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US 12,686,069 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for setting up welding parameters
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsScott Ryan Rozmarynowski, Chris J. Roehl
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Abstract
Provided is a disclosure for a welding system with a display device configured to display an electronic parameter chart for use in setting up the welding system for use.
Claims22
A welding system comprising:
- a display device configured to display an electronic parameter chart, wherein the electronic parameter chart comprises a plurality of rows that intersect a plurality of columns, a user interface configured to receive at least one of a row input to indicate a selected row from the plurality of rows of the electronic parameter chart and a column input to indicate a selected column from the plurality of columns of the electronic parameter chart,
- wherein an intersection of the selected row and the selected column in the electronic parameter chart is representative of a combination of at least two of the following parameters:
- a workpiece material, a tungsten type, a tungsten size, an electrode type, an electrode size, an electrode wire type, a shielding gas composition, a shielding gas flow rate, an electrode wire diameter, an arc start, an inductance, and a workpiece thickness,
- wherein the selected row corresponds to a first value of at least a first one of the at least two parameters for all of the plurality of columns,
- wherein the selected column corresponds to a second value of at least a second one of the at least two parameters for all of the plurality of rows, and
- wherein the selected row and the selected column represent different parameters;
- a welding power supply configured to provide welding power;
- a welding processor configured to determine, based on the selected row and the selected column, welding parameters;
- and
- a controller configured to control the welding system based on the determined welding parameters.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing machine executable instructions that when executed causes a computing system to perform a method of setting up and controlling a welding system, the method comprising:
- displaying an electronic parameter chart on a display device of the welding system, the electronic parameter chart relating at least one of voltage, wire feed speed, and welding current to characteristics of a welding operation, wherein the electronic parameter chart comprises a plurality of rows that intersect a plurality of columns;
- receiving, via a user interface of the welding system, a row input to indicate a selected row of the electronic parameter chart displayed on the display device;
- highlighting, via the display device, the selected row, wherein the selected row corresponds to a first value of at least a first one of the at least two parameters for all of the plurality of columns;
- receiving, via the user interface of the welding system, a column input to indicate a selected column of the electronic parameter chart displayed on the display device, wherein the selected row and the selected column represent different parameters;
- highlighting, via the display device, the selected column, wherein the selected column corresponds to a second value of at least a second one of the at least two parameters for all of the plurality of rows;
- setting, using a welding processor, welding parameters comprising at least one of a welding voltage, a wire feed speed, and welding current based on the selected row and the selected column;
- and
- controlling, using a controller, the welding system based on the determined welding parameters,
- wherein a combination of the selected row and the selected column in the electronic parameter chart is representative of a combination of at least two of the following parameters:
- a workpiece material, a tungsten type, a tungsten size, an electrode type, an electrode size, an electrode wire type, a shielding gas composition, a shielding gas flow rate, an electrode wire diameter, an arc start, an inductance, and a workpiece thickness.
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A welding system comprising:
- a display device configured to display an electronic parameter chart, wherein the electronic parameter chart comprises a plurality of rows that intersect a plurality of rows;
- a user interface configured to:
- receive at least one of a row input to indicate a selected row from the plurality of rows and a column input to indicate a selected column from plurality of rows,
- wherein the selected row and the selected column represent different parameters,
- wherein the selected column is highlighted on the display device in response to the column input and the selected row is highlighted on the display device in response to the row input,
- wherein an intersection of the selected row and the selected column in the electronic parameter chart is representative of a combination of at least two parameters,
- wherein the selected row corresponds to a first value of at least a first one of the at least two parameters for all of the plurality of columns, and
- wherein the selected column corresponds to a second value of at least a second one of the at least two parameters for all of the plurality of rows;
- a welding power supply configured to provide welding power;
- and
- a welding processor configured to determine, based on the selected row and the selected column, welding parameters;
- and
- a controller configured to control the welding system based on the determined welding parameters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.