Device and method for simulating a welding process

A method for controlling a simulated welding process by a user, in which a computer with an input device and an output device is connected to a welding torch and to a magnetic position monitoring device, to which at least one transmitter and a plurality of sensors are connected,

• wherein the transmitter is positioned on the retaining device for a simulated workpiece and at least one sensor is positioned on a visualization device and the welding torch at a time,
• wherein at least one defined section of the retaining device designed as a small, portable box to be placed on a table is designed as an input module having deposited functions, and
• wherein by positioning the welding torch and by determining the position of the welding torch via a sensor of the plurality of sensors and the at least one transmitter in the box the deposited functions are selected and activated.

A method for controlling a simulated welding process by a user, in which a computer with an input device and an output device for displaying a two- or three-dimensional image is connected to a welding torch and to a magnetic position monitoring device, to which at least one transmitter and a plurality of sensors are connected, the welding torch comprising a torch handle and a pipe bend and having a line connection to the computer,

• wherein the at least one transmitter is positioned on a retaining device for a simulated workpiece and at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is positioned on a visualization device and the welding torch at a time,
• wherein a recognition module for automatic recognition of the user's handedness of the welding torch is employed for controlling the simulation of a welding process, and
• wherein the position between a torch handle and a gas nozzle of the welding torch in relation to the workpiece arranged in the retaining device designed as a small, portable box to be placed on a table is determined and evaluated, and depending on the determined handedness of the user corresponding regulations for the simulation of the welding process and the display of the welding torch in image on the display device are automatically selected.

A method for controlling a simulated welding process by a user, in which a computer with an input device and an output device for displaying a two- or three-dimensional image is connected to a welding torch and to a magnetic position monitoring device, to which at least one transmitter and a plurality of sensors are connected,

• wherein the at least one transmitter is positioned on the retaining device for a simulated workpiece and at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is positioned on a visualization device and the welding torch at a time,
• wherein on a welding torch, particularly in the section of a gas nozzle, a light source is arranged, which is activated when a simulated welding process is activated, in order to simulate a light arc of the welding process, and
• wherein when activating the light source a protective visor of a welding shield as visualization device for the user is darkened.