African Fusion July 2023

Fronius WeldCube

WeldCube: The professional’s solution for documenting, reporting and monitoring welding data Fronius’ WeldCube is suite of data management solutions that enable customers to prepare, train, record, analyse and evaluate welding data across multiple power sources. It is an all inclusive package that incorporates hardware, software and services and is designed to link directly with Fronius TPS/i, TPS, TS and iWave welding systems.

D ocumenting, visualising, collect ing and analysing welding data for quality management and trace ability purposes are increasingly important in many production operations. Consisting of different hardware and software compo nents as well as corresponding services, Fronius’ WeldCube solutions can help fab ricators to produce the high-quality welds that are essential for any critical plant equipment and most welded products, and to generate the documentation needed as evidence. In addition, welding flaws lead to high rejection rates, which raise manufacturing costs. The earlier these flaws – and the circumstances that cause them to arise – can be identified in the manufacturing process, the quicker the response can be to eliminate them from the components being welded. WeldCube Navigator At the starting point of Fronius’ suite of WeldCube options is WeldCube Navigator, a training and familiarisation tool for help

the sequence are sent to the power source by the welder via buttons on his Fronius welding torch. WeldCube monitoring and data analysis Once welding starts, WeldCube goes into data collection, monitoring and data analy sis mode. For safety-critical or multirun welds, the system is constantly monitor ing the welding parameters against the requirements of the welding procedure specifications. The system can immedi ately take corrective action should to these parameters fall outside the specifications. This avoids a part being rejected and minimises – or completely avoids – time consuming repair work. WeldCube is also able to halt further welding if there is an indication that a weld seam will be defective if, for example, the gas shielding has failed. This will then require a welding supervisor to inspect the workpiece before the system can be reset and welding resumed. For seamless integration into manu

ing welders to develop and understand the welding requirements of a new welding task or procedure. WeldCube Navigator delivers step-by-step support for the manu facturing process. It provides visualisation of each task in the sequence and defines the pre-set welding parameters that need to be used, which can automatically be downloaded to the welding machines being used. This comprehensive upfront visual support is designed to help mi nimise the risks of errors and flaws being introduced during welding. Across all the welders in a production site, it also helps to standardise manufacturing processes, increasing consistency and the quality of production. The Sequencer in WeldCube Naviga tor takes the welder or welding specialist through a pre-defined step-by-step guide of welding sequences and associated tasks for each given job. These steps – digitally created in the editor by a welding supervi sor or engineer – can be displayed on any suitable screen, and the correct welding parameters associated with each weld in

facturing processes. addi tional digital solutions in the Fronius WeldCube portfolio add further functionality for the WeldCube and provide optimal support in unleashing welding potential. Through Central User Man agement. individual authori sations can be assigned to each user via the authorisa tion system integrated into ev ery Fronius welding machine. When someone logs in with a key card or fob, the system immediately knows what they are, and are not, allowed to do. A standalone solution in the WeldCube portfolio, Cen tral User Management enables user rights to be defined with just a few clicks, and this can be done centrally so it applies to an individual machine or several systems. The relevant

WeldCube Navigator is a training and familiarisation tool for helping welders to develop and understand the welding requirements.

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July 2023

AFRICAN FUSION