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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
System and method for controlling and coordinating welding-type processes and gouging-type processes
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, WI (US);
Joseph E. Feldhausen, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. Rappold, Appleton, WI (US);
Gary A. Thyssen, Appleton, WI (US);
Craig S. Knoener, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher D. McInnis, Little Chute, WI (US);
Brian A. Schwartz, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael W. Hogan, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey P. Lenz, Appleton, WI (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A multi-operational welding-type system including a user interface supported by a support structure and including a first user interface device moveable between a welding position, a gouging position, and an off position, and a second user interface device configured to alter operation parameters of the multi-operational welding-type system. A controller is supported by the support structure and monitors the position of the first user interface device and utilizes the operational parameters supplied via the second user interface device. The multi-operational welding-type system may perform only one of a gouging-type process and a welding-type process at a given time depending on the position of the first user interface device.