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US 10,705,024 B2Granted
System and method for positive metal identification and intelligent consumable identification
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorsBadri Narayanan, John Procario, Michael Kottman
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods of predicted a welding property for a given welding operation using at least one electrode. Embodiments determine a predicted weld deposit property and compare the predicted property to a desired property to determine whether or not a selected electrode for the given welding operation can achieve the desired weld deposit.
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A welding electrode selection system, comprising:
- a spectrometer which scans a surface of a material to be welded and generates material scan data representative of a composition of said material to be welded in a welding operation;
- a welding electrode selection device comprising a controller and a user input and display device,
- wherein said welding electrode selection device receives said material scan data, a desired weld property for said welding operation and at least one welding parameter for said welding operation, and each of said material scan data, said desired weld property and said at least one parameter are provided to said controller,
- wherein said controller determines a first predicted weld property for said welding operation utilizing each of said material scan data, said desired weld property, said at least one parameter and a first welding electrode, and a second predicted weld property for said welding operation utilizing each of said material scan data, said desired weld property, said at least one parameter and a second welding electrode,
- wherein said welding electrode selection device compares each of said first predicted weld property and said second predicted weld property to said desired weld property.
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A welding electrode selection system, comprising:
- a spectrometer which scans a surface of a material to be welded and generates material scan data representative of a composition of said material to be welded in a welding operation;
- a welding electrode selection device comprising a controller and a user input and display device,
- wherein said welding electrode selection device receives said material scan data, a desired weld property for said welding operation and at least one welding parameter for said welding operation, and each of said material scan data, said desired weld property and said at least one parameter are provided to said controller,
- wherein said controller determines a predicted weld property for said welding operation utilizing each of said material scan data, said desired weld property, said at least one parameter and a selected welding electrode,
- wherein said welding electrode selection device compares said predicted weld property to said desired weld property and a visual display of said comparison is displayed on said display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.