Devices and methods for analyzing spatter generating events
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsRichard Martin Hutchison, Todd Earl Holverson, James Lee Uecker
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a spatter generating event during a welding application. The method includes capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of the welding application. The method also includes detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data. The method includes analyzing the detected parameters to monitor the spatter generating event during the welding application.
Claims19
A method for monitoring a spatter generating event during a welding application comprising:
- capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of the welding application;
- detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data, comprising detecting a duration of the short circuit and a short circuit current;
- analyzing the detected parameters to monitor the spatter generating event during the welding application, comprising determining whether the duration of the short circuit is greater than a threshold time period and determining whether the short circuit current is greater than a threshold current;
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- communicating to a user an occurrence of the spatter generating event.
A non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium having code stored thereon, the code comprising instructions for:
- capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of a welding application;
- detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data, comprising detecting a duration of the short circuit and a short circuit current;
- analyzing the detected parameters to monitor a spatter generating event during the welding application and to determine an amount of spatter generated by the spatter generating event, comprising determining whether the duration of the short circuit is greater than a threshold time period and determining whether the short circuit current is greater than a threshold current;
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- communicating that the spatter generating event has occurred, the amount of spatter generated, or both.
A method for monitoring an amount of spatter generated during a welding application comprising:
- detecting parameters associated with a spatter generating event occurring during the welding application, comprising detecting a duration of a short circuit and a short circuit current;
- analyzing the detected parameters to determine the amount of spatter generated by the spatter generating events, comprising determining whether the duration of the short circuit is greater than a threshold time period and determining whether the short circuit current is greater than a threshold current;
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- communicating the determined amount of spatter generated by the spatter generating events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.