System and device operating using a welding power bus
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsDavid Austin Stanzel, Michael William Roth, Anthony VanBergen Salsich, Jeffrey Robert Thomas
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Abstract
A system and device operating using a welding power bus are provided. One welding power supply includes control circuitry configured to control the operation of the welding power supply and power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to output welding power. The welding power supply also includes welding terminals configured to receive the output welding power from the power conversion circuitry and to provide the output welding power to a device that does not use the welding power for a welding operation. The control circuitry is configured to adapt the output welding power to the device.
Claims20
A welding power supply comprising:
- control circuitry configured to control the welding power supply;
- power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to output power;
- and
- welding terminals configured to receive the output power from the power conversion circuitry and to provide the output power via the welding terminals to a first device that does not use the output power for a welding operation when the first device is attached to the welding terminals or to provide the output power via the welding terminals to a second device that uses the output power for the welding operation when the second device is separately attached to the welding terminals;
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to receive data from the first or second device via the welding terminals to identify the first or second device attached to the welding terminals and to adapt the output power to the first or second device based at least in part on an identity of the first or second device attached to the welding terminals.
A method comprising:
- converting input power received by a welding power supply to output welding power;
- adapting the output welding power for use by a device that does not use the output welding power for a welding operation;
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- providing the adapted output welding power to the device.
A welding system comprising:
- a welding torch configured to receive output power from a welding power supply, the welding torch configured to receive the output power from welding terminals of the welding power supply;
- and
- a non-welding device configured to receive adapted output power from the welding terminals of the welding power supply;
- wherein the welding power supply is configured to determine a type of device coupled to the welding terminals of the welding power supply based on communication with the non-welding device via the welding terminals, wherein the welding power supply is configured to adapt the output power to the adapted output power to power the non-welding device when the type of device is determined to be the non-welding device, and the welding power supply is configured to provide the output power to the welding torch when the type of device is determined to be the welding torch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.