Welding system parameter comparison system and method

US10558953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · US

Inventors

• Nathan John Lamers · Appleton, US
• Nathan Gerald Leiteritz · Greenville, US
• Knut Norman Froland · Green Bay, US
• Todd Earl Holverson · Appleton, US
• Gregory David Popp · Freedom, US
• Caleb Robert Krisher · Appleton, US
• Michael Anthony Gill · Neenah, US
• Ryan Jerome Lindeman · Suamico, US
• Adam Pliska · Neenah, US
• Jason Bonnell · Appleton, US
• Tret West · Kaukauna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/30
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An metal fabrication resource performance monitoring method includes: acquiring data representative of arc on time and wire deposition quantity associated with metal fabrication operations of a plurality of metal fabrication resources; via at least one computer processor, analyzing a first subset of the acquired data and a second subset of the acquired data for the plurality of metal fabrication resources; via the at least one computer processor, populating a user viewable page with graphical indicia representative of at least the arc on time and the wire deposition quantity, the user viewable page facilitating a visual comparison of the analysis of the first subset of the acquired data and the analysis of the second subset of the acquired data; and transmitting the user viewable page to a user viewable display.