Weaving control method and weaving control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12005528-B2
Application number	US-201916959590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2019
Priority date	Jan 30, 2018
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

A weaving control method in fillet welding. On a surface perpendicular to a welding direction, a position of the welding torch is set such that a weaving reference line passes through a base point on a weld line, and at least five fixed end points are set, and positions of the fixed end points are set such that one or more of the fixed end points are provided on each of both sides across the weaving reference line and a reference end point a being on the weaving reference line and having the shortest distance between a tip and a base metal is provided. The weaving operation is performed such that the welding torch moves between the fixed end points along with a trajectory forming a polygon when viewed from the welding direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A weaving control method for performing welding along a predetermined weld line while swinging a welding torch by a weaving operation in fillet welding of two materials to be welded, wherein:
when the weaving operation is performed,
on a surface perpendicular to a welding direction,
a position of the welding torch is set such that a weaving reference line which is a center line at an initial position of the weaving operation passes through a base point on a weld line, and at least five fixed end points are set,
positions of the fixed end points are set such that one or more of the fixed end points are provided on each of both sides across the weaving reference line and a reference end point a being on the weaving reference line and having the shortest distance between a tip and a base metal is provided; and
the weaving operation is performed such that the welding torch moves between the fixed end points along with a trajectory forming a polygon when viewed from the welding direction,
wherein the number of the fixed end points provided on each of both sides across the weaving reference line is the same, and
wherein:
the total number of the fixed end points is 5; and
when two of the fixed end points provided in the vicinity of the one weaving end are defined as a weaving end point b and a weaving end point c and two of the fixed end points provided in the vicinity of the other weaving end are defined as a weaving end point d and a weaving end point e,
the welding torch repeats an operation of starting from the reference end point a and moving in order of the weaving end point b, the weaving end point c, the weaving end point d, and the weaving end point e.

2. The weaving control method according to claim 1 , wherein the distances between the tip and the base metal at the reference end point a and the weaving end points b to e satisfy the following conditions respectively with respect to a distance between the tip and the base metal set in advance:
reference end point a: 20% to 45%;
weaving end point b: 50% to 80%;
weaving end point c: 100% to 120%;
weaving end point d: 100% to 120%; and
weaving end point e: 80% to 100%.

3. The weaving control method according to claim 2 , wherein:
a moving speed from the reference end point a to the weaving end point b is 250 cm/min to 450 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point b to the weaving end point c is 300 cm/min to 500 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point c to the weaving end point d is 250 cm/min to 450 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point d to the weaving end point e is 350 cm/min to 550 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point e to the reference end point a is 150 cm/min to 350 cm/min; and
a stop time of 200 ms or less is provided at each of the fixed end points.

4. The weaving control method according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of conditions of a welding current, an arc voltage, and a feeding speed is changed at the fixed end points.

5. The weaving control method according to claim 2 , which is a weaving control method in horizontal fillet welding in which one of the two materials to be welded is an upright plate and the other is a lower plate,
wherein the weaving end point b and the weaving end point c are provided on the upright plate side, and the weaving end point d and the weaving end point e are provided on the lower plate side.

6. The weaving control method according to claim 2 , wherein interior angles at the weaving end points b to e in a pentagon formed by the reference end point a, the weaving end point b, the weaving end point c, the weaving end point d, and the weaving end point e satisfy the following conditions respectively:
weaving end point b: 130° to 140°;
weaving end point c: 60° to 90°;
weaving end point d: 60° to 90°; and
weaving end point e: 130° to 140°.

7. The weaving control method according to claim 1 , wherein:
a moving speed from the reference end point a to the weaving end point b is 250 cm/min to 450 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point b to the weaving end point c is 300 cm/min to 500 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point c to the weaving end point d is 250 cm/min to 450 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point d to the weaving end point e is 350 cm/min to 550 cm/min;
a moving speed from the weaving end point e to the reference end point a is 150 cm/min to 350 cm/min; and
a stop time of 200 ms or less is provided at each of the fixed end points.

8. The weaving control method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of conditions of a welding current, an arc voltage, and a feeding speed is changed at the fixed end points.

9. The weaving control method according to claim 8 , wherein
when the condition of the welding current is changed,
ratios (percentages) of welding current values at the reference end point a and the weaving end points b to e to a set current value satisfy the following conditions respectively:
reference end point a: 105% to 110%;
weaving end point b: 90% to 100%;
weaving end point c: 80% to 90%;
weaving end point d: 80% to 90%; and
weaving end point e: 90% to 100%.

10. The weaving control method according to claim 8 , wherein
when the condition of the arc voltage is changed,
ratios (percentages) of arc voltage values at the reference end point a and the weaving end points b to e to a set voltage value satisfy the following conditions respectively:
reference end point a: 105% to 110%;
weaving end point b: 80% to 90%;
weaving end point c: 110% to 120%;
weaving end point d: 110% to 120%; and
weaving end point e: 80% to 90%.

11. The weaving control method according to claim 8 , wherein
when the condition of the feeding speed is changed,
ratios of feeding speed values at the reference end point a and the weaving end points b to e to a set feeding speed value satisfy the following conditions respectively:
reference end point a: 105% to 110%;
weaving end point b: 90% to 100%;
weaving end point c: 80% to 90%;
weaving end point d: 80% to 90%; and
weaving end point e: 90% to 100%.

12. The weaving control method according to claim 1 , which is a weaving control method in horizontal fillet welding in which one of the two materials to be welded is an upright plate and the other is a lower plate,
wherein the weaving end point b and the weaving end point c are provided on the upright plate side, and the weaving end point d and the weaving end point e are provided on the lower plate side.

13. The weaving control method according to claim 12 , wherein:
a trajectory of the welding torch in welding by weaving is a trajectory in which the welding torch is moved forward in the welding direction to the one weaving end, and when the welding torch reaches the one weaving end, the welding torch is moved backward in the welding direction to the other weaving end, and this weaving operation is repeated between the two materials to be welded;
when the welding torch is moved forward in the welding direction to the one weaving end, a forward movement angle β, which is an angle formed between the trajectory of the welding torch and a direction opposite to the welding direction, is 185° or more and 250° or less;
when the welding torch is moved backward in the welding direction to the other weaving end, a backward movement angle α, which is an angle formed between the trajectory of the welding torch and a direction opposite to the welding direction, is 5° or more and 85° or less; and
the backward movement angle α and the forward movement angle β satisfy the following relationship: α>(β−180)

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• JO Baini
• Fukunaga Atsushi
• Ogawa Akira

Classifications

• B23K37/0294

  Transport carriages or vehicles · CPC title

• B23K37/0282

  Carriages forming part of a welding unit · CPC title

• B23K37/0247

  Driving means · CPC title

• B23K9/125

  Feeding of electrodes (for stabilising arc B23K9/073) · CPC title

• B23K9/12

  Automatic feeding or moving of electrodes or work for spot or seam welding or cutting · CPC title