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Welding torch maintenance center

US7952052B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2004
Grant dateMay 31, 2011
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K9/32
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A welding torch maintenance center that uses a microcontroller to control the operation, to configure the maintenance center, to repeat the reaming process for excessive spatter deposit inside the nozzle, to spray the nozzle with anti-spatter fluid, to cut the welding wire, to provide a tool center point check signal, and to provide diagnostic information.

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