KapTec™

• improved uptime
• reduced maintenance requirements
• improved electrode adapter life

Standard Features

• Modular design improves serviceability; core components are common across the entire KapTec™ product line.
• Integrated cap presence detection to verify correct cap removal and installation.
• Extracted cap collection with easy removal.
• Compact design minimizes floor space requirements.
• Available in Dresser-only configuration.
• With an optional magazine cover included, caps are protected from expulsion and debris before installation onto electrode adapters.

Advantages

• Magazines hold 60% more caps than other brands.
• Dress and change caps on any gun.
• Common core components minimize spare parts inventory.
• Improve machine/cell uptime.
• Minimize operator exposure to the inside of the cell.
• Better electrode adapter life (no manual cap removal).
• Magazine quick exchange off-line refilling
• Gentle cap extraction with no requirement for a robot or gun to move during extraction

FlexGun™ 3

The FlexGun™ 3 family of spot welding guns' modular design supports MFDC transformers from 100 to 225 kVA, to cover a wide range of materials, from steel, high-strength steel, to aluminum.

Gun base-bodies for both the C and Pinch style guns are designed for heavy duty cycles and support large throat geometries selected from our standard arm and adapter library. The FlexGun™ 3 has protective covers that are quick and easy to remove, allowing access for maintenance.
 
Our weld gun designers are known for creating custom weld guns for challenging workpiece and tooling geometries. We insource all our weld gun manufacturing to control the entire process and ensure a quality, long-lasting weld gun.

Key Advantages

• Identical modular gun base-body components for C and Pinch style guns.
• Common gun body for aluminum and steel applications.
• Range of 100 kVA to 225 kVA MFDC transformers (AC available on request).
• Heavy duty force capability with large throat geometries.
• Optimized part interchangeability between C and Pinch styles.
• Arm and adapter designs leverage existing standardized libraries to minimize the types of arms and adapters. These features contribute to more convenient maintenance and spare part management.
• Integrated robot bracket.
• Total number of components was reduced by 30% from the previous gun family.
• Wrought high-strength aluminum is used as gun body material to enable high welding forces up to 16 kN.
• Servo and transformer are not structural components of the gun body. If these components require service, they can be removed without taking apart the gun, simplifying maintenance.
• 30 mm dual-guided rod design on C Gun contributes to less deflection under higher loads.

Key Features

• Weld force up to 10 kN C Gun, 16 kN Pinch Gun.
• Symmetrical bodies – no LH or RH versions.
• The same shunts are used on C Gun and Pinch Gun styles.
• Base models start at 100 kg.
• Aluminum arms have adaptive feedback connection points as standard.
• Four (4) integrated robot mounting options (included): LH, RH, Top, Bottom.
• Usable throats available up to 1200mm for Pinch Guns and 600 mm for C Guns.
• ISO “S” frame transformers, 100 kVA through 225 kVA  MFDC (size 2 through 6).
• Optimized for use with roller screw servo actuator, 5 mm or 10 mm pitch.

SoftMount™ Gun

The SoftMount™ Gun is designed to mechanically fine adjust its position to a stamped hole to consistently projection weld a fastener. It is ideal for robot applications where part dimensions, hole locations, or tooling are slightly inconsistent. 

This system is available in two configurations:

• Standard Feed Process (SFP) for nut & stud welding applications
• Inverted Feed Process (IFP) for nut welding applications

The gun’s compliance feature and the entire gun design have been optimized to create the best balance between stability and ease of movement. The compliance mount assembly is set far enough from the weld plane that it does not introduce variation to the welding process itself.  

Key Benefits

• Nut welding applications using the QFP Unit achieve better cycle times than traditional nut welding. This is due to the inverted weld nut position and the ability to feed the weld nut during robot moves or idle process opportunities.
• Reduces downtime due to weld pin misalignment, and improves positional quality of the fastener to the part.
• Reduces side loading on misaligned weld pins which cause pin wear or breakage.
• Simplifies robot teaching, thus reducing setup time and maintenance.
• Uses both VeriFast™ LVDT and LPT monitoring for reliable fastener welding error detection.
• Equipped with the VeriFast™ MicroView for process monitoring.
• Forgives small dimensional inconsistencies in parts that can occur with hot stamped parts & laser cut holes.
• Eliminates the need for robot-guided vision systems or defining robot offsets to detect weld fastener locations.
• Often allows for simpler and sometimes fewer end of arm tooling (EOAT) designs that can be leveraged across multiple parts.