System and method for determining welding wire diameter
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsBradley William Hemmert, Mark Steven Kadlec
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Abstract
A welding system includes a welding wire feeder, a welding power supply, and a sensor. The power supply is coupled to the welding wire feeder and configured to produce a welding arc. The sensor is configured to sense a parameter indicative of a size of a welding wire fed through the welding wire feeder. The sensor is configured to send a signal to the power supply, the signal representing the parameter indicative of the size of the welding wire. The power supply is configured to automatically implement at least one of an arc starting parameter or a welding parameter based on the signal.
Claims20
A welding system, comprising:
- a welding wire feeder;
- a power supply coupled to the welding wire feeder and configured to produce a welding arc;
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- a sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a size of a welding wire fed through the welding wire feeder, wherein the sensor is configured to send a signal to the power supply, the signal representing the parameter indicative of the size of the welding wire, wherein the power supply is configured to automatically implement at least one of an arc starting parameter or a welding parameter based on the signal.
A welding system, comprising:
- a welding wire feeder comprising a sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a size of a welding wire fed through the welding wire feeder and to output a signal representative of the sensed parameter;
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- a controller configured to receive the signal from the sensor, to convert the signal into a corresponding set of parameters, and to implement the parameters.
A method, comprising:
- determining a sensor signal using a sensor associated with a welding wire feeder, wherein the sensor signal is indicative of a size of a welding wire used by the welding wire feeder;
- communicating the sensor signal from the sensor to a controller disposed within a power supply;
- processing the sensor signal by translating the sensor signal into a corresponding set of arc starting parameters, welding parameters, or both;
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- implementing the corresponding set of arc starting parameters or welding parameters in the power supply, wherein the power supply is configured to produce an arc with the corresponding set of arc starting parameters, welding parameters, or both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.