Systems and methods for determining welding parameters using material thickness and wire diameter
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorDarrell L. Sickels
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Abstract
Systems and methods for determining welding parameters using material thickness and wire diameter are disclosed. An example welding-type system includes a power source; an input device configured to receive a first user input specifying a thickness of a material to be welded; and control circuitry configured to: determine a plurality of welding parameters based on the first user input and based on a user-specified wire diameter; control the power source based on one or more of the welding parameters; and control a wire feeder based on one or more of the welding parameters.
Claims17
A welding-type system, comprising:
- a power source;
- an input device configured to receive a first user input specifying a thickness of a material to be welded, wherein the input device is configured to select one of a plurality of discrete predetermined material thicknesses;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- determine a plurality of welding parameters for a user-specified welding process based on the first user input and based on a user-specified wire diameter, a user-specified gas type, and a user-specified wire type, wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine the plurality of welding parameters by determining at least a wire feed speed and a power source weld voltage by accessing a look up table based on the material thickness and the wire diameter;
- control the power source based on at least the power source weld voltage of the plurality of welding parameters;
- and
- control a wire feeder based on at least the wire feed speed of the plurality of welding parameters.
A method to control a welding power supply, comprising:
- receiving, via an input device of a welding power supply, a first user input specifying one of a plurality of discrete predetermined thicknesses of a material to be welded;
- determining, via a control circuit of the welding power supply, a plurality of welding parameters for a user-specified welding process based on the first user input and based on a user-specified wire diameter, a user-specified gas type, and a user-specified wire type, wherein the determining of the plurality of welding parameters comprises determining at least a wire feed speed and a power source weld voltage by accessing a look up table based on the material thickness and the wire diameter;
- controlling, via the control circuit, the power source based on at least the power source weld voltage of the plurality of welding parameters;
- and
- controlling, via the control circuit, a wire feeder based on at least the wire feed speed of the plurality of welding parameters.
A welding-type system, comprising:
- a power source;
- a user interface on an exterior of the power source, the user interface comprising only a single parameter adjustment control knob configured to receive a first user input specifying one of a plurality of discrete predetermined thicknesses of a material to be welded;
- a wire feeder integrated into the power source and configured to feed wire to a weld;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- determine a wire feed speed and a power source weld voltage based on the first user input and based on a wire diameter;
- control the power source based on the power source weld voltage;
- and
- control the wire feeder based on the wire feed speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.