Development of Haptic Virtual Welding Torch Control System Using 3D printing

Welding is one of the basic tasks required in various industries as well as manufacturing. The purpose of this study is to develop a haptic torch to create an environment similar to actual welding in order to use a welding simulator as a training tool. In order to develop a torch with a haptic technology, we created a torch using a 3D printer and reduced the error by increasing the position accuracy using the Polhemus simulation tool. Using a welding simulator with a haptic torch capable of controlling the intensity of a vibration motor, we found that it was very similar to actual welding.