel --- collision welding --- pressure welding --- process glare --- jet --- cloud of particles --- shock compression --- surface roughness --- collision conditions --- model test rig --- welding mechanisms