RESISTANCE WELDING METHOD, RESISTANCE-WELDED MEMBER, RESISTANCE WELDER AND CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR RESISTANCE WELDER, AND RESISTANCE WELDING EVALUATION METHOD AND EVALUATION PROGRAM

• Main Authors: TESHIMA HIDEKI, ISHII YASUHIRO, KONISHI TOKUJIRO, TOMINAGA NAOTOSHI, MURASE MORIMASA, TAKAO HISAAKI, ONDA TAKAHIRO, KITAYAMA TSUNAJI, WATANABE GORO, SHIBATA YOSHINORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.12.2013
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A resistance welding method according to the invention includes: a melting start time specification process for specifying a melting start time, which is a time at which at least a part of a welding portion of a welding subject starts to melt while being subjected to Joule heating by a power input from an electrode pressed against the welding subject, by detecting a variation in an ultrasonic wave emitted toward the welding portion; a first power amount calculation process for calculating a first power amount, which is an integrated value of the power input into the welding subject via the electrode from the melting start time; a first determination process for determining whether or not the first power amount has reached a first set value; and a heating process for performing the Joule heating from the melting start time until the first power amount reaches the first set value.