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US 8,569,654 B2Granted
Systems and methods for wire feed speed control
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJohn Carmen Granato, Jr., Chris John Roehl
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Abstract
A welding system including a fine tuning knob and a coarse adjustment knob for setting a weld wire feed speed are provided. The welding system may include a welder having the coarse adjustment knob and a spool gun having the fine tuning knob. A user may adjust the knob on the welder to set a coarse adjustment wire feed speed and may adjust the knob on the spool gun to fine tune the wire feed speed setting.
Claims22
A welding system, comprising:
- a welding power supply comprising a first adjustment configured to be adjusted by an operator to set a first wire feed speed parameter;
- a spool gun adapted to be coupled to the welding power supply and comprising a second adjustment configured to be adjusted by an operator to set a second wire feed speed parameter;
- a voltage adjustment configured to be adjusted by the operator to set a weld voltage level, wherein the voltage adjustment is separate from the first adjustment and the second adjustment;
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- wherein one of the first wire feed speed parameter and the second wire feed speed parameter is a coarse adjustment and the other of the first wire feed speed parameter and the second wire feed speed parameter is a fine tuning adjustment.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a welding power supply comprising a control panel having a first input configured to be adjusted by an operator to choose between a first feature and a second feature, and a voltage input configured to be adjusted by the operator to set a weld voltage level, wherein the power supply is adapted to enter an auto-set mode when the first feature or the second feature is chosen by the operator;
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- a spool gun comprising a second input configured to be adjusted by an operator to fine tune a coarse wire feed speed set by the auto-set mode of the welding power supply, wherein the voltage input is separate from the first input and the second input.
A controller for a welding system configured to:
- receive a first input from a first input device located on a welding power supply;
- receive a second input from a second input device located on a spool gun, wherein one of the first input and the second input is a coarse adjustment setting for a wire feed speed and the other one of the first input and the second input is a fine adjustment setting for the wire feed speed;
- receive a voltage input from a voltage adjustment device separate from the first input device and the second input device;
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- output a signal to a motor control board that is configured to adjust the wire feed speed of a wire spool according to the first input and the second input.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a welding power supply;
- a welding gun adapted to be coupled to the welding power supply;
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- wherein a first adjustment configured to be adjusted by an operator to set a coarse wire feed speed is located on one of the welding power supply and the welding gun, a second adjustment configured to be adjusted by the operator to fine tune the wire feed speed is located on the other of the welding power supply and the welding gun not having the first adjustment, and a voltage adjustment separate from the first and second adjustments and configured to be adjusted by the operator to set a weld voltage level is located on the welding power supply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.