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US 2017/0266868 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for tracking weld data
AssigneeMiller Weldmaster Corporation
InventorsZachary J. Ralston, Jeffrey P. Sponseller
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AssigneeMiller Weldmaster Corporation
InventorsZachary J. Ralston, Jeffrey P. Sponseller
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A moveable seam welding machine, system, and method of use is provided. The seam welding machine includes at least one sensor that generates at least one data point having geolocation coordinates incorporated or integrally formed therewith. The data point typically relates to the integrity or quality of the welded seam created by the machine. The sensor generates data points which may be evaluated in alarm logic for abnormalities or anomalies. The geolocation coordinates inherent or integral to the data point may be plotted or registered overtop satellite imagery. The coordinates of the anomalies or the registered image, or both, can be provided to the workman or operator so he/she may manually inspect the geolocation at where the abnormal or anomaly data point was generated by the sensor to spot check the welded seam by hand.
A moveable seam welding machine comprising:
At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium in operative communication with a moveable seam welding machine carrying sensors to generate data pertaining to the quality of a welded seam, the storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by one or more processors implement operations to sense physical information relating to the welding of overlapped strips of material, the operations including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.