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Inspecting system for welding apparatus

US6064314A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1998
Grant dateMay 16, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/40
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inspection system for a welding apparatus for performing welding by supplying electric power outputted by an inverter based on a command from a welding control unit, through a welding transformer to a welding gun. The inspection system includes a first input/output section for receiving positive and negative components of a waveform outputted by the inverter and for outputting waveforms, a second input/output section for receiving waveforms outputted by the welding control unit and for outputting waveforms similar to those outputted by the inverter. A selector selects the operation of either the first or second input/output sections. A first OR circuit has applied thereto the first waveforms outputted by the first and second input/output sections, and a second OR circuit has applied thereto the second waveforms outputted by the first and second input/output sections. A third OR circuit has the outputs of the first and second OR circuits applied to the inputs thereof. A comparator compares the number of waveforms outputted from the third OR circuit with a predetermined value within a predetermined time. If the number of the waveforms outputted is equal to or larger than the prede…

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