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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

May. 11, 2022
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Steven Blair Massey, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);

James Lee Uecker, Appleton, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B23K 9/067 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/125 (2013.01); B23K 9/067 (2013.01); B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example welding system includes: a welding power supply configured to convert input power to welding power; a wire feeder configured to feed welding wire to a welding torch; and control circuitry configured to: in response to an initiation of a welding process, control the wire feeder to feed the welding wire at a first rate while controlling the welding power supply to output the welding power to initiate a welding arc; in response to initiation of the welding arc, control the wire feeder to increase a feed rate of the wire feeder from the first rate to a second rate; and in response to determining that a temperature profile of a heated portion of the welding wire has stabilized, control the wire feeder to change the feed rate of the wire feeder from the second rate to a target wire feed speed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Massey, Jr., Steven. (2026). Systems and methods to start a welding process (U.S. Patent No. 12766625). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12766625

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