Arc start adjustment device, welding system and arc start adjustment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11292072-B2
Application number	US-201816172177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2018
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

An arc start adjustment device adjusting an arc start procedure in a welding process comprises an obtainment unit that obtains welding data indicating a welding state during or after a welding process, and a procedure adjustment unit that adjusts the arc start procedure such that the cycle time of the welding process is shortened based on welding data obtained by the obtainment unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arc start adjustment device adjusting an arc start procedure in a welding process comprising:
one or more processors;
a storage storing instructions for causing the one or more processors to:
obtain welding data from a welding power source, an imaging device or a microphone during or after the welding process, the welding data including data indicating at least one of welding current and welding voltage detected during the welding process, a feeding speed of a welding wire, a short-circuit situation, a welding sound collected during the welding process and an image of a welding region imaged after the welding process,
determine whether a quality of welding is positive or negative based on the welding data, and
adjust the arc start procedure such that a cycle time of the welding process is shortened if the quality of welding is positive, and the cycle time of the welding process is extended if the quality of welding is negative.

2. The arc start adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions to adjust the arc start procedure comprise instructions to fix the arc start procedure at a previous arc start procedure if the quality of welding changes from a positive state to a negative state as a result of shortening the cycle time of the welding process, and store a fixed arc start procedure in the storage.

3. The arc start adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage stores a quality determination neural network to output data indicating the quality of welding when the welding data is input; and
the instructions to determine whether the quality of welding is positive or negative comprise instructions to determine that by using the quality determination neural network.

4. The arc start adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the arc start procedure includes at least one of a start timing of slowing down the wire feeding, a wire slow down speed, a start timing of supplying welding current and a welding current value in arc start.

5. A welding system comprising:
the arc start adjustment device according to claim 1 ;
a welding robot with a welding torch; and
a welding power source that supplies welding current to the welding torch.

Assignees

• Daihen Corp

Inventors

• Nakagawa Shinichiro
• Hirota Shugo

Classifications

• B25J9/161

  Hardware, e.g. neural networks, fuzzy logic, interfaces, processor · CPC title

• B23K9/173

  and of a consumable electrode · CPC title

• B23K9/0953 Primary

  using computing means · CPC title

• B25J9/163

  learning, adaptive, model based, rule based expert control · CPC title

• B23K9/0671

  by means of brief contacts between the electrodes · CPC title