US 12,304,015 B2
Systems and methods to provide visual assistance for selection of welding parameters
Andrew Pfaller, Hilbert, WI (US); and Scott Rozmarynowski, Greenville, WI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,425.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,658, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126389 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 9/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/09 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 9/1087 (2013.01) [B23K 9/091 (2013.01); B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); B23K 9/1062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding-type system, comprising:
power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type power;
an interface configured to:
receive a selection of a parameter from a plurality of parameters; and
receive a selection of a value for the selected parameter; and
control circuitry configured to:
in response to the selection of the parameter from the plurality of parameters, control the interface to output a visual indication of an effect of changing the parameter on at least one of a shape of a tungsten welding electrode, a degradation of a tungsten welding electrode, a shape of a filler wire, a degradation of a filler wire condition, a shape of a stick electrode, a degradation of a stick electrode, a quantity of discontinuities in the weld, a magnitude of a discontinuity in the weld, or a quantity of inclusions in the weld;
in response to a change in the value of the selected parameter via the interface, control the interface to change the visual indication of the effect based on the change in the value; and
control the power conversion circuitry based on the value of the selected parameter.