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LASER SEAM TRACKING SYSTEM FOR WELDING AUTOMATION RF627Weld Series User's manual 22, Logoisky tract, Minsk 220090, Republic of Belarus tel/fax: +375 17 357 36 57 info@riftek.com www.riftek.com Certified according to ISO 9001:2015...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Safety precautions · Use supply voltage and interfaces indicated in the scanner and controller specifications. · When connecting / disconnecting cables, the power of the scanner and controller must be turned off.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 5.1. Laser scanner The system includes a laser scanner (RF627Weld Series) equipped with an air- cooling system, replaceable glasses and a special attachment mechanism designed to fix the scanner to the welding robot.
Since the controller has the Wi-Fi antenna, the user can connect to the controller via a remote desktop or via the SSH protocol by creating an access point. The controller comes optional. Instead of the controller, the customer can use a PC with Riftek Lamia software installed and a power supply unit.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Assignment of cable wires is given in the table below: Wire color Assignment number Pink MX4- Gray MX4+ Power 9...36V Blue 0V GND Black MX3- Violet MX3+ Brown / Yellow IN1-...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 7.2.2. Overall dimensions Overall and mounting dimensions of the controller are shown in Figure 5: Figure 5 Example of item designation when ordering RF627Weld.(WAVE)-SMR/MR-Xsmr/Xemr-M(R)-AC-C Symbol Description (WAVE) Laser wavelength. 660 nm – no symbol, 405 nm or 450 nm – BLUE, 808 nm – IR.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series ATTENTION! The scanner and controller must be grounded. Static electricity may cause the failure of electronic components. To ground the controller, use the DIN rail. Ethernet interface Profiles are transferred between the scanner and the controller over the UDP protocol, the structure of packets is described in the Developer Guide.
(for the system without controller). Setting parameters of the scanner To configure parameters of laser scanners RF627Weld, you can use both the web page or the Riftek Lamia software. For more information, read sections and 15. Web page The web page is intended to check the operation and configure parameters of the scanner.
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 3. Result and status display tabs. 4. Control buttons. Area 1 contains the following indicators: Icon Name Description Device info Model name and serial number of the scanner. Serial number is a unique identifier of the scanner and is assigned by the manufacturer.
Scanners RF627 Series: https://riftek.com/media/documents/rf627/manual2019/2D_Laser_Scanners_RF62 7_Series_eng.pdf Riftek Lamia software The Riftek Lamia software starts automatically after the controller is turned on. For the system without controller, the Riftek Lamia software must be installed on the PC or laptop. 15.1. System requirements System requirements: ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.3. User's interface 15.3.1. Main window The main window: Main tabs: Description SEARCH Search for scanners and connection. MATHS Seam tracking and measurement. PROTOCOLS Protocols for communication with industrial robots. Toolbar:...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.3.2. "Settings" window To open the Settings window, click in the toolbar. The Settings window: Program settings: Item Description Save application log Saving the application log to a file (app-log.txt). Dump profiles Saving each profile to a separate CSV file.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.3.3. "About" window To view information about Riftek Lamia, click in the toolbar. The About window: To activate the license, enter the email and the license key into the appropriate fields.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.4. "SEARCH" tab. Search, connection and settings 15.4.1. Search for scanners To start searching for the scanners, click the SEARCH button, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + F. In addition, you can enable the Search on start option in the Settings window in order to start the search automatically when you start the program.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.4.2. Connection To connect to the scanner, click on the connection panel: Upon successful connection, you will see the scanner parameters on the left side of the window, the PROFILE and IMAGE tabs, and the obtained profile: Scanner parameters are described in the following paragraphs.
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Tools for working with the profile: Tool Description Invert Invert the profile along the X axis. Invert Z Invert the profile along the Z axis. Show lines Display the lines on the profile.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.4.3. Setting parameters 15.4.3.1. Procedure Connect to the scanner by clicking on the connection panel. Then expand the parameters panel you need and make changes. All settings, except for network parameters, are applied immediately. For the network parameters to take affect, you need to click and restart the scanner.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Factory value Description Double speed Enable / disable the double frame rate mode: · ON - enabled, the scanner works in DS mode; · OFF - disabled, the scanner works in standard mode.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Factory value Description When this mode is enabled, the CMOS sensor processes a part of the active area set by the Window top and Window height parameters. The frequency of profiles increases inversely with the size of the region of interest (Window height).
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Factory value Description Gateway 192.168.1.1 Gateway address. Target address 192.168.1.2 IP address of the PC (or other network device) receiving profiles. Target port 50001 Port number of the PC (or other network device) receiving profiles, to which the scanner must send UDP packets with profiles.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Factory value Description Brightness The level of profile detection on the image. Increasing this parameter threshold (%) allows to decrease the influence of image noise. Range of values: 0...100%. If the value is "100%", the image is not processed.
(template). There is no need to set the tracking area manually. To select a template, you need to click on its icon. After selecting, Riftek Lamia automatically finds an appropriate profile and displays the calculated parameters. These parameters are send to the robot controller in accordance with the selected protocol.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.2. Search parameters ("SEARCH" tab) The image obtained from the scanner is not an exact copy of the object profile and may contain gaps, false images and noises caused by, for example, the surface heterogeneity, laser reflections, influence of the external light sources and electrical noise, and so on.
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Factory Description value mass, Top, Butt of mass of a hill, Top – the highest point, Butt center - a middle point center) between two joining surfaces. Circle criterion The maximum value of the circle quality, with which a profile will be defined as a circle.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series When you have changed search parameters, it is necessary to save them in order for the changes to take effect. 15.5.3. Template parameters ("TEMPLATE" tab) Templates consist of the lines (profile lines that the scanner ''sees"). These lines are numbered starting from "0".
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 4. Endpoint shift in direction The constraint of shift of the starting point of a line (LineTo) relative to the end of another line (LineFrom). This constraint is defined by the lower and upper boundaries set in millimeters ("Minimum"...
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series The coordinates (X, Y) of the intersection point. 3. Rotation angle The rotation angle (Angle) between the LineFrom line and the LineTo line. 4. Line point The coordinates (X, Y) of a specific point on the line. This measurement is defined by the "position"...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series The measurement of the point position on the line between other two points. This position is defined by the "position" parameter, where "0" is the start of the line, and "1" is the end of the line.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Constraints Measurements Parameters Endpoint distance with check Lines intersection · · Distance between lines 0 and 1; Intersection point of lines 0 and 1. the minimum distance is undefined, the maximum distance is 20 mm.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.3. Template 3 "Triangle" Template 3 consists of four lines and calculates the coordinates of the intersection points of these lines. Constraints Measurements Parameters Endpoint distance with check Lines intersection ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.4. Template 4 "Gap" Template 4 consists of two lines and calculates the coordinates of the left line endpoint and the starting point of the right line. Constraints Measurements Parameters Endpoint distance with check Line point ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.5. Template 5 "Right edge" Template 5 consists of two lines and calculates the coordinates of the extreme points of the rightmost line. Constraints Measurements Parameters Endpoint distance with check Lines intersection ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.6. Template 6 "Left line" Template 6 calculates the coordinates of the extreme points of the leftmost line and its angle of inclination. Constraints Measurements Parameters Far line in direction ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.7. Template 7 "Right line" Template 7 calculates the coordinates of the extreme points of the rightmost line and its angle of inclination. Constraints Measurements Parameters Far line in direction ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.8. Template 8 "Point" Template 8 calculates the Z-coordinate of the profile point in accordance with the user-defined X-coordinate. Go to the Search tab in order to set the X-coordinate (see par.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.9. Template 9 "Point, Y min" Template 9 calculates the X-coordinate of the profile point at the minimum Z- coordinate. Constraints Measurements Parameters · X-coordinate of the profile point RF627Weld [Revision 1.1.1] 03.08.2020...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.10. Template 10 "Groove" Template 10 consists of three lines and calculates the height, width and middle of the groove. The height of the groove is calculated by the left and right edges. The width is calculated as the distance between the points, from which the groove begins.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.11. Template 11 "Angle" Template 11 consists of two lines, and calculates the angle between these lines, and the coordinates of the intersection point of these lines. Constraints Measurements Parameters Endpoint distance with check Lines intersection ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.12. Template 12 "Slope" Template 12 consists of one line and calculates its angle of inclination and coordinates of a middle point. Constraints Measurements Parameters Line length Inclination angle · ·...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.13. Template 13 "Gap width" Template 13 consists of two lines that represent the profiles of two surfaces, and calculates the coordinates of a middle point between them and the gap width.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.14. Template 14 "Amplitude" Template 14 measures the maximum and minimum height of the surface profile, and calculates the difference between the maximum and minimum values. The amplitude is calculated relative to the approximated line.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.15. Template 15 "Lowest / Highest point" Template 15 is intended to track the position of the lowest / highest part of the profile, and to measure parameters of this part (height and width), and the inclination angle of a flat part.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.16. Template 16 "Hill" Template 16 detects the longest line on the profile and measures its angle of inclination. This template also detects the hill on this line, and measures its height and the Z coordinate at X = 0.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.1.17. Templates 17 and 18 "Radius and circle center" Templates 17 and 18 are intended to measure the radius and the coordinates of circle center. Constraints Measurements Parameters · Circle center Circle criterion (see par.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2. "Welding" set 15.5.5.2.1. Template 1 "Fillet weld" Template 1 is intended to be used for fillet welds. The algorithm looks for two profile lines and calculates coordinates of their point of intersection. This point of intersection can be used as the tracking point.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.2. Template 2 "Corner weld" Template 2 is intended to be used for corner welds. The algorithm allows the user to select the tracking point: · Corner point, or · Midpoint...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.3. Template 3 "Lap weld" Template 3 is intended to be used for lap welds. The algorithm looks for three profile lines and calculates the coordinates of their points of intersection, which can be taken as the tracking points.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.4. Template 4 "Square-groove butt weld" Template 4 is intended to be used for square-groove butt welds. The algorithm looks for two profile lines and calculates the coordinates of a middle point between them, which can be taken as the tracking point.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.5. Template 5 "V-groove weld" Template 5 can be used for V-grooves as well as for U-grooves, J-grooves and bevel grooves. To select the tracking point, it is necessary to set the Search position in the SEARCH tab (see section 14.6.2).
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.6. Template 6 "Left edge" Template 6 is intended to be used in a case when the geometry of one side of the groove does not allow to receive a correct information for tracking and the other side gives clear information.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.7. Template 7 "Right edge" Template 7 is intended to be used in a case when the geometry of one side of the groove does not allow to receive a correct information for tracking and the other side gives clear information.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.8. Template 8 "Spot weld" Template 8 is intended to be used for spot welds. The algorithm allows the user to set the X-coordinate of the tracking point in accordance with which the Z-coordinate will be calculated. If necessary, the user can set the tolerance for this X-coordinate (Search range).
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.9. Template 9 "Nearest point" Template 9 is intended to be used in a case when the tracking point is the nearest point of the profile. The algorithm calculates the X-coordinate of the tracking point at the minimum Z- coordinate.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.5.2.10. Template 10 "Slope" Template 10 is intended to be used for finding the edges of sheet metal with the thickness of several millimeters. The algorithm looks for one profile line and calculates its angle of inclination and coordinates of a middle point.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.6. Operations with templates 15.5.6.1. Adding a template To add a template into the area of templates, click . The following window appears: Select a template (or several templates) and click ADD.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.5.6.4. Changing the order Enable the Edit mode as described in the previous section. To change the order, hold the left mouse key pressed and drag the template to the required position.
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series When you click on the extreme point of the line, the following actions are available: · Add measurement. · Line from here. · Move. · Delete line. When you click on any other point, the following actions are available: ·...
In the PROTOCOLS tab, parameters and buttons are displayed in accordance with the selected protocol. A detailed description of the protocols is given in the sections below. Before using the Riftek P2 and Riftek P3 protocols, it is necessary to calibrate the scanner. The calibration procedure is described in par. 15.6.8.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Description The scanner fixed to the robot transmits data to the controller (or to the PC with the Riftek Lamia software installed). Riftek Lamia processes the data in accordance with the selected math algorithm and transmits the results to the robot controller over the selected protocol.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameters and buttons: Parameter Description Sensor s/n Serial number of the scanner. Sensor target port UDP port to which the scanner sends profiles (6003 by default). Protocol Protocol selection. Server address IP address of the robot.
15.6.5.1. General information The R691 USI protocol is based on the client-server model (Riftek Lamia is a server, a robot is a client), works over TCP, and uses port 5020 by default. The PROTOCOLS tab with the R691 USI protocol selected:...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameters and buttons: Parameter Description Sensor s/n Serial number of the scanner. Sensor target port UDP port to which the scanner sends profiles (6003 by default). Protocol Protocol selection. Server port Host PC port (5020 by default).
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series The robot waits for a response from the scanner for 80 ms. After 80 ms without a response, the robot sends the same request again. After 300 ms without a response, a Timeout Alarm will be posted and the connection will be broken.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Template # Measurements Offset Y: the X coordinate of the circle center Offset Z: the Z coordinate of the circle center The Welding set: Template # Measurements Offset Y: the X coordinate of the intersection point of two lines...
General information Modbus TCP protocol. The Riftek P2 protocol is based on the client-server model (a robot is a client, Riftek Lamia is a server), works over TCP, and uses port 502 by default. The server does not consider the device address and responds to any Modbus TCP command.
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Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Command Description code 0x03 Read holding registers. 0x10 Write holding registers. The PROTOCOLS tab with the Riftek P2 protocol selected: Parameters and buttons: Parameter Description Sensor s/n Serial number of the scanner.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.6.6.2. Holding registers Read holding registers: 16 bit 15 bit Scanner 3D Point X * 10 (absolute value). 1 bit Least significant bit. 16 bit 15 bit Scanner 3D Point Y * 10 (absolute value).
15 bit - value, 1 least significant bit - sign. For any commands different from mentioned here, Riftek Lamia will respond with the garbage values, or write data, which will not be taken into account in Riftek Lamia. 15.6.7.
2. When the State option is enabled, you cannot change parameters in the PROTOCOLS tab. 15.6.7.2. Explicit messaging Riftek Lamia supports all required objects for explicit messaging, such as the Identity object, TCP/IP object, and Ethernet link object. In addition, an Assembly object is used for sending and receiving data.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series 15.6.7.2.3. Ethernet link object (class 0xF6) Attribute Name Type Value Description Access Interface Speed UDINT 1000 Ethernet interface data rate (mbps) Interface Flags UDINT Bit 0: Link Status 0 - Inactive...
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Byte Name Description 15 bit: Least significant sign bit 14-15 2D Y coordinate 0-14 bits: 2D Y coordinate of scanner * 10 (module) 15 bit: Least significant sign bit 15.6.7.3.3. Output assembly (instance 0x66)
The PureUDP protocol is based on the client-server model (a robot is a client, Riftek Lamia is a server) and uses the listening port 5020 by default (the server sends a response to the client to the port, which is calculated as follows: the listening port of the server + 1 (by default, 5020 + 1 = 5021).
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Description Force template Forced template change for every received packet. change State Enable the selected protocol. 1. It is necessary to calibrate the scanner before using this protocol. See par. 15.6.8.
15 bit - value, 1 least significant bit - sign. For any commands different from mentioned here, Riftek Lamia will respond with the garbage values, or write data, which will not be taken into account in Riftek Lamia. 15.6.9.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Parameter Maximum valid Description value from the reference system of the scanner to the reference system of the plate (test of independent calibrations of the scanner with respect to a plate).
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- Click the LOAD CALIBRATION OBJECT button and select the calibration object file. - Specify the Server port (for Riftek P2), or the Server address (for Riftek P3). - Enable the Debug log option (for Riftek P2). - Enable the State option.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series point into the last two registers (in a scanner coordinate system). Before the calibration or after the failed calibration, conversion of a point to 3D is performed by using blank conversion rules or incorrect conversion rules respectively, i.e. the scanner will send invalid 3D results in such cases.
Warranty policy Warranty assurance for the Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation RF627Weld Series – 24 months from the date of shipping; warranty shelf-life – 12 months. Technical support Technical support for issues related to incorrect work of the system is free. When contacting technical support, please provide the serial number and firmware version of the scanner, Riftek Lamia version, and describe the problem in details.
Laser Seam Tracking System for Welding Automation. RF627Weld Series Revisions Date Revision Description 19.08.2019 1.0.0 Starting document. 12.05.2020 1.1.0 Updated the description of the Riftek Lamia software. 03.08.2020 1.1.1 Updated Figures 2, 3, 4 in par. 7.1.2. Distributors AUSTRIA AUSTRALIA BENELUX MBM Industry &...
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