Abstract: Provided herein are systems including a wire spool having a core with a core diameter and wire wound around the core and having a wire diameter. An outer diameter of the wire spool is defined by a sum of the core diameter and the wire diameter. The systems may also include a sensing system having a sensor component disposed on the wire spool and/or a wire spool hub. The sensing system is adapted to acquire data corresponding to a parameter indicative of the outer diameter of the wire spool.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2016
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Inventors:
Mark R. Christopher, Brian Lee Ott, Michael P. Vandenberg
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