Workpiece-based setting of weld parameters

A welding system, comprising:

• a visual acquisition system comprising an imaging device and configured to acquire a visual representation of a weld part having a weld joint, and to convert the visual representation into data representative of weld part features;
• and
• a part recognition component comprising processing circuitry configured to:
• receive the data;
• identify one or more features of the weld part in response to receipt of the received data;
• compare the received data to stored data of a plurality of weld parts stored in a weld part database to match one or more identified features to a known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database;
• identify weld settings stored in a weld parameter database associated with the matching known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database by:
• comparing corresponding weld parameters of the weld settings for two or more of the plurality of known parts;
• and
• in response to identifying a difference between the weld settings for one of the weld parameters, automatically select the value of the one of the weld parameters based on the difference;
• and
• send the weld settings to a welding power supply to be implemented during a weld operation.

A welding system, comprising:

• a visual acquisition system comprising an imaging device and configured to acquire a visual representation of a weld part having a weld joint, and to convert the visual representation into data representative of weld part features;
• and
• a part recognition component comprising processing circuitry configured to:
• receive the data;
• identify one or more features of the weld part in response to receipt of the received data;
• compare the received data to stored data of a plurality of weld parts stored in a weld part database to match one or more identified features to a known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database;
• identify weld settings stored in a weld parameter database associated with the matching known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database by:
• comparing corresponding weld parameters of the weld settings for two or more of the plurality of known parts;
• and
• in response to identifying a difference between the weld settings for one of the weld parameters, determine an average of the weld parameters based on the weld settings;
• and
• send the weld settings to a welding power supply to be implemented during a weld operation.