Servo Robot Group
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SERVO ROBOT GROUP
Servo Robot is a company that develops and creates intelligent sensing and digital vision systems to simplify manufacturing process automation such as welding. Therefore, their main activity is to build intelligent sensing systems based on precision measurement with laser beams and other intelligent sensing devices applicable to various industries such as automotive, railroad, pipe and tube, aerospace, shipbuilding, fabricated structures, windmill towers manufacturing, etc.
Founded in 1983, Servo Robot has established its world headquarters, production plant and research and development center in the St-Bruno Industrial Park, south of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
More than 95% of Servo Robot's products are exported outside of Canada every year.
TECHNOLOGIES
Since its foundation, Servo Robot has been a key player in the technological progress of Intelligent Sensing Systems. A strenuous, rigorous and constant work in research and development has resulted, with the course of the years, in many achievements and more particulary in numerous patents. Innovation and practical manufacturing process are in the middle of these technological advances.
Patents delivered by the UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS OFFICE [1]
- Laser Joining Head Assembly and Laser Joining Method (Patent #: 7 557 326)
- Hybrid Compact Sensing Apparatus for Adaptive Robotic Processes (Patent #: 7 283 892)
- Sensing Head and Apparatus for Determining the Position and Orientation of a Target Object (Patent #: 6 730 926)
- Robot Feature Tracking Devices and Methods (Patent #: 6 430 472)
- Light Pinpointing Device for a Robot (Patent #: 6 352 354)
- Twin Sensor Laser Probe (Patent #: 5 612 785)
Patents delivered by the CANADIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE [2]
- Hybrid Compact Sensing Apparatus for Adaptive Robotic Processes (Patent #: 2 541 635)
- Intelligent Laser Joining Head (Patent #: 2 463 409)
- Sensing Head and Apparatus for Determining the Position and Orientation of a Target Object (Patent #: 2 356 618)
- Robot Feature Tracking Devices and Methods (Patent #: 2 292 372)
- Light Pinpointing Device for a Robot (Patent #: 2 281 319)
- Apparatus to Help in Robot Teaching (Patent #: 2 244 037)
APPLICATIONS
Innovations developed in patents mentioned in the above section resulted in concrete solutions easily applicable to markets ranging from automotive to aerospace and helping many companies and factories to become more productive and reach their Six Sigma constant improvements goals.
| Aircraft & Aerospace | Automotive | Construction |
|---|---|---|
| Welding automation: - Jet engine exhaust turbine blades - Turbo prop engine casing Robotic measurement of wings for machining operation |
Robotic joining of body components Inspection: - Suspension member - Frame assembly, chassis - Laser-brazed roof-pillar junction LWB applications Tracking for complex 3D weld seam Blank palletizing/ depalletizing |
Welding automation: - Pipe steel structural components - Bridge structural components - Aluminum concrete form Inspection of offshore oil-ring platform |
| Earth Moving Equipment | Railroad | Shipbuilding |
| Welding automation: - Heavy machinery weldments On-Site quality control of weld bead goemetry and dimensions |
Welding automation: - Wagon bogie - Aluminum passager wagon cars - Panel lines |
Welding automation: - Ship Stiffeners - Submarine vessels - Panel lines |
| Tank & Vessel | Tube & Pipe | Windmill Tower |
| Welding automation: - Water heater tank - Aluminum fuel tank - Stainless steel tank Inspection of leak sensitive gas tank Pressure Vessel |
Welding automation: - U-O pipe - Spiral pipe - High-speed pipeline welding machines Quality control of weld beads Ultrasonic testing Pipe diameter measurement |
Roll formed tube longitudinal weld seam tracking Outside weld seam tracking and adaptive control Inside circumderential weld seam tracking and adaptive control |
EXTERNAL LINKS
Servo-Robot Inc. [[3]]
Servo-Robot China [[4]]
Robotic Industry Association [[5]]
Manufacturing Talk [[6]]