Patent ID: 8858742
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B06B,B23K,B29C,B32B

Abstract:
1. A vibration welding system comprising: vibration welding equipment, including a welding horn and a welding anvil, that is configured to form a weld on a work piece clamped between the welding horn and the welding anvil; a check station; a welding robot having an arm on which the welding horn and the welding anvil are disposed, wherein the welding robot is configured to selectively move the welding horn and the welding anvil to the check station to determine a status condition of the vibration welding equipment; a first plurality of sensors positioned with respect to the vibration welding equipment while the work piece is clamped between the welding horn and the welding anvil; a second plurality of sensors positioned with respect to the check station, wherein the second plurality of sensors includes a pressure-sensitive array; and a host device in communication with the first and second pluralities of sensors, wherein the host device includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for monitoring the vibration welding equipment to determine the status condition; wherein the host device is configured to execute the instructions from the memory, via the processor, to thereby: