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Design and Test of Duckbill Welding Robot for Cotton Seeder

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  • Yu Ren

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

  • Wensong Guo

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

  • Xufeng Wang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

  • Can Hu

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

  • Long Wang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

  • Xiaowei He

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

  • Jianfei Xing

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
    Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China)

Abstract

To improve the automation, welding efficiency, and welding quality of duckbill welding of the cotton seeder, this study designed a cotton seeder duckbill welding robot. According to the characteristics of the duckbill weldment and welding requirements, the overall structure of the welding robot was determined, including the girdle feeding mechanism, static duckbill feeding mechanism, hinge feeding mechanism, welding fixture, welding actuator, and control system. To realize the continuous automatic feeding, positioning, fixing, welding, and unloading of the workpiece in the duckbill welding, the feeding mechanism adopts the method of cooperative cooperation of inductive proximity switch, electromagnet, and cylinder. The main body of the welding fixture adopts the pneumatic clamping method; the welding actuator adopts the synchronous belt module electric drive so that the welding torch can move in a straight line along the X axis and the Z axis. The welding process of the duckbill was simulated by Simufact Welding software, and the deformation and stress changes of the weldment were compared and analyzed when the single-sided single welding, the bilateral symmetrical double welding torch, two welding forms, and two welding process parameters were used to determine the welding process parameters of the welding robot. The prototype was made and the welding test was carried out. The test results show that the duckbill welding robot of the cotton seeder has stable feeding, solid clamping, accurate positioning, and high welding efficiency. According to the national standard, the appearance of the duckbill weld is inspected. The surface of the duckbill weld and the heat-affected zone has no cracks, incomplete fusion, slag inclusion, crater, and porosity. The forming quality of the welded parts is good. The design of the duckbill welding robot for cotton seeder is helpful in solving the problems of cumbersome positioning and clamping and low efficiency in manual and semi-automatic duckbill welding robots, which provides a strong guarantee for the large-scale and standardized welding production of the dibbler duckbill.

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  • Yu Ren & Wensong Guo & Xufeng Wang & Can Hu & Long Wang & Xiaowei He & Jianfei Xing, 2022. "Design and Test of Duckbill Welding Robot for Cotton Seeder," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.
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