Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Jason Bonnell

Adam Kirk Pliska

Tret West

Todd Earl Holverson

Nathan Gerald Leiteritz

Stephen P Ivkovich

Michael Anthony Gill

Nathan John Lamers

Caleb Robert Krisher

Leland D Falde

Knut Norman Froland

Gregory David Popp

Praveen Dandu

Ryan Jerome Lindeman

Some examples relate to a welding-type monitoring system configured to track parts, production, and/or operations within a welding-type production cell. In some examples, the monitoring system comprises a computing system, one or more tags attached to one or more first items, and/or one or more tag readers attached to one or more second items. In some examples, the one or more tags store data relating to the first items, and the one or more tag readers are configured to read the data using a close proximity communication protocol when in range of the one or more tags. After the tag reader reads the data from the tag, the computing system may determine whether one or more workflow events are associated with the data. If so, the computing system may execute an event script corresponding to the workflow event.

Automated monitoring systems for welding-type production cells

An metal fabrication resource performance monitoring method includes: acquiring data representative of arc on time and wire deposition quantity associated with metal fabrication operations of a plurality of metal fabrication resources; via at least one computer processor, analyzing a first subset of the acquired data and a second subset of the acquired data for the plurality of metal fabrication resources; via the at least one computer processor, populating a user viewable page with graphical indicia representative of at least the arc on time and the wire deposition quantity, the user viewable page facilitating a visual comparison of the analysis of the first subset of the acquired data and the analysis of the second subset of the acquired data; and transmitting the user viewable page to a user viewable display.

Welding system parameter comparison system and method

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