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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2021
Iht Automation Gmbh & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, DE;
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Giuseppe Romanelli, Buehl, DE;
Marcel Biskaborn, Oberkirch, DE;
Christopher Reed Martin, Hollidaysburg, PA (US);
IHT Automation GmbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, DE;
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring a flame cutting process includes a preheating phase, a piercing phase following the preheating phase and a cutting phase following the piercing phase, wherein a cutting torch applies a flame generated by combustion of a gas mixture to an electrically conductive workpiece and wherein an electric current flowing between an electrically conductive part of the cutting torch and the workpiece is measured by a current measuring device during a measuring period. An ignition point at which piercing of a hole through the workpiece using the flame starts due to oxidation of the workpiece is detected by a change in the measured current.