US 4,990,743 AGranted

Control method for tracing a weld line in a welding apparatus

AssigneeDAIHEN Corporation

InventorsKatsuya Kugai, Hideyuki Yamamoto, Yusuke Niimura

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Abstract

A control method in a welding apparatus for enabling a welding torch to trace a weld line with use of an oscillating process is disclosed. The welding torch is oscillated in left and right directions solidly crossing the weld line. Electric signals respectively detected when the welding torch moves in the left and right directions for a time interval of the right half of the oscillation are compared with each other so as to generate a first comparative signal, and electric signals detected similarly for a time interval of the left half thereof are compared with each other so as to generate a second comparative signal. The center of the oscillation is moved in such a direction that a difference between the first and second comparative signals becomes small.

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A control method in a welding apparatus for enabling a welding torch to trace a weld line while oscillating said welding torch in left and right directions solidly crossing said weld line by detecting a change in an electric signal responsive to changes in an arc length and a wire extension, comprising the steps of:

detecting said electric signal as a first detecting signal when said welding torch moves in the right direction for a first time interval of the right half of the amplitude of the oscillation;
detecting said electric signal as a second detecting signal when said welding torch moves in the left direction for the first time interval;
generating a first comparative signal by comparing the first detecting signal with the second detecting signal;
detecting said electric signal as a third detecting signal when said welding torch moves in the left direction for a second time interval of the left half of the amplitude of the oscillation;
detecting said electric signal as a fourth detecting signal when said welding torch moves in the right direction for the second time interval;
generating a second comparative signal by comparing the third detecting signal with the fourth detecting signal;
calculating a difference between respective levels of the first and second comparative signals;
and
moving the center of the oscillation in such a direction that the calculated difference becomes small so as to enable said welding torch to trace said weld line;
wherein the calculated difference used for determining the direction in which the center of the oscillation is to be moved is set so that the sight of the calculated difference at an oscillation frequency lower than a predetermined frequency is different from the sign of the calculated difference at the oscillation frequency equal to or higher than the predetermined frequency.

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detecting said electric signal as a first detecting signal when said welding torch is located at the right edge of the oscillation after said welding torch moves in the right direction;
detecting said electric signal as a second detecting signal when said welding torch is located at the center of the oscillation while said welding torch moves in the left direction;
generating a first comparative signal by comparing the first detecting signal with the second detecting signal;
detecting said electric signal as a third detecting signal when said welding torch is located at the left edge of the oscillation after said welding torch moves in the left direction;
detecting said electric signal as a fourth detecting signal when said welding torch is located at the center of the oscillation while said welding torch moves in the right direction;
generating a second comparative signal by comparing the third detecting signal with the fourth detecting signal;
calculating a difference between respective levels of the first and second comparative signals;
and
moving the center of the oscillation in such a direction that the calculated difference becomes small so as to enable said welding torch to trace said weld line.

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