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US 12,366,555 B2Granted
Welding assessment during welding process
AssigneeGeorg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG
InventorRiccardo Barbone
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Abstract
A method and a system including a welding device, an inspection device having an inspection head having two sensors, a controller, and a memory for assessing a butt weld of plastic pipes or fittings in a welding device.
Claims13
A method for assessing a butt weld of plastic pipes or fittings in a welding device, each pipe having an end portion with an end face, the method comprising:
- clamping or fixing the end portions of the pipes to be welded in the welding device with end faces of each pipe opposing each,
- autonomously aligning or adjusting an inspection head on the basis of pipe parameters,
- inspecting a predetermined region at the two pipe end portions by a first sensor arranged in the inspection head,
- evaluating ascertained inspection data from the first sensor on the basis of predetermined values,
- inspecting the end faces of the pipes by a second sensor, wherein the second sensor uses a different inspection method than the first sensor,
- evaluating ascertained inspection data from the second sensor on the basis of predetermined values,
- carrying out a welding process on the pipes including recording information about the welding process,
- wherein a final evaluation of the weld is carried out on the basis of the ascertained inspection data from the first and second sensor and the recorded information about the welding process.
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