Patents by Inventor Masaru Kowa
Masaru Kowa 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).
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Publication number: 20220063009Abstract: Disclosed is an arc welding control method of controlling a welding current in short-circuit arc welding of feeding a welding wire toward a base metal and alternating a short-circuit state and an arc state. The arc welding control method includes: executing, in the short-circuit state, a first increase in the welding current with a first slope, a first decrease in the welding current to a first bottom value after executing the first increase, a second increase in the welding current with a second slope after executing the first decrease, and a second decrease in the welding current to a second bottom value that is smaller than the first bottom value after executing the second increase to shift a state to the arc state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Takahiro NOGUCHI, Masaru KOWA, Haruki EGAWA, Akira NAKAGAWA, Junji FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20220055134Abstract: Arc welding, in which a welding wire serving as a consumable electrode is fed toward a base material and a welding current alternately including a peak current and a base current is caused to flow through the welding wire and the base material, is performed such that after a short-circuit between the welding wire and the base material is detected, a feeding speed of the welding wire is changed from a first feeding speed to a second feeding speed that is on a negative side from the first feeding speed when a speed in a direction in which the welding wire is fed toward the base material is defined as positive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, SHUN SATOU, MASARU KOWA, AKIRA NAKAGAWA, JUNJI FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20220055135Abstract: Provided is an arc welding device that performs welding by alternately repeating a short-circuit period provided with a short-circuit state in which a welding wire and a base material are short-circuited, and an arc period provided with an arc state in which an arc is generated between the welding wire and the base material. A calculation unit calculates an integrated power value by integrating power supplied to the welding wire within a predetermined period, after the welding wire is short-circuited. A controller reduces a welding current to be supplied to welding wire when the integrated power value is larger than a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: SHUN SATOU, NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, MASARU KOWA, AKIRA NAKAGAWA, JUNJI FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20220055136Abstract: In arc welding in which a welding wire serving as a consumable electrode is fed toward a base material and a welding current is caused to flow through the welding wire and the base material to alternately repeat a reverse polarity period and a positive polarity period, after a short circuit between the welding wire and the base material is detected, a feeding speed of the welding wire is changed from a first feeding speed to a second feeding speed on a negative side of the first feeding speed when a speed in a direction toward the base material is defined as positive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, SHUN SATOU, MASARU KOWA, AKIRA NAKAGAWA, JUNJI FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20210299773Abstract: A pulse welding period alternately includes a first peak period in which a first peak current whose peak value is a first current value is caused to flow through a welding wire and a base period in which a base current having a second current value is caused to flow through the welding wire. During the base period, a second peak current whose peak current value is a sum of a second current value and a third current value and is smaller than the first current value is superimposed on the base current at a second pulse frequency. A second peak period in which the second peak current is caused to flow once is shorter than the first peak period. During the first peak period, a droplet is transferred from the welding wire toward a base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Noriyuki MATSUOKA, Shun SATOU, Masaru KOWA, Junji FUJIWARA
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Patent number: 10974338Abstract: In thin sheet welding, when a heat input amount relative to a sheet thickness is too large, a welding defect such as a deviation from aim due to occurrence of a strain or burn through may easily occur. When a welding current is decreased to reduce the heat input amount, there is an issue in which an arc tends to become unstable. In arc welding in which short-circuit and arcing are repeated, first heat input period (Th) and second heat input period (Tc) having a heat input amount less than that of first heat input period (Th) are periodically repeated and a welding current during an arc period in second heat input period (Tc) is decreased to extinguish the arc. This reduces the heat input amount into a welding object and suppresses burn through or a strain upon welding, while making the arc stable.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuya Furuyama, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Junji Fujiwara, Masaru Kowa, Kaito Matsui
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Patent number: 10919100Abstract: In thin sheet welding, when a heat input amount relative to a sheet thickness is too large, a welding defect such as a deviation from aim due to occurrence of a strain or burn through may easily occur. When a welding current is decreased to reduce the heat input amount, there is an issue in which an arc tends to become unstable. In arc welding that repeats short-circuit and arcing, first heat input period (Th) and second heat input period (Tc) having a heat input amount less than that of first heat input period (Th) are periodically repeated. This reduces the heat input amount into a welding object and suppresses burn through and a strain upon welding while making the arc stable.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Furuyama, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Junji Fujiwara, Masaru Kowa, Kaito Matsui
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Publication number: 20210031290Abstract: A pulse welding period includes a first peak period for supplying a first peak current to a welding wire, a first base period for supplying a base current smaller than the first peak current to the welding wire, a second peak period for supplying a second peak current to the welding wire after alternately repeating the first peak period and the first base period (n?1) times (n is an integer equal to or larger than 2), and a second base period for supplying the base current to the welding wire. The second peak current is larger than the first peak current, and droplets are transferred from the welding wire during the second peak period or the second base period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Noriyuki MATSUOKA, Masaru KOWA, Junji FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20200406385Abstract: A base material is welded by a first welding method in a case where a welding parameter related to heat input to the base material is less than a first threshold value. The base material is welded by a second welding method in a case where the welding parameter is less than a second threshold value and is more than the first threshold value. The base material is welded by a third welding method in a case where the welding parameter is more than the second threshold value. By adjusting welding conditions regardless of the thickness of the base material, a welding method suitable for the thickness of the base material is determined to provide a welding with little spatter and no meltdown of the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Atsuhiro KAWAMOTO, Kaito MATSUI, Masaru KOWA, Takahiro NOGUCHI, Masashi FUJIWARA
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Patent number: 10807180Abstract: A base material is welded by a first welding method in a case where a welding parameter related to heat input to the base material is less than a first threshold value. The base material is welded by a second welding method in a case where the welding parameter is less than a second threshold value and is more than the first threshold value. The base material is welded by a third welding method in a case where the welding parameter is more than the second threshold value. By adjusting welding conditions regardless of the thickness of the base material, a welding method suitable for the thickness of the base material is determined to provide a welding with little spatter and no meltdown of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLETUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Kaito Matsui, Masaru Kowa, Takahiro Noguchi, Masashi Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20200316703Abstract: A plurality of scaly beads is formed and arranged continuously on a base material in welding cycle C that is a sum of arc ON period A during which welding current I flows to a welding wire and arc OFF period B during which welding current I does not flow to the welding wire. This arc welding control method includes: an initial condition setting step of setting initial values of welding conditions for arc-welding the base material; and a scaly bead formation step of forming the plurality of scaly beads in a predetermined welding section of the base material while moving the welding wire at welding speed Vw in the predetermined welding section of the base material. The welding conditions include arc ON period A and arc OFF period B, and further include at least one of welding current I, welding speed Vw, and interval G of the beads.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, MASARU KOWA, TAKAMICHI KOMATSU, KIMIYA SATO
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Patent number: 10537953Abstract: In control applying a gradient to a command voltage value during an arc period, although stable welding can be performed even in a case where a protrusion length of a welding wire becomes long, when the disturbance such as sudden change in the protrusion length is generated, a current waveform of the arc period is undershot, the short circuit period is disturbed, and it took time to return to the stable state, and the amount of sputter generation is also increased. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a change in current such as undershoot or the like when the disturbance is generated, stabilize short circuit cycle, perform welding with a strong resistance to disturbance and a small amount of sputter generation by changing an inductance value a plurality of times during the arc period.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaito Matsui, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Takahiro Noguchi, Masaru Kowa
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Patent number: 10537955Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling arc welding where an arc is generated between a welding wire as a consumable electrode and an object to be welded. The method includes: keeping a wire feed speed at a predetermined constant speed in a steady-state welding period; and at a time point when welding termination is ordered, either switching the wire feed speed from the predetermined constant speed to a wire feed speed at which the welding wire is fed in alternating forward and backward directions, or decreasing the wire feed speed from the predetermined constant speed with time, and then switching the wire feed speed to the wire feed speed at which the welding wire is fed in alternating forward and backward directions at a time point when a predetermined time period has passed since when welding termination was ordered.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Fujiwara, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Masaru Kowa
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Patent number: 10518348Abstract: In arc welding, determining a current value to be high in an early stage of the arc period is effective in reducing spatters caused by feeble short circuit in the arc period. In that case, to sharply decrease the voltage that has increased with increase in current, an inductance value of a reactor has to be kept small. However, a small inductance value causes a problem—weakness against disturbance. The present invention provides an arc welding control method that performs arc welding while repeating the short-circuit period and the arc period. According to the method, changing an inductance value relating to welding output in the arc period offers stable arc welding with fewer spatters and insusceptibility to disturbance.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki Matsuoka, Yukinori Hirota, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Junji Fujiwara, Masaru Kowa, Akira Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20190275603Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling arc welding where an arc is generated between a welding wire as a consumable electrode and an object to be welded. The method includes: keeping a wire feed speed at a predetermined constant speed in a steady-state welding period; and at a time point when welding termination is ordered, either switching the wire feed speed from the predetermined constant speed to a wire feed speed at which the welding wire is fed in alternating forward and backward directions, or decreasing the wire feed speed from the predetermined constant speed with time, and then switching the wire feed speed to the wire feed speed at which the welding wire is fed in alternating forward and backward directions at a time point when a predetermined time period has passed since when welding termination was ordered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Junji FUJIWARA, Atsuhiro KAWAMOTO, Masaru KOWA
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Publication number: 20190084068Abstract: In thin sheet welding, when a heat input amount relative to a sheet thickness is too large, a welding defect such as a deviation from aim due to occurrence of a strain or burn through may easily occur. When a welding current is decreased to reduce the heat input amount, there is an issue in which an arc tends to become unstable. In arc welding in which short-circuit and arcing are repeated, first heat input period (Th) and second heat input period (Tc) having a heat input amount less than that of first heat input period (Th) are periodically repeated and a welding current during an arc period in second heat input period (Tc) is decreased to extinguish the arc. This reduces the heat input amount into a welding object and suppresses burn through or a strain upon welding, while making the arc stable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: YUYA FURUYAMA, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, MASARU KOWA, KAITO MATSUI
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Publication number: 20190070687Abstract: In thin sheet welding, when a heat input amount relative to a sheet thickness is too large, a welding defect such as a deviation from aim due to occurrence of a strain or burn through may easily occur. When a welding current is decreased to reduce the heat input amount, there is an issue in which an arc tends to become unstable. In arc welding that repeats short-circuit and arcing, first heat input period (Th) and second heat input period (Tc) having a heat input amount less than that of first heat input period (Th) are periodically repeated. This reduces the heat input amount into a welding object and suppresses burn through and a strain upon welding while making the arc stable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: YUYA FURUYAMA, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, MASARU KOWA, KAITO MATSUI
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Publication number: 20180207739Abstract: A base material is welded by a first welding method in a case where a welding parameter related to heat input to the base material is less than a first threshold value. The base material is welded by a second welding method in a case where the welding parameter is less than a second threshold value and is more than the first threshold value. The base material is welded by a third welding method in a case where the welding parameter is more than the second threshold value. By adjusting welding conditions regardless of the thickness of the base material, a welding method suitable for the thickness of the base material is determined to provide a welding with little spatter and no meltdown of the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, KAITO MATSUI, MASARU KOWA, TAKAHIRO NOGUCHI, MASASHI FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20170232542Abstract: In control applying a gradient to a command voltage value during an arc period, although stable welding can be performed even in a case where a protrusion length of a welding wire becomes long, when the disturbance such as sudden change in the protrusion length is generated, a current waveform of the arc period is undershot, the short circuit period is disturbed, and it took time to return to the stable state, and the amount of sputter generation is also increased. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a change in current such as undershoot or the like when the disturbance is generated, stabilize short circuit cycle, perform welding with a strong resistance to disturbance and a small amount of sputter generation by changing an inductance value a plurality of times during the arc period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: KAITO MATSUI, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, TAKAHIRO NOGUCHI, MASARU KOWA
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Patent number: 9701022Abstract: In sensor-less collision detection of a robot, a conventional method for displaying abnormality of the robot makes an abnormality display of “collision detected” when a collision is erroneously detected, and does not clarify the situations under which the collision has been erroneously detected. In a method for displaying abnormality of a robot, when a collision of the robot is detected and the collision detection is displayed, at least one abnormality display is selected from a plurality of abnormality detection items different from collision detection. This can offer information useful for the user to understand the situations at occurrence of the erroneous collision detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakata, Atsumi Hashimoto, Masaru Kowa, Yasuyoshi Honuchi