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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Vinzenz Jank, Linz, AT;
Manfred Rührnössl, Linz, AT;
Rupert Frauenschuh, Sipbachzell, AT;
Helmut Friedl, Sipbachzell, AT;
Fronius Schweissmaschinen Produktion GmbH & Co., KG, Pettenbach, AT;
Abstract
The invention describes a method of controlling a welding unit ( ) and a current source ( ), in which various welding parameters, such as a welding current, a welding wire diameter, a welding method etc., for example, can be set by a user from an input and/or output device ( ). The set welding parameters are applied to a control device ( ). The welding unit ( ) and the current source ( ) are then activated by the control device ( ) in accordance with the predetermined welding parameters. Prior to, during and/or after start-up of the welding process, the user can set a surface area or a cross section of a weld seam, in particular a fillet weld, from the input and/or output device ( ), after which the control device ( ) scans and/or retrieves and displays desired values for additional parameters needed to form the weld seam and/or for the welding procedure, stored in a memory device in particular.