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US 2006/0231538 A1Published application
Welding torch maintenance center
AssigneeNasarc Technologies Inc.
InventorsJody Rice, Naseem Kteily
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Abstract
A welding torch maintenance center that uses a microcontroller to control the operation, to configure the maintenance center, to repeat the reaming process for excessive spatter deposit inside the nozzle, to spray the nozzle with anti-spatter fluid, to cut the welding wire, to provide a tool center point check signal, and to provide diagnostic information.
Claims25
A maintenance center for cleaning a welding torch nozzle comprising:
- (a) a reaming head for reaming the nozzle;
- (b) driving means for rotating the reaming head about an axis of rotation;
- (c) a clamp assembly for holding the nozzle in concentric relation to said rotation axis;
- (d) means for monitoring speed of the rotating reaming head;
- (e) means for opening and closing the clamp assembly;
- (f) means for advancing and retracting the reaming head;
- (g) means for sensing position of said advancing and retracting means;
- (h) an electronic operation controller operatively connected to means (d) (e) (f) and (g) for coordinating the operations of the maintenance center.
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A microcontroller program product comprising:
- a memory having microcontroller-readable code embedded therein for controlling the operation of a maintenance center for cleaning a welding torch nozzle comprising:
- code means for monitoring speed of a rotating reaming head;
- code means for closing and opening a clamp assembly;
- code means for advancing and retracting the reaming head;
- code means for sensing position of the reaming head;
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- code means for coordinating the operations of the maintenance center.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.