US 12,403,541 B2
Portable advanced process module
Nathan G. Leiteritz, Greenville, WI (US); and Joseph C. Schneider, Menasha, WI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,527.
Application 17/981,527 is a continuation of application No. 15/238,971, filed on Aug. 17, 2016, granted, now 11,491,573.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/206,103, filed on Aug. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311229 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B23K 9/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/028 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B23K 9/133 (2006.01); B23K 9/173 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/06 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 9/1006 (2013.01) [B23K 9/0282 (2013.01); B23K 9/1087 (2013.01); B23K 9/124 (2013.01); B23K 9/133 (2013.01); B23K 9/173 (2013.01); B23K 37/00 (2013.01); B23K 37/02 (2013.01); B23K 2101/06 (2018.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding system, comprising:
a power supply;
a portable advanced process module that includes power electronics and that is coupled to the power supply, wherein the power electronics are configured to:
manipulate first current or voltage from an output from the power supply to generate a second current or voltage different from the first current or voltage, the second current or voltage corresponding to advance welding waveform processes; and
deliver the second current or voltage to a feeder coupled to the portable advanced process module to perform a weld process employing the second current or voltage via a welding torch coupled to the feeder,
wherein the portable advanced process module or the feeder are configured to be remote from the power supply, wherein the feeder is enclosed in a first housing, wherein the portable advanced process module is enclosed in a second housing, and wherein the first housing is separate from the second housing.