US 11,961,417 B2
Systems and methods to provide weld training
Bruce Patrick Albrecht, Neenah, WI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,572.
Application 17/165,572 is a continuation of application No. 15/400,509, filed on Jan. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,909,872, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/276,290, filed on Jan. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0158718 A1, May 27, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09B 19/24 (2006.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 9/00 (2013.01) [G09B 19/24 (2013.01); B23K 9/0953 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A weld training device, comprising:
a display device;
an input device;
a processor; and
a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to demonstrate to a user an effect of a combination of welding-related variables by:
enabling the user to design a weld procedure using the input device by selecting weld parameters including weld current and weld voltage;
enabling the user to select a welding power supply model; simulating a welding operation on a simulated workpiece based on the selection of the welding power supply model, using the selected weld parameters in a welding model and a simulated physical welding environment to determine a modeled result of the welding operation
displaying the modeled result of the weld on the display device using at least one of an image of a surface of a weld bead or a cross-section of the weld bead and the simulated workpiece; and
displaying information about an anomaly present in the weld determined based on the simulation, the information about the anomaly comprising at least one of a cause of the anomaly, a suggested change in one or more of the welding-related variables to avoid the anomaly, or a location of the anomaly in the image of the weld bead or in the cross-section of the weld bead.