I am robotically welding two weld seamed tubes together. One tube is end formed and the other tube is inserted over the end-formed tube. The weld is an "all around" weld and no start/stop point on the weld print is specified. My question is, am a required by AWS to start the weld and end t...

This is a cell that I'm programming for a customer so I'm in the process of developing the weld. Due to the excessive stickout (>30mm), I think that the arc "jumps" around when trying to strike an arc on this weld in particular. Once the arc stabilizes, the rest of the weld looks good.

I tried contacting Fronius but they never responded (via their website contact form). I'm an integrator that works with all types of welders, but since we're owned by a company that is a competitor to Fronius, they might not be too concerned with my problems. My preflow is defaulted to 0.5 seconds. ...

Need a little help in trying to eliminate this blemish at the start of my weld. I am using a Fanuc robot with a Fronius TPS 500i welder. My CTWD is high (>30mm), which I cannot decrease due to the high flared bevel weld groove. I cannot change my consumables as well. I am using the Special 2-Step Mo...