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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2021
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Alan Edward Stein, Little Chute, WI (US);
Stephen Paul Ferkel, Appleton, WI (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An example welding system includes: a visual acquisition system comprising an imaging device and configured to acquire a visual representation of a weld part and to convert the visual representation into data representative of weld part features; and a part recognition component comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive the digital data; identify one or more features of the weld part in response to receipt of the digital signal; compare the digital signal to stored data of a plurality of weld parts stored in a weld part database to match one or more identified features to a known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database; identify weld settings stored in a weld parameter database associated with the matching known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database; and send the weld settings to a welding power supply.