APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AN ACTIVITY OF A WELD CELL OF A WELDING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: WILLIAM R. GIESE, TODD E. HOLVERSON, KENNETH S. DOBSON, DOUGLAS W. KREBS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 28.06.2013
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; REGULATING; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSPORTING; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

An apparatus for monitoring weld cell (104) of a welding system (100) and related activity is disclosed. The activity is sensed using a variety of sensors (106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116), and reported to the controller (102), or to a remote location. Se describe un método y aparato para monitorear celdas de soldadura y actividad relacionada. La actividad se detecta usando una variedad de sensores, y se reporta al controlador, o a una ubicación remota.