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US 2020/0380885 A1Published application
Welding training system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsTodd Gerald Batzler, Bruce Patrick Albrecht, William Joshua Becker
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Abstract
A welding training system includes one or more welding operator device which provides positional feedback relevant to a quality weld. The positional feedback is analyzed and, when the positional feedback is outside of a predetermined range, a signal is provided to the welding operator. In one embodiment, tactile feedback is provided in a welding gun.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a helmet;
- an audio generation device;
- a first weld position locator configured to determine position feedback of a welding torch;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a position of the welding torch based on the position feedback;
- and
- generate and output audio feedback of the torch position, based on the determined position of the welding torch, via the audio generation device, wherein the audio feedback comprises word-based feedback.
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