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US 11,423,800 B2Granted
Welding training system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsTodd Gerald Batzler, Bruce Patrick Albrecht, William Joshua Becker
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Abstract
A welding training system includes one or more welding operator device which provides positional feedback relevant to a quality weld. The positional feedback is analyzed and, when the positional feedback is outside of a predetermined range, a signal is provided to the welding operator. In one embodiment, tactile feedback is provided in a welding gun.
Claims19
A welding system, comprising:
- a helmet;
- a display device;
- a first weld position locator configured to determine position feedback of a welding torch;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a position of the welding torch based on the position feedback;
- and
- generate and output feedback of the torch position, based on the determined position of the welding torch, via the display device, wherein the feedback comprises visual feedback including both a first representation of the actual torch position of the welding torch and a second representation of a ghost or shadow version of the welding torch representative of a desired position and travel speed of the gun.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a helmet;
- an audio generation device;
- a first weld position locator configured to determine position feedback of a welding torch, the first weld position locator comprising:
- a first transmitter configured to transmit a first signal;
- and
- a first receiver configured to receive the first signal, wherein at least one of the first transmitter or the first receiver are positioned on the welding torch;
- a second weld position locator, comprising:
- a second transmitter configured to transmit a second signal;
- and
- a second receiver configured to receive the second signal, wherein at least one of the second transmitter or the second receiver are positioned on the welding torch;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a position of the welding torch based on the position feedback;
- and
- generate and output audio feedback of the torch position, based on the determined position of the welding torch, via the audio generation device, wherein the audio feedback comprises word-based feedback, wherein the controller is configured to determine the position of the welding torch based on a strength of the second signal received at the second receiver.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a helmet;
- an audio generation device;
- a first weld position locator configured to determine position feedback of a welding torch;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a position of the welding torch based on the position feedback;
- and
- generate and output audio feedback of the torch position, based on the determined position of the welding torch, via the audio generation device, wherein the audio feedback comprises word-based feedback, wherein the helmet comprises a display, and the controller is configured to:
- display visual feedback via the display based on the determined position of the welding torch;
- and
- calibrate the display of the graphic feedback based on at least one of an operator height or a head position of the operator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.