US 11,883,909 B2
Systems and methods to design part weld processes
Stephen Ivkovich, East Lansing, MI (US); Leland Falde, Jackson, MI (US); Vincent Romano, Pinckney, MI (US); Adam Pliska, Neenah, WI (US); Todd McEllis, Jackson, MI (US); and Ben Buhr, Green Bay, WI (US)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/669,173.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/753,891, filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0130089 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 31/12 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 9/0953 (2013.01) [B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/1062 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); B23K 31/125 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring welding of components of a workpiece with multiple arc welds in a fixture, the system comprising:
one or more weld sensors configured to collect data associated with the multiple arc welds; and
a computing device configured to:
access a weld program;
provide weld instructions defined in the weld program and associated with a sequence of welds for the workpiece, the weld instructions comprising a visual slide having predetermined dimensions and including an image of the workpiece and a visual indication of a first location of a first weld on the workpiece;
based on a first one of the weld instructions in the weld program specifying a first zoom level, display a first portion of the visual slide at the specified first zoom level, the specified first zoom level being obtained by the weld program from a previously designed slide or series of slides, the previously designed slide or series of slides including zoom instructions that include the specified first zoom level;
based on a second one of the weld instructions in the weld program specifying a second zoom level, display a second portion of the visual slide at the specified second zoom level different than the first zoom level, the specified second zoom level being obtained by the weld program from the previously designed slide or series of slides, the previously designed slide or series of slides including zoom instructions that include the specified second zoom level; and
monitor first weld data from the one or more sensors during the first weld to determine a status of the first weld.