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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen Theodore Eickhoff, Hanover, NH (US);
Peter J. Twarog, W. Lebanon, NH (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Theodore Eickhoff, Hanover, NH (US);
Peter J. Twarog, W. Lebanon, NH (US);
Assignee:
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover,, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The technology features an apparatus and a method for sensing the length of a lead that connects to a power source to a thermal processing system such as a plasma torch system. Components disposed in the thermal processing system enable the length of the lead to be sensed. In addition, the time for contact starting a thermal processing system enables determination of the length of the lead.