US 12,251,770 B2
Control device, control system, welding system, control method, method for manufacturing joined body, and storage medium
Hiromasa Takahashi, Minato (JP); Masahiro Saito, Yokohama (JP); and Yasunori Chiba, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/915,304.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-096812 (JP), filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379689 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B23K 11/25 (2006.01); B23K 11/11 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 11/25 (2013.01) [B23K 11/11 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/4427 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2672 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A control system, comprising:
a detector transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a weld zone formed by resistance spot welding and detecting a reflected wave, a plurality of members joined at the weld zone, the reflected wave including a plurality of peaks of intensities based on surfaces of the plurality of members;
a processing device receiving a detection result of the reflected wave, determining whether or not a peak of the plurality of peaks based on a surface where the plurality of members are joined is present, and calculating a diameter of the weld zone based on a result of the determining; and
a control device controlling a welding device performing resistance spot welding,
the control device receiving the diameter,
in a case where the diameter is within a first range, the control device modifies a setting value for a next resistance spot welding and causes the welding device to perform the next resistance spot welding, the first range being not more than a first threshold and not less than a second threshold, and
in a case where the diameter is within a second range, the control device does not cause the welding device to perform the next resistance spot welding, the second range being not more than the second threshold.