Patents by Inventor Andreas Waldhör

Andreas Waldhör has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12145227
    Abstract: A a multiple welding method having an improved starting process in which the control unit of the guide electrode starts welding-wire advancing of the guide electrode and sends a synchronization signal to the control unit of the trailing electrode when the guide electrode has moved a certain distance or for a certain time. The control unit of the trailing electrode starts welding-wire advancing of the trailing electrode in dependence on the received synchronization signal before the guide electrode touches the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Söllinger, Andreas Waldhör
  • Patent number: 12145225
    Abstract: In a method in which a welding process is carried out on a workpiece with a welding torch and to a welding device for carrying out the method, a welding current source is supplied in order to provide a welding voltage, and an electrical voltage is applied, at least temporarily, during the welding process to an external element of the welding torch, in particular to an outer wall of a gas nozzle, and a possibly occurring electrical contact between the external element and a further element, in particular the workpiece or a contact tube, is detected by the electrical voltage applied. The welding current source is electrically connected via at least one first resistor to the external element of the welding torch and the external element of the welding torch is connected to the electrical potential of the workpiece via at least one second resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Artelsmair, Dominik Söllinger, Andreas Waldhör, Manuel Binder
  • Patent number: 11931834
    Abstract: In a method for regulating or controlling the conveyance speed of a wire composed of consumable material during a laser soldering or welding method, the wire is melted by a laser beam from a laser unit and is conveyed at a mean conveyance speed toward a workpiece to be processed, wherein a voltage between the wire and the workpiece is measured. A laser soldering or laser welding device carries out this method. In order to avoid at least relatively lengthy short-circuit breaking between the end of the wire and the workpiece, the conveyance speed of the wire, as a function of the measured voltage, is temporarily increased to a predetermined boost speed by increasing the conveyance speed to the predetermined boost speed when a defined voltage limit value is exceeded, and the conveyance speed is reduced again at the latest when the voltage limit value falls below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Manuel Binder, Andreas Waldhör
  • Publication number: 20230405702
    Abstract: In a method for regulating or controlling the conveyance speed of a wire composed of consumable material during a laser soldering or welding method, the wire is melted by a laser beam from a laser unit and is conveyed at a mean conveyance speed toward a workpiece to be processed, wherein a voltage between the wire and the workpiece is measured. A laser soldering or laser welding device carries out this method. In order to avoid at least relatively lengthy short-circuit breaking between the end of the wire and the workpiece, the conveyance speed of the wire, as a function of the measured voltage, is temporarily increased to a predetermined boost speed by increasing the conveyance speed to the predetermined boost speed when a defined voltage limit value is exceeded, and the conveyance speed is reduced again at the latest when the voltage limit value falls below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Manuel BINDER, Andreas WALDHÖR
  • Publication number: 20230390851
    Abstract: In a method in which a welding process is carried out on a workpiece with a welding torch and to a welding device for carrying out the method, a welding current source is supplied in order to provide a welding voltage, and an electrical voltage is applied, at least temporarily, during the welding process to an external element of the welding torch, in particular to an outer wall of a gas nozzle, and a possibly occurring electrical contact between the external element and a further element, in particular the workpiece or a contact tube, is detected by the electrical voltage applied. The welding current source is electrically connected via at least one first resistor to the external element of the welding torch and the external element of the welding torch is connected to the electrical potential of the workpiece via at least one second resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Josef ARTELSMAIR, Dominik SÖLLINGER, Andreas WALDHÖR, Manuel BINDER
  • Publication number: 20230286076
    Abstract: A welding method materially cohesively bonding at least two components using at least one additive material. A welding seam is produced with a seam course between a seam start and a seam end. The process is controlled using at least one control unit, at least one external physical welding seam property of the welding seam is influenced by a control parameter of the control unit, and information is included in the control parameter. The information, during the process is stored in the welding seam between a start point and an end point in the seam course using the at least one external physical welding seam property so that the information can be read, optically and/or haptically, from a sequence of the at least one detectable external physical welding seam property along the course of the seam in the region between the start point and the end point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Willi BAUMANN, Andreas WALDHÖR
  • Patent number: 11648619
    Abstract: Method and device for marking a workpiece surface (2A) of a metal workpiece (2), in which a welding torch (3) comprising a welding wire electrode (4) is guided along the workpiece surface (2A) to be marked and meanwhile a wire end (4A) of the welding wire electrode (4) is moved towards and away from the work-piece surface (2A) to be marked, wherein an electric voltage (U) present at the welding wire electrode (4) and/or an electric current (I) flowing through the welding wire electrode (4) bring about electric sparks, which bring about material removal and/or material alteration at the workpiece surface (2A) of the metal workpiece (2) to mark the workpiece surface (2A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Schörghuber, Andreas Waldhör, Manuel Mayer
  • Publication number: 20220410300
    Abstract: Welding A welding apparatus is provided for welding a weld seam, in particular a root weld seam, with a reversing welding wire the advancing rate, VD, of which is automatically reduced to a specified minimum rate value, VDmin, by a controller of the welding apparatus if no short-circuit, KS, is detected during an arcing phase within a specific time period, ?t, or within a specific extension, ?s, of the welding wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Waldhör, Martin Willinger
  • Publication number: 20220274196
    Abstract: Welding device (1) for welding a workpiece (W) in a welding process (SP) which comprises different types of welding process phases (SPP), in which the workpiece (W) is welded in each case with a welding arc (LB) which extends between a welding wire electrode (SDE) of the welding device (1) and the workpiece (W), wherein for the welding process phases (SPP) an arc parameter, LBP, of the welding arc (LB), in particular its arc length, LBL, can be set, wherein the welding device (1) comprises a controller (4) which, during a welding process transition (SPÜ) between different types of welding process phases (SPP) of the welding process (SP), effects a change in the arc parameter, ?LBP, of the welding arc (LB) corresponding to the arc parameters, LBP, set for the welding process phases (SPP) and at the same time automatically adapts at least one transition welding parameter, ÜSP, of a welding current source (2) of the welding device (1) in dependence upon the effected arc parameter change, ?LBP, in order to stabil
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Dominik Söllinger, Andreas Waldhör, Manuel Mayer
  • Publication number: 20220250181
    Abstract: Method and device for marking a workpiece surface (2A) of a metal workpiece (2), in which a welding torch (3) comprising a welding wire electrode (4) is guided along the workpiece surface (2A) to be marked and meanwhile a wire end (4A) of the welding wire electrode (4) is moved towards and away from the work-piece surface (2A) to be marked, wherein an electric voltage (U) present at the welding wire electrode (4) and/or an electric current (I) flowing through the welding wire electrode (4) bring about electric sparks, which bring about material removal and/or material alteration at the workpiece surface (2A) of the metal workpiece (2) to mark the workpiece surface (2A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Manfred Schörghuber, Andreas Waldhör, Manuel Mayer
  • Patent number: 11407053
    Abstract: A welding device has a central unit and a welding torch unit, which can be connected to the central unit. The central unit includes at least one welding current source for providing electric current needed to operate the welding torch unit and includes a control unit. The welding torch unit includes at least a first welding torch with a first welding wire and a second welding torch with a second welding wire. The control unit is configured to carry out a starting process in such a way that firstly a first arc ignition takes place at one of the two welding torches and after a waiting time since the first arc ignition has passed, a second arc ignition takes place at the other of the two welding torches, which until then was not ignited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Waldhör, Dominik Söllinger, Rene Allerstorfer
  • Publication number: 20220161350
    Abstract: A a multiple welding method having an improved starting process in which the control unit of the guide electrode starts welding-wire advancing of the guide electrode and sends a synchronization signal to the control unit of the trailing electrode when the guide electrode has moved a certain distance or for a certain time. The control unit of the trailing electrode starts welding-wire advancing of the trailing electrode in dependence on the received synchronization signal before the guide electrode touches the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik SÖLLINGER, Andreas WALDHÖR
  • Publication number: 20220055137
    Abstract: In order to develop a welding process in such a way that uniform flaking of a weld seam can be guaranteed even with a higher number of short-circuit cycles, a specific number of short-circuit cycles is specified for the cold welding phase and the cold phase duration of the cold welding phase is determined for a number of short-circuit cycles that exceeds a specified limit cycle number, depending on a determined cold phase time and after the cold welding phase, there is a switch to the hot welding phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik SÖLLINGER, Manuel MAYER, Andreas WALDHÖR, Angelika KOGLER
  • Publication number: 20210101218
    Abstract: Method and device for marking a workpiece surface (2A) of a metal workpiece (2), in which a welding torch (3) comprising a welding wire electrode (4) is guided along the workpiece surface (2A) to be marked and meanwhile a wire end (4A) of the welding wire electrode (4) is moved towards and away from the work-piece surface (2A) to be marked, wherein an electric voltage (U) present at the welding wire electrode (4) and/or an electric current (I) flowing through the welding wire electrode (4) bring about electric sparks, which bring about material removal and/or material alteration at the workpiece surface (2A) of the metal workpiece (2) to mark the workpiece surface (2A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Manfred Schörghubler, Andreas Waldhör, Manuel Mayer
  • Publication number: 20150083699
    Abstract: A welding device has a central unit and a welding torch unit, which can be connected to the central unit. The central unit includes at least one welding current source for providing electric current needed to operate the welding torch unit and includes a control unit. The welding torch unit includes at least a first welding torch with a first welding wire and a second welding torch with a second welding wire. The control unit is configured to carry out a starting process in such a way that firstly a first arc ignition takes place at one of the two welding torches and after a waiting time since the first arc ignition has passed, a second arc ignition takes place at the other of the two welding torches, which until then was not ignited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Waldhör, Dominik Söllinger, Rene Allerstorfer