This standard specifies the recommended design, integration, installation, and use of robotic arc welding sys-tems used to train and certify personnel under the AWS Certified Robotic Arc Welding (CRAW) program. Robotic and automatic arc welding systems consist of an arc welding power source, arc welding torches and accessories,robot/manipulator, shielding gas delivery system, welding electrode feeding equipment, welding circuit, communication control wiring, and system grounding. An example of a typical robotic arc welding cell is shown in Figure 1. This stan-dard assumes that the robot training and testing will utilize gas metal arc welding (GMAW) or flux cored arc welding (FCAW) processes, although pertinent portions of this standard may be used to address other welding processes.
