Lincoln Electric Automation has introduced a Robotic Beam Cutting and Scribing System for structural steel fabricating. This addition to Lincoln’s custom robotic solutions product line automatically generates tool paths from CIS/2 part files for cuts, copes, holes, slots, notches, cutouts and assembly markings on beams up to 40 foot long, 4 to 44 inches wide and 4 to 18 inches in height.

The system incorporates the latest Servo-Robot laser vision, FANUC ARC Mate^® 6-axis robot arm and StruCIM^® 3D simulation software technologies. According to Lincoln, this results in accurate sensing of beam variations, higher quality robotic cutting and scribing, and a reduction of prints and paperwork on the assembly and manufacturing floor.

StruCIM^® software improves the efficiency and flexibility of tool path generation. Operators can load CIS/2 part files (SD/S, StruCAD, Tekla or others) to the interface and the code generation automatically begins; no manual programming is needed. The resulting code allows the robot to cut lengths, copes, holes, slots, notches, cutouts, and scribe sub-material markings for assembly.

Lincoln Electric Automation engineers can customize and build a system to customer requirements and specifications. System layouts are optimized to provide cost-effective solutions that minimize the floor space requirements.