Study on full automatic arc welding machine for spherical tank

A full automatic welding machine for spherical tanks' all position multi-layer welds has been developed. This machine is mainly composed of a two-dimension seam tracking system based on microcomputer's memory and a welding tractor as well as rail. The main features of the machine are: while welding the first layer of a seam, its microcomputer system can analyze and store the tracing information from a two-dimension sensor, and control the welding head device to realize two-dimension real time tracing; while welding the second layer up to the top layer of the seam, it can realize two-dimension tracing based on the memorial data, automatically determine the layer number and continually sway the welding head. The welding test shows that the machine has good tracing and welding behavior, and is suitable for spherical tank's all position multi-layer welds.