Abstract: A control method for arc welding wherein position control of an electrode or a torch is performed while adjusting welding conditions on the basis of optical information obtained from arc light generated during an arc welding process. Illuminance, which forms the optical information obtained from the arc light, has a certain mutual relationship with the arc length or the torch height, so that the weld control is accomplished based on the illuminance. The control method includes a step of comparing illuminance with reference information based on the mutual relationship, and a step of adjusting the welding conditions on the basis of a result of comparison.

Abstract: A control method for arc welding wherein position control of an electrode or a torch is performed while adjusting welding conditions on the basis of optical information obtained from arc light generated during an arc welding process. Illuminance, which forms the optical information obtained from the arc light, has a certain mutual relationship with the arc length or the torch height, so that the weld control is accomplished based on the illuminance. The control method includes a step of comparing illuminance with reference information based on the mutual relationship, and a step of adjusting the welding conditions on the basis of a result of comparison.

Abstract: There is disclosed a control apparatus and a control method in a welding apparatus for enabling a welding torch to trace a weld line with use of an oscillating process. In the control apparatus and control method, the welding torch is oscillated in the left and right directions crossing the weld line with an overpass, and an electric signal is detected responsive to changes in an arc length and a wire extension. The moving average value of the electric signal is calculated for a predetermined smoothing time interval so as to eliminate a high frequency noise component of the electric signal, and there is outputted a low-pass-filtered electric signal having a level of the calculated moving average value. Thereafter, a controller moves the center of the oscillation so as to enable the welding torch to trace the weld line responsive to the filtered electric signal.

Abstract: A control method in a welding apparatus for enabling a welding torch to trace a weld line with use of an oscillating process is disclosed. The welding torch is oscillated in left and right directions solidly crossing the weld line. Electric signals respectively detected when the welding torch moves in the left and right directions for a time interval of the right half of the oscillation are compared with each other so as to generate a first comparative signal, and electric signals detected similarly for a time interval of the left half thereof are compared with each other so as to generate a second comparative signal. The center of the oscillation is moved in such a direction that a difference between the first and second comparative signals becomes small.