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US 2018/0161906 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for brazing
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorsLoren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
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Abstract
A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
Claims20
A brazing operation system, the system comprising:
- a user interface configured to have a first display region, a second display region, a third display region, and a fourth display region, where
- the first display region is configured to accept user inputs related to a first gas, including a first pressure and any one of a first micrometer valve setting and a first flow rate for the first gas,
- the second display region is configured to accept user inputs related to a second gas, including a second gas type, a second pressure and any one of a second micrometer valve setting and a second flow rate for the second gas,
- the third display region is configured to display a gas ratio between the first and second gases based on the user inputs in each of the first and second display regions, and
- the fourth display region is configured to display a flame type, a flame energy value, and a relative temperature of a flame to be created by the first and second gases;
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- a control system coupled to the user interface,
- wherein the control system is configured to determine either the first micrometer valve setting not input or the first flow rate not input based on the user inputs from the first display region, and configured to determine either the second micrometer valve setting not input or the second flow rate not input based on the user inputs from the second display region,
- wherein the control system is further configured to determine the gas ratio based on the user inputs from the first and second display regions and display the gas ratio in the third display region, and
- wherein the control system is configured to determine each of the flame type, the flame energy value, and the relative temperature of a flame based on at least two of the user inputs from the first display region, the user inputs from the second display region, the gas ratio, and the second gas type, and display each of the flame type, the flame energy value, and the relative temperature of a flame in the fourth display region.
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A brazing operation system, said system comprising:
- a user interface configured to accept a first user input to set a first pressure for a first gas, a second user input to set any one of a first micrometer valve setting and a first flow rate for the first gas, a third user input to set a second pressure for a second gas, and a fourth user input to set any one of a second micrometer valve setting and a second flow rate for the second gas;
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- a control circuit operatively connected to the user interface and configured to determine either the first micrometer valve setting not input or the first flow rate not input based on the first and second user inputs, and to determine either the second micrometer valve setting not input or the second flow rate not input based on the third and fourth user inputs,
- wherein the user interface is configured to display a gas ratio between the first and second gases based on the first, second, third, and fourth user inputs, and
- wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine a flame type, a flame energy value, and a relative temperature of a flame to be created by the first and second gases, and
- wherein the user interface is further configured to display the flame type, the flame energy value, and the relative temperature of the flame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.