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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Inventor:
Justin Gullotta, Brownsville, VT (US);
Assignee:
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01); H05H 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/006 (2013.01); H05H 1/34 (2013.01); H05H 2001/3494 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some aspects, methods for operating a plasma cutting system can include initiating an arc between a set of consumable components disposed in a torch of the plasma cutting system, the set of consumable components including a first consumable component and a second consumable component, detecting an operational characteristic of the arc, and analyzing the operational characteristic to identify at least one consumable component of the set of consumable components.