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Safety
- Gloves and ear plugs are to be worn throughout this operation.

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Weld Settings
Programme |
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Pulsation |
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Weld on |
Weld on |
Upslope |
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Off
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Hold |
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Heat 2 |
55% |
Weld 2 |
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Cool |
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Heat 1 |
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Weld 1 |
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Squeeze |
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Pre squeeze |
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Copper Height Settings
- Distance between copper tips: 60mm
- Pin height from copper tip: 10mm
- Top copper height: 250mm: pin
- Bottom copper height : 140 - 141: pin
Power setting for nut & Bracket = 75% Pressure: 1 bar
Power setting for bracket, wire frame & Pin = 85% Pressure 4 bars
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Welding nut onto bracket
Set the Goose neck welding tips top and bottom onto the spot welder.
- Ensure that the tips are aligned correctly and straight.
- Set the height as per measurement stated in settings.
- Ensure that the gap of 60mm between top and bottom copper tips is maintained.
- Check condition of ceramic sleeve is not worn out damaged prior to welding as this will cause arcing during welding.
- Place the ceramic sleeve into the bottom copper tip.
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- Set the nut locating fixture onto the bottom candle holder, secure fixture by screwing T screw clockwise locking into place.
- Ensure that the ceramic sleeve is not worn out as this will cause a weak weld penetration between nut casing and bracket.
- Ensure the ceramic sleeve is located into the bottom goose neck tip.
- The nut locating pin to be located into place on fixture, resting onto the spring.
- Pin must be 10mm protruding from bottom copper tip, allowing the nut to rest onto bracket and pin - nut must be located centrally.
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- Place the bracket onto the bottom copper tip, with the locating pin protruding through bracket, thereafter locate the nut onto the pin.
- Ensure that the notched side closer to the bracket end is used for welding the nuts.
- Nut must be centrally located.
- Ensure that the switch is turned to hand.
- Press the green button on control box to activate the welding process.
- The top copper tip will move toward the nut and welds both nut and bracket together.
- Apply the bolt to the nut
- When the nut is welded, the following steps to follow.
- Apply the bolt to the nut and verify straightness of bolt application and centrallity of welding.
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Welding pin onto bracket
First off: Destructive test for pin welding
- Conduct a drop test from approximatley 1.2m (Waist high), drop bracket to the floor/solid surface with the bolt facing the floor/solid surface. This is to determine weld strength of nut onto bracket.
- Inspect the weld ensuring that the nut has not broken off.
- Accepted if nut has not broken off.
- Increase weld strength if breakage occurrs
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- Remove the nut locating pin when welding pins onto bracket.
- Place the opposite side of the bracket (with the notches away from the end of bracket) onto the bottom copper tip.
- Locate the pin throught the bracket and the ceramic sleeve. Pin will rest on the lip of bracket.
- Ensure that the bracket is upright/straight, prior to welding. must not be held in an angle as the pin will be welded in an angle.
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- Ensure that the control switch is set to hand.
- Depress the green button on control box to activate the welding process.
- The top copper tip will move toward the pin head and weld the pin to the bracket.
- Rotate the bracket clockwise and weld pin twice.
- Tap pin on a solid surface to ensure weld adherence.
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- First off: Destructive test for pin welding
- Place the bracket onto a vice, lock the pin into place on the vice.
- Conduct a destructive test, by bending the bracket, this is to verify weld aherence between the pin and bracket.
- If the bracket deforms and the pins does not break during the destructive test, then the weld is accpetable.
- If the pin breaks of during the destructive test, then increase weld settings, and re-weld a second sample, and continue with destructive test.
- Conduct pull test on bracket and wire.Bracket and wire spot welded. spec 1100Nm.
- Pull test to be conducted start of batch.
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- The Last-off from the previous batch is to be compared to the current batch First-off. Last-off is to be placed in the production run.
- Complete a First-off before commencing with production, record on system Inspection Number "6112" "Welding nut & pin".
- First-off sample to be tagged and remain at the workstation.
- Conduct in-process inspections every hour and record on system Inspection Number "6113" "Welding nut & pin".
- At the end of the batch, the last part is to be tagged and kept. First-off is to be placed in the production batch.
- The last off shall be tagged and kept at the workstation and record on Inspection Number "2253" "Welding nut & pin".
- Complete process parameters and record on system inspection number "6092" "Copper heights".
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REJECTS
- All reject parts are to be placed immediatley in the red reject bins provided.
- All rejects should be logged on the system hourly. Reject Analysis.
Scrap / Reject bins are to be emptied at the end of end job or at the end of shift if the job is running at the end of shift
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PERFORMANCE TARGETS
Once the job has been logged on the system, you will be able to see the production figures and targets including
- The Total Qty made against the job
- The quantity prodcued on the shift (day),
- The Std Time and the number of Parts required to be made per hour.
The picture to the left provides and example.
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Production figures are to be logged on the system every hour.
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