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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Alan Edward Stein, Little Chute, WI (US);
Stephen Paul Ferkel, Appleton, WI (US);
Alan Edward Stein, Little Chute, WI (US);
Stephen Paul Ferkel, Appleton, WI (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of welding systems that enable determination of suitable weld settings for a weld part are provided. In one embodiment, a welding system includes a weld part having at least one weld joint to be welded. The welding system also includes a visual acquisition system including an imaging device and being adapted to acquire a visual representation of the weld part and to convert the visual representation into a digital signal representative of the weld part features. The welding system further includes a part recognition system having processing circuitry and memory. The processing circuitry is adapted to receive the digital signal and to compare the digital signal to a database stored in the memory to identify the weld part, weld settings appropriate for welding the weld part, or both.