Method for controlling a welding apparatus and corresponding control device
US6476354B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K9/0953
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention describes a method of controlling a welding unit (1) and a current source (2), in which various welding parameters, such as a welding current, a welding wire diameter, a welding method etc., for example, can be set by a user from an input and/or output device (22). The set welding parameters are applied to a control device (4). The welding unit (1) and the current source (2) are then activated by the control device (4) in accordance with the predetermined welding parameters. Prior to, during and/or after start-up of the welding process, the user can set a surface area or a cross section of a weld seam, in particular a fillet weld, from the input and/or output device (22), after which the control device (4) scans and/or retrieves and displays desired values for additional parameters needed to form the weld seam and/or for the welding procedure, stored in a memory device in particular.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.