Abstract: Provided herein is a welding diagnostic device, a method of identifying a metal transfer mode of a welding process presently being performed and a transfer mode identifier for use with a GMAW welding machine. In one embodiment, the welding diagnostic device includes: (1) a welding data interface configured to receive a welding voltage from a welding machine during a welding process and (2) a data acquisition system configured to, during the welding process, determine a metal transfer mode of the welding process based on the welding voltage and provide a sensory indication thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 7, 2017
Assignee:
ISAWE, LLC
Inventors:
Yoni Adonyi, Joseph Russell, Derek S. Hoyt, Nathan Berthiaume
Abstract: Provided herein is a welding diagnostic device, a method of identifying a metal transfer mode of a welding process presently being performed and a transfer mode identifier for use with a GMAW welding machine. In one embodiment, the welding diagnostic device includes: (1) a welding data interface configured to receive a welding voltage from a welding machine during a welding process and (2) a data acquisition system configured to, during the welding process, determine a metal transfer mode of the welding process based on the welding voltage and provide a sensory indication thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2014
Publication date:
October 16, 2014
Applicant:
ISAWE, LLC
Inventors:
Yoni Adonyi, Joseph Russell, Derek S. Hoyt, Nathan Berthiaume