Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080308539 | TANDEM WELDING CARRIAGE WITH CHANGEABLE WHEEL CONFIGURATION AND MODULAR CONSTRUCTION - An invention is provided which comprises a tandem welding carriage having at least two welding carriages coupled to each other. Each of the welding carriages having a base, rear wheel assemblies disposed at one end of the base, and welding attachment portions. The two welding carriages are coupled to each other using a coupling member, and each welding carriage is carrying an arc welding device and/or spool to allow for tandem arc welding. | 12-18-2008 |
20090020970 | WELDING CARRIAGE WITH CHANGEABLE WHEEL CONFIGURATION AND MODULAR CONSTRUCTION - An invention is provided which comprises a welding carriage having a base, rear wheel assemblies disposed at one end of the base, a first front wheel assembly attachment member disposed on a second side of the base, and a first front wheel assembly configured to removably engage with the front wheel assembly attachment member to securely couple with the base. The welding carriage may also include a second front wheel assembly attachment member disposed on a second side of the base, and a second front wheel assembly configured to removably engage with at least the at least one front wheel assembly attachment member to securely couple with the base. The carriage may also include at least two welding attachment portions, where both welding attachment portions have the same cross-sectional characteristics. | 01-22-2009 |
20100301029 | WIRE FEEDER WITH AUTO-CONFIGURE POWER SUPPLY - A wire drive system includes a wire feed motor for feeding welding wire in a continuous welding process. The wire drive system further includes a controller connected to the wire feed motor for driving the motor responsive to a command signal. The controller is capable of detecting the source of power from which the wire feed motor is driven wherein a first possible source of power is taken from the welding arc and wherein a second possible source of power is taken from the welding power supply. | 12-02-2010 |
20100320184 | WELDING CONTACT TIP AND WELDING GUN INCORPORATING THE SAME - A welding contact tip having a body portion and bore passing through the body portion. The welding contact tip is made from an alloy which comprises diamonds and/or diamond powder. | 12-23-2010 |
20110100969 | DRIVE ROLL ASSEMBLY FOR WIRE FEEDER - A wire feeder includes a wire feeder housing that may enclose one or more drive rollers rotatably connected with respect to the wire feeder housing for engaging welding wire. The one or more drive rollers may be adjustable and adapted to drive the welding wire to a welding gun connected to the wire feeder. A drive motor is incorporated for delivering power for rotating the one or more drive rollers. Friction reducing devices, such as bearings, may be utilized and positioned between one or more driver rollers and the housing, where the bearings are electrically non-conducting for preventing the discharge of electrical energy across the bearing surfaces. | 05-05-2011 |
20120160819 | WIRE FEED SPEED MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A system and method of monitoring a wire feed speed using a wire feed speed monitoring system and a computer peripheral pointing device having a motion sensor which senses motion of a wire passing by the motion sensor. | 06-28-2012 |
20120160897 | WIRE FEEDER WIRE DRIVE DESIGN - A system and method of feeding wire is provided using at least one roller which is biased towards the wire. The at least one roller is permitted to deflect a limited amount during the wire feeding operation. The roller is permitted to deflect 50% or less than the wire diameter during feeding to prevent tangling. | 06-28-2012 |
20140008332 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING GAS FLOW TO CONTROL WELD PUDDLE IN OUT-OF-POSITION WELDING - A system and method for using gas flow to control a molten puddle in out-of-position applications is provided. The system includes a high intensity energy source configured to heat at lease one workpiece to create a molten puddle and a housing assembly configured to supply a gas over the molten puddle in order to minimize sagging of the molten puddle in the out-of-position applications. The system also includes a gas source that is configured to supply the gas. The gas source is operatively connected to the housing assembly. The pressure of the gas in the housing assembly is in a range of 15 psi to 35 psi. The method includes heating at least one workpiece to create a molten puddle and supplying a gas over the molten puddle via a housing assembly in order to minimize sagging of the molten puddle in the out-of-position applications. | 01-09-2014 |
20140008339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A CUT-JOINT - A system and method for removing material in a workpiece is provided. The system includes a laser system that melts a portion of the workpiece by heating the workpiece. The system includes a wire feeder system that feeds a wire to the workpiece to remove molten metal from the workpiece by using the wire. The wire is configured such that the molten metal adheres to the wire when the wire makes contact with the molten metal. The melting by the laser system includes a cutting or a gouging of the workpiece. In some embodiments, the system includes a hot wire power supply that supplies heating current through a length of the wire to heat the length of the wire to a desired temperature. The heating of the wire facilitates the adherence of the molten metal to the wire. | 01-09-2014 |
20140008344 | MULTI-WIRE WELDING CONSUMABLE - A consumable for use in any of brazing, cladding, building up, filling, hard-facing overlaying, welding, and joining applications is provided. In some embodiments, the consumable includes a first consumable portion having an outer surface and a second consumable portion having an outer surface. The outer surface of the first consumable portion is secured to the outer surface of the second consumable portion to form a hot-wire consumable. The maximum distance from said outer surface of the first consumable portion to the outer surface of said second consumable portion defines a diameter of a circumscribing circle around the hot-wire consumable. The diameter of the circumscribing circle is in a range from 0.030 inch to 0.250 inch. | 01-09-2014 |
20140042135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING OR USING DATA FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES FOR A WELDING SEQUENCE - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for performing a welding operation that is controlled in part by a welding sequence. An input component is provided that receives an input from an operator during a performance of a welding operation in which the input allows control of the welding operation or feedback from the welding operation. In an embodiment, the input component is incorporated or affixed to equipment of the operator. An Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag is further utilized to control use of a welding sequence based on wireless data communicated between the RFID tag and an RFID component. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXPORTING OR USING WELDING SEQUENCER DATA FOR EXTERNAL SYSTEMS - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for collecting one or more welding parameters in real time during creation of one or more welds using a welding sequence. The one or more welding parameters can be associated with a particular welding sequence. Moreover, based on the one or more welding parameters collected, a modeled welding parameter can be generated to increase quality, efficiency, and the like. A collection component collects real time welding parameter data from which a quality manager component creates a modeled welding parameter. The modeled welding parameter can be employed for the welding sequence to monitor or track the welding parameter during a subsequent weld. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042137 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXPORTING OR USING WELDING SEQUENCER DATA FOR EXTERNAL SYSTEMS - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for collecting one or more welding parameters or a weld time during creation of one or more welds using a welding sequence. The one or more welding parameters and/or weld time for each welding sequence is utilized to determine an estimation of consumable depletion for a welding work cell and/or a repair/service to perform on equipment within the welding work cell. Furthermore, the weld time and/or welding parameters can be utilized to manage inventory for a plurality of welding work cells within a welding environment. Other embodiments provided track a cost for a performance of a weld with a welding sequence as well as identifying a workpiece to communicate information related to the one or more welds used for assembly. | 02-13-2014 |
20140263226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING OR MODIFYING A WELDING SEQUENCE - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for welder system that relates to creating a welding sequence for a welding environment in which the welding sequence is based upon non-real time data collected from a welding procedure. Welding procedure information is collected and utilized to create a welding sequence to perform two or more welds in which at least one parameter is based on the collected welding procedure information (e.g., non-real world welding procedure). | 09-18-2014 |
20140263227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING OR USING DATA FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES FOR A WELDING SEQUENCE - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for evaluating one or more conditions or preliminary weld condition related to a welding system and/or method that utilizes a welding sequence to perform two or more welds with respective welding schedules. In an embodiment, an operator registration is provided that verifies the operator and identifies welding sequences to which the operator is authorized to perform. In another embodiment, one or more fixture locations are monitored to determine whether a workpiece is accurately configured prior to a welding operation. In still another embodiment, locations on a workpiece can be displayed to assist an operator in performing two or more welds utilizing a welding sequence. Moreover, a wireless system communications a data signal to a welding work cell in which such data is used to identify a welding sequence. | 09-18-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090039064 | WELDING APPARATUS PROVIDING AUXILIARY POWER - Welding wire feeders and a stick electrode holder capable of providing auxiliary electric power from a welding power source via an electrode cable to an auxiliary welding tool. A welding output of the welding power source may be switched between a regulated primary power and a regulated auxiliary power. An auxiliary welding tool, when connected to the welding wire feeder or the stick electrode holder, may use the regulated auxiliary power provided via the electrode cable when the regulated auxiliary power is selected. | 02-12-2009 |
20090166345 | WIRE FEEDER HAVING CHANGEABLE HOUSING - A modular portable welding wire feeder housed in a easily removable and interchangeable housing. The wire feeder includes a wire feeding module conveniently mounted inside of the housing. The housing is configured so that it may easily be removed from the wire feeing module, thereby allowing the housing to be easily replaced or exchanged as needed by the user. | 07-02-2009 |
20100038350 | WIRE FEEDER WITH CURVED FORCE GENERATING ELEMENT(S) FOR BETTER POSITIONING OF AN ADJUSTING MECHANISM - An apparatus for feeding a wire. The apparatus includes at least one pair of rotatable rollers and at least one curved or curvable force-generating element. The at least one curved or curvable force-generating element is capable of applying a force via a proximal end of the at least one curved or curvable force-generating element to displace a first roller of the at least one pair of rotatable rollers towards a second roller of the at least one pair of the rotatable rollers to engage a wire there between. The apparatus further includes an adjustment mechanism operationally connected at a distal end of the at least one curved or curvable force-generating element to allow adjustment of the applied force. | 02-18-2010 |
20110017717 | ENGINE DRIVEN WELDING POWER SUPPLIES WITH TWO PIECE SHAFT - An engine driven welding system includes two power generators, each having a rotor and a stator. Each rotor is mounted on a respective drive shaft, with one of the drive shafts being driven by the engine and the other drive shaft being releasably coupled to the engine driven drive shaft. This provides a modular type construction of the welding system, in that the outboard power generator can be selected or changed as needed for a particular application. The coupled drive shafts are supported by two bearing assemblies. Also disclosed as additional features for any welding system power supply is a removable plate having one or more connectors releasably attached thereto for facilitating installation of an electrical component for a welding system power supply; and also a power switch having a member that restricts rotational movement of the switch. | 01-27-2011 |
20110147250 | ENCLOSURE WITH INTEGRAL WIRE REEL SUPPORT - Embodiments of the present invention include a welding wire feeder enclosure, the enclosure including a front, a rear, a top, and a bottom forming a perimeter of the enclosure. The enclosure further includes opposing side openings separated by a width of the enclosure, each of the side openings being adapted for receiving a side panel. Particular embodiments further include a divider panel extending substantially between the front, rear, top, and bottom, and positioned along an intermediate portion of the width of the enclosure to divide an internal volume of the enclosure into a service side and a user side, the divider panel being formed monolithically with the front, rear, top, and bottom of the enclosure, the divider panel further including an integral spindle shaft location. | 06-23-2011 |
20120292325 | ENCLOSURE WITH INTEGRAL WIRE REEL SUPPORT - Embodiments of the present invention include a welding wire feeder enclosure, the enclosure including a front, a rear, a top, and a bottom forming a perimeter of the enclosure. The enclosure further includes opposing side openings separated by a width of the enclosure, each of the side openings being adapted for receiving a side panel. Particular embodiments further include a divider panel extending substantially between the front, rear, top, and bottom, and positioned along an intermediate portion of the width of the enclosure to divide an internal volume of the enclosure into a service side and a user side, the divider panel being formed monolithically with the front, rear, top, and bottom of the enclosure, the divider panel further including an integral spindle shaft location. | 11-22-2012 |
20130112660 | WELDING TORCH WITH GAS FLOW CONTROL - An arc system is described which includes a power generator, a shielding gas source, a torch and a shielding gas monitor contained adjacent to or within the torch. The torch is connected to the power generator for producing an arc with a workpiece, is connected to the shielding gas source for providing shielding gas to an arc locations, and includes a flow sensor mounted within or adjacent the torch body for monitoring the flow of shielding gas through the torch and optimally providing feedback control of the shielding gas flow. | 05-09-2013 |
20130180971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FEED WIRE WITHIN A WELDER - The subject embodiments relate to a wire feed system that is used with a welder. The wire feed system includes a pair of counter-rotating discs disposed along a common longitudinal axis that are spaced apart a first width. A first disc rotates in a first direction and a second disc rotates in a second direction which is opposite the first direction. A drive roll is disposed between the first disc and the second disc within the first width. An engaging member moves the drive roll adjacent to either the first disc or the second disc based on a predetermined condition to advance or retract wire relative to a workpiece within the welding system. | 07-18-2013 |
20130200055 | POWER SOURCE AND WIRE FEEDER MATCHING - The subject embodiments relate to identifying connectivity of a power source and a wire feeder within a weld system. The weld system includes at least one wire feeder, which delivers a welding consumable to a weld location. At least one power source is connected to deliver power to each wire feeder. An input component is associated with each wire feeder, the input component is utilized to initiate a data transmission between the wire feeder and the power source connected to the wire feeder. An output component is associated with each power source. The output component generates an output in response to data transmission initiated by the input component to identify connectivity of the wire feeder and the power source. | 08-08-2013 |
20130265416 | IMAGE-BASED MOTION CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - Mobile devices and methods to facilitate the motion characterization of a welding element. A mobile device is used to capture video of a rotating welding element and the video is processed by a software application residing on the mobile device to determine a rate of rotation of the rotating welding element. The software application may perform further processing to determine a linear rate of motion as derived from the determined rate of rotation. The rate of rotation and/or the linear rate of motion may be displayed to a user of the mobile device on a display screen of the mobile device. Such methods may aid a user in calibrating a piece of welding equipment. | 10-10-2013 |
20130292366 | MODULAR WELDING SYSTEM - The invention described herein generally pertains to modular welding system which can switch between right-handed and left-handed wire feeders by use of the modular design and without having a duplicative dual feed system. This aspect is important with robotic welding as well as boom-mounted welding operations. | 11-07-2013 |
20130334188 | POWER ROUTING FOR WELDING SUITE - The invention described herein generally pertains to an apparatus for a welding operation having two or more welding tools and a switching device which directs the current to the appropriate welding device for a welding operation. One or more switch devices having two or more settings can be employed to control which device or devices receive current. Moreover, varying remote control techniques can be utilized to control a welding power source or other operatively coupled devices. Powered devices other than welding tools may be used with the switch in embodiments. | 12-19-2013 |
20140001169 | TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A WIRE FEEDER AND A WELDING POWER SOURCE PROVIDING IMPROVED OPERATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140048525 | DRIVE ROLL ASSEMBLY - A wire feeder includes a wire feeder housing that may enclose one or more drive rollers rotatably connected with respect to the wire feeder housing for engaging welding wire. The one or more drive rollers may be adjustable and adapted to drive the welding wire to a welding gun connected to the wire feeder. A drive motor is incorporated for delivering power for rotating the one or more drive rollers. Friction reducing devices, such as bearings, may be utilized and positioned between one or more driver rollers and the housing, where the bearings are electrically non-conducting for preventing the discharge of electrical energy across the bearing surfaces. | 02-20-2014 |
20140076873 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WELDER - A system for controlling a welder supports remote operation of the welder by either a hand or a foot of the user. The controls of the system share components such that the user can readily change from hand control of the welder to foot control of the welder and vice versa. | 03-20-2014 |
20140091066 | WELDER HAVING FEEDBACK CONTROL - A method and apparatus for improving the flow control of a shielding gas in a welding unit is described which uses feedback from at least one of a mass flow controller, a pressure sensor and a valve position sensor to regulate shielding gas flow through a controller. | 04-03-2014 |
20140091129 | SELF-LEVELING WELDING TRACTOR - A welding tractor is described as well as a process for using the tractor in which a predefined angle of inclination or declination is maintained during a circumferential welding process. | 04-03-2014 |
20140124493 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TOGGLE SWITCH - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for managing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system by employing a switching means to at least a portion of at least one RFID tag in order to activate or deactivate such RFID tag. The switching means allows the transmission of data between an RFID tag and RFID reader to be controlled. | 05-08-2014 |
20140131321 | VOLTAGE SENSING FOR HOT WIRE GUNS - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for a voltage sense lead being disposed on or within a welder gun in a hot wire application (e.g., hot wire laser, hot wire hybrid, and the like) to monitor voltage across the electrode. In this manner, resistive heating can be regulated to ensure that the wire and weld pool (e.g., puddle) temperature are within a desired range. The voltage sense lead can be incorporated into a welder gun or onto a welder gun in order to mitigate inaccuracies and voltage drops resultant of a cable connecting the welder gun to the wire feeder of a hot wire system. | 05-15-2014 |
20140263251 | SPLIT GOOSENECK FOR WELDING GUNS - The invention described herein pertains generally to split goosenecks (synonymously swan necks) having a fixed or non-fixed radius for use with welding guns. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263254 | WELDING GOOSENECK WITH VARIABLE RADIUS - The invention described herein generally pertains to a variably radiused curvilinear gooseneck nozzle for a welding torch. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263533 | DRIVE ROLL ASSEMBLY - A wire feeder includes a wire feeder housing that encloses one or more drive roll assemblies rotatably connected with respect to the wire feeder housing for engaging welding wire. Each of drive roll assemblies includes a biasing element that adjusts compressive forces applied to the welding wire. | 09-18-2014 |
20140319112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FEED A WIRE WITHIN A WELDER - The invention includes a wire feed system that is used within a welder, the system having a forward drive roll that rotates in a first direction, a reverse drive roll that rotates in a second direction, which is opposite the first direction, wherein the forward drive roll and the reverse drive roll are both located on a first side of a wire, a first idle roll disposed opposite the forward drive roll, a second idle roll disposed opposite the reverse drive roll, wherein the first idle roll and the second idle roll are located on a second side of the wire, an arm that pivotally couples the first idle roll to the second idle roll, and an actuator that displaces the first idle roll to engage with the forward drive roll to advance the wire or displaces the second idle roll to engage with the reverse drive roll to retract the wire based upon a predetermined condition. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FEED A WIRE WITHIN A WELDER - The subject embodiments relate to a retractable wire feed system used within a welder, which include a friction-drive system disposed on a first side of a wire, an idle drive roll located opposite the friction-drive system on a second side of a wire, wherein the friction-drive system advances the wire through a welding nozzle toward a workpiece, and a brake, which is applied to retract the wire when a predetermined condition is met. | 10-30-2014 |
20140361116 | PUSH-PULL CONTROL METHOD - Aspects of the innovation described herein generally pertain to methods for providing wire using two or more welding wire drive motors. The wire drive motors may be driven according to optimized power to control conveyance of the wire. A method may include modifying the power at which two or more motors operate to avoid conveying a wire under asymmetrical or excessive forces. Further, a controller may be provided to optimize the power at which at least one push motor and at least one pull motor operate to deliver wire to a welding operation. | 12-11-2014 |