Programmable Welding & Cutting Machine

Bug-O Gantry and Side Beam Units are custom designed assemblies that are used in a variety of applications such as automated seam welding, beam and stiffener fabrication as well as cutting applications such as stripping and edge preparation. A wide range of gantry and side beam carriage designs are available and can be used to suite a specific application. Systems are available in programmable or manually operated versions.

The Programmable Stiffener Welder is a self-contained, dual head welding travel carriage with integrated wire feeders and spool mounts. It will produce continuous or programmable intermittent fillet welds on stiffeners with heights of 4" to 18" (102-457mm) and widths of 4" to 12" (102-305mm). The unit is self propelled and runs directly on the stiffener. Spring loaded floating torch holders compensate and maintain torch standoff with variations of work piece fit-up. The machine can be used with solid or cored welding wire

The modular drive programmable shape machine is an easy to use 2-axis machine which you can program to run any contour or pattern for both welding or cutting applications. A handheld terminal supplied with the machine issued to program the required shape and operation sequence. Other functions besides moves can be programmed,such as repeats, starts, stops, delays, and rapid traverse. Twenty programs can be stored in machine memory at any one time. An optional computer software program is available. With this program you can select pre- programmed shapes or create your own custom shapes, and store and edit any number of them on disk. Selected shapes can then be downloaded to the machine as needed. The modular drive programmable shape machine is compact and portable and can be easily carried through out your facility or job site. The system can be configured to run on all types of bug-O rail. It is held in position with either powerful permanent magnets or vacuum cups, depending on the work material. This enables you to take the machine to the work, which will help reduce your material handling.

The Modular Drive System is the only product in the industrythat allows the user to configure one machine for variousautomated applications,now and in the future!Future development has beenengineered into the system allowingits modular components to be easilyupgraded. As tomorrow’s technologiesare introduced, the Modular DriveSystem can be enhanced to takeadvantage of new features andcapabilities as they are perfected.Other systems will be obsolete as theModular Drive System will remain “stateof the art” in portable motion control!

The GO-FER III Oxy- fuel kit is used for straight line cuts and weld preparation beveling. The kit comes complete with the exception of a torch. The bug-O torch holder will accept any standard 1-3/8" (35 mm) diameter machine torch with a 32 pitch gear rack. The quick-action gas manifold mounted to the rear of the machine is used as a strain reliever for the torch and also gives the operator the ability to turn on and off the pre- heat gases without having to readjust the gas flow of the torch.

The PIPER-BUG is a self contained, digitallycontrolled, mechanized pipe welding system,producing high deposition rates with excellentweld quality to reduce pipe welding costs.Increased duty cycle and arc-on time providesignificant improvements in productivity. Allwelding parameters, including voltage, wirefeed speed, current, travel and oscillation areprogrammable and digitally controlled with thePiper-Bug.Manual pipe welding requires a high level oftraining and skill. As skilled pipe welders becomemore difficult to find, mechanized welding is aneconomical alternative. Less welder skill andphysical effort are required using mechanizedwelding. Handheld wire welding results ina typical operating factor (or percent arc-ontime) of 40-50%, mechanizing increases theoperating factor to 70% or higher. The increasedarc on time reduces the number of welders andwelding stations required. Also, the preciseprocedure control and excellent repeatabilityensures consistent weld quality around eachpipe joint and from one joint to the next.

The UNI-BUG II will carry acutting torch or welding gun intotight work areas or around verytight curves without the use of atrack. The built-in carrying handleallows for easy mounting andremoval at any point along theworkpiece. The UNI-BUG II canweld or cut both straight lines andradii as small as 6" (152 mm). Itwill travel at speeds of 4-75 ipm(102-1905 mm/min) with a 50 lb.(22.7 kg) load capacity.The UNI-BUG II is designed torun on the edge of a bar or stiffenerup to 2" (50.8 mm) thick as shownbelow. Front and rear rollerssupport the machine and tilt itforward for better control andtraction. This also sets the workingdirection. The machine must beturned around to weld the otherside of the workpiece.

• Produce stitch or continuous welds
• Programmable by distance
• Runs directly on the workpiece
• Carriage attachments designed to run a variety of structural steel profiles.

The UNI-BUG III will make continuous or intermittentstitch welds. The machine will mount and run directly on thework piece. The unit is available in a variety of kits. Each kitis designed to fit on a specific steel profile such as flat bar,angle, channel, I-beams and bulb flats (holland profiles).
The UNI-BUG III features stitch welding which isprogrammable by distance. If you require stitch welding simplyset the selector switch to the intermittent weld setting andprogram the length of weld required, the length of skip andalso the required delay for pre-flow and burn back. Throughthe use of an integrated weld contactor the UNI-BUG III willactivate and deactivate your wire feeder automatically.