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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Mark Steven Kadlec, Shiocton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/16 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 10/00 (2006.01); B23K 10/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/16 (2013.01); B23K 9/095 (2013.01); B23K 9/326 (2013.01); B23K 10/00 (2013.01); B23K 10/02 (2013.01); B23K 26/14 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 26/702 (2015.10);
Abstract
A welding power system including a controller with (a) a data input device via which a an operator can input parameters relating to a volume of an interior of one more pieces to be welded and (b) that calculates and outputs a purge time, the purge time being a time period needed to replace an atmosphere within the volume with a purge gas at a predetermined flow rate of the purge gas.