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Electro-optic window incorporating a discrete photovoltaic device and apparatus for making same

An electro-optic window is provided which is powered solely by at least one discrete photovoltaic cell within an electro-optic window. The electro-optic window has front and back spaced-apart glass elements sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship and defining a chamber filled with an electro-optic material. The front glass element has a transparent conductive layer on the face of the front glass element confronting the rear glass element and the rear glass element has a transparent conductive layer on the face confronting the front glass element. The seal is generally disposed along the perimeter of three edges of both glass elements and some distance in from the remaining (fourth) edge. The photovoltaic assembly is electrically connected to the two transparent conductive layers and is placed on the outer perimeter along this fourth edge with the photon-absorbing side of all the photovoltaic cells within the photovoltaic assembly facing in one direction ("out" the window). When light impinges on the photovoltaic cell a current is created which darkens the electro-optic material in proportion to the amount of impinging light. By choosing the relative area of the photovoltaic assembly to produce the correct current for the electro-optically active window area, the darkening of the electro-optic portion can be directly and accurately controlled without the need for any circuit, wires or shorting resistors. In addition, an apparatus for making an electro-optic window having two members capable of securing and holding two glass elements in a spaced-apart and parallel relationship is provided. The glass elements may be secured by vacuum-applying members or simple clips. The glass elements may be held in a spaced-apart and parallel relationship by a hydraulic mechanism or by simple spacers placed between the securing members.
Owner:GENTEX CORP

Orbital welding device for pipeline construction

The invention relates to an orbital welding device for mobile use in order to join a first pipe (1) and a second pipe end (2) along a circumferential joint (3) by at least one weld seam (4), particularly for producing a pipeline (5) to be placed on land. The inventive device includes a guide ring (6), which can be oriented toward the first pipe end (1) and the circumferential joint (3), and an orbital carriage (7) that can be motor-displaced along the guide ring (6) via an advancing device (8). On the orbital carriage (7), a laser welding head (12) for directing a laser beam (10) into a laser welding zone (13) is mounted in a manner that enables it to be oriented toward the circumferential joint (3) whereby enabling the production of the weld seam (4) along the circumferential joint (3) by displacing the orbital carriage (7). The laser beam (10) is produced by a high-power fiber laser beam source (9) located, in particular, on a mobile transport vehicle (35) while being situated at a distance from the orbital carriage (7), is guided by light guide (11) passing through a tube bundle (50) to the orbital carriage (7) and then supplied to the welding head (12). A significant advantage of the invention resides in the fact that the joining of two pipe ends by only one single welding process during a short period of time is made possible in the field with autonomous operation.
Owner:VIETZ

Systematic calibration method of welding robot guided by line structured light vision sensor

The invention relates to a systematic calibration method of a welding robot guided by a line structured light vision sensor, which comprises the following steps: firstly, controlling a mechanical arm to change pose, obtaining a round target image through a camera, accomplishing the matching of the round target image and a world coordinate, and then obtaining an internal parameter matrix and an external parameter matrix RT of the camera; secondly, solving a line equation of a line laser bar by Hough transformation, and using the external parameter matrix RT obtained in the first step to obtain a plane equation of the plane of the line laser bar under a coordinate system of the camera; thirdly, calculating to obtain a transformation matrix of a tail end coordinate system of the mechanical arm and a base coordinate system of the mechanical arm by utilizing a quaternion method; and fourthly, calculating a coordinate value of a tail end point of a welding workpiece under the coordinate of the mechanical arm, and then calculating an offset value of the workpiece in the pose combined with the pose of the mechanical arm. The systematic calibration method of the welding robot guided by the line structured light vision sensor is flexible, simple and fast, and is high in precision and generality, good in stability and timeliness and small in calculation amount.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV +1
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