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US 11,749,133 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.
Claims20
A welding system, comprising:
- a display device;
- a first weld position locator configured to determine position feedback of a welding torch;
- a gyroscope configured to determine angular orientation feedback of the welding torch;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a position of the welding torch based on the position feedback;
- determine an angular orientation of the welding torch based on the angular orientation feedback;
- and
- generate and output feedback of the torch position, based on the determined position and the determined angular orientation of the welding torch, via the display device.
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A welding system, comprising:
- welding headwear comprising a display device;
- a weld position locator configured to determine position feedback of a welding torch coupled to a welding power supply;
- 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, via the display device of the welding headwear;
- and
- output, via the display device of the welding headwear, weld parameters of welding power generated by the welding power supply.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a welding power supply comprising a user interface;
- 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 based on the determined position of the welding torch via the user interface of the welding power supply, wherein the feedback comprises at least one of visual feedback or audio feedback.
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