Automatic notification for consumable package replacement
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorJoseph A. Daniel
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Abstract
Methods for determining that a consumable welding package has been, or may have been, replenished in a high production welding environment and that a tracked weight value of the consumable welding package should be reset. An operator of a welding system can be notified that a consumable welding package may have been replenished and, therefore, that the weight value of the consumable welding package may need to be reset in the welding system. Alternatively, the weight value of the consumable welding package in the welding system may be automatically reset when the welding system has determined that the consumable welding package has been replenished.
Claims13
A method, said method comprising:
- sensing at least one characteristic associated with replenishing a consumable welding package in a welding system comprising a welding power source, a wire feeder, and a welding tool, wherein the at least one characteristic includes at least one of a cold-inching signal from the wire feeder while in a cold-inching mode, and a trigger signal from the welding tool indicating that a trigger of the welding tool is activated;
- automatically resetting a weight value of the consumable welding package within the welding system based on the cold-inching signal and a length of welding wire fed during the cold-inching mode;
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- automatically prompting an operator of the welding system to manually reset the weight value of the consumable welding package within the welding system based on the trigger signal occurring during a non-welding period, and a length of welding wire fed during the non-welding period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.