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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Craig Steven Knoener, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B21C 47/34 (2006.01); B23K 9/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/125 (2013.01); B21C 47/345 (2013.01); B23K 9/1333 (2013.01); B23K 9/1336 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for controlling multiple wire feed motors for use in a welding-type system including a push motor controlled to operate at a target wire feed speed and a pull motor disposed in a welding torch controlled to apply a target torque to the fed welding wire. Such a system eliminates shaving and bird nesting of welding wire.