General
TCP gauging (BullsEye
®
) 3HDA000057A8519-001 4-1
Assembly instructions
4 TCP gauging (BullsEye
®
)
4.1 General
You obtain TCP gauging as
– individual device (for ceiling assembly or as option for retrofitting on TC 2013),
– as individual device with stand (standalone version),
– integrated in the TC 2013 or
– integrated in the TSC 2013.
4.1.1 Designated use
The TCP gauging unit is intended solely to measure and adjust the robot tool center point (TCP)
4.1.2 TCP (tool center point)
The tool position of an industrial robot is described through what is known as its TCP (tool center
point). This is the imagined reference point located at a suitable place on the tool, precisely where
the tip of the welding wire would touch the workpiece if a predefined distance (stick-out length of
the welding wire) from the base surface of the gas nozzle is used. All programmed positions of the
robot relate to the TCP.
Figure 4-1 The welding torch is oriented around the entered TCP.
TCP Reference
Robot tool flange