2938results about "Workpiece edge portions" patented technology

A method and system for monitoring and characterizing the creation of a manual weld is disclosed. The system generally includes a welding gun having a target, an imaging system, a processor, and a display. During the creation of a manual weld, the imaging system captures a plurality of images of the target. The processor analyzes the plurality of images of the target to calculate a plurality of position and orientation characteristics associated with the manipulation of the welding gun during the welding process. The display illustrates at least one of the plurality of position and orientation characteristics to provide feedback regarding the creation of the weld. In one embodiment, the disclosed method and system may be utilized as a tool for training welders.

A mock welding unicoupon for a virtual welding system includes a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface perpendicular to the first exterior surface. The first exterior surface and the second exterior surface together provide a plurality of grooves configured for simulation of a plurality of different types groove welds on the mock welding unicoupon. A curved exterior surface is configured for simulation of a pipe fillet weld on the mock welding unicoupon. A magnet source is configured to generate a magnetic field around the mock welding unicoupon for tracking movements of a mock welding tool with respect to the mock welding unicoupon.

A welding-type system is designed for wireless control and for inventory monitoring of welding consumables. The welding-type system includes a power source to produce a welding-type power, wherein the power source is operable in a plurality of operating modes. The welding-type system also includes a controller configured to set a plurality of operating parameters within the power source, at least one wireless monitoring device coupled to the controller, and at least one welding-type consumable associated with a wireless transmitter. The wireless transmitter is configured to emit low frequency magnetic signals having consumable data encoded therein that is indicative of the at least one welding-type consumable. The wireless monitoring device is arranged to communicate with the wireless transmitter by receiving and transmitting the low frequency magnetic signals, with the low frequency magnetic signals being transmitted at a frequency of approximately 131 kHz.

A process for room temperature substrate bonding employs a first substrate substantially transparent to a laser wavelength is selected. A second substrate for mating at an interface with the first substrate is then selected. A transmissivity change at the interface is created and the first and second substrates are mated at the interface. The first substrate is then irradiated with a laser of the transparency wavelength substantially focused at the interface and a localized high temperature at the interface from energy supplied by the laser is created. The first and second substrates immediately adjacent the interface are softened with diffusion across the interface to fuse the substrates.

A system and method for determining weld travel speed. In one example, a welding system includes one or more sensors configured to provide a first indication correspond to a welding arc at a first time and to provide a second indication correspond to the welding arc at a second time. The welding system also includes processing circuitry configured to receive the first indication, to receive the second indication, and to determine a weld travel speed based on a weld length of the workpiece and a difference between the first and second times.

A precision self-locking connection mechanism and method for connecting two parts or elements to one another and a precision self-locking connection mechanism and method in combination with a further connection mechanism for connecting two parts or elements together.

The invention relates to a welding method of a girth weld of an inner cladding thin-walled stainless steel composite tube. The welding method comprises the following steps: girth welds of the inner cladding stainless steel composite tube are respectively and gradually welded by three welding seams, an inner cladding layer welding seam and a transition layer welding seam are welded by argon tungsten-arc welding, the stainless steel inner cladding layer welding seam adopts welding wires with the same quality thereof, the transition layer welding seam adopts ER309 welding wires, and the base layer is welded by shielded metal arc welding or CO2 gas shielded welding and adopts a welding material matched with the strength of the base layer; and the inner cladding layer, the transition layer and the first layer of the base layer are welded under back argon gas protection. The welding method guarantees corrosion resistance of a joint of the inner cladding layer and mechanical property of a welding joint of the base layer; and the method plays an important role in promoting wide application of the inner cladding stainless steel composite tube in businesses such as oil-gas delivery, chemical industry, oil refining and the like, improving corrosion resistance of an inner wall of a pipe, and solving the problems of high cost and the like caused by adopting a full wall-thickness stainless steel pipe.

The invention discloses a method for large-calibre aluminium-alloy pipeline no-liner tungsten electrode argon arc one-side welding both-side formation, comprising the following steps of: assembling of groove angle and clearance, grinding of tungsten electrode, cleaning before welding, adjusting welding process parameters, tack welding, and welding of a bottom coating, a filling layer and a covering layer. The pipe is horizontally fixed and the position is marked by hour; the welding sequence is left half-ring and right half-ring; each half-ring comprises overhead welding, vertical position welding and downhand welding; the welding is started at a position where L is equal to 5-10mm close to six of the overhead welding; the vertical position welding is then carried out; finally, the front half-ring is ended at 12 of the downhand welding; before the rear half-ring starts welding, the connection is grinded as a slope; the welding seam formed by the connection and the front half-ring welding position is overlapped by 3-5mm; the welding of the rear half-ring is started from 6 of the overhead welding and ended at 12 of the downhand welding through the vertical position welding; the welding is carried out by a continuous feeding method. The surface of the welding seam of the method has no pores or cracks, is completely welded and beautiful, and has good internal and external forming; by the non-destructive testing, the first-time qualification rate achieves 100%, the welding seam achieves the class-1 quality, the construction procedures are reduced, and the construction cost is reduced.

This invention relates to a welding carriage operable to drive across a surface of a work piece having a joint to be welded. The welding carriage comprises a number of wheels, where each wheel is pivotal around an axle and where each wheel is a magnetic wheel; the welding carriage further comprises means for supporting a welding device wherein at least one of the wheels can be flexed inwardly or outwardly so that the welding carriage can travel over curved surfaces. The welding carriage can travel over magnetizable surfaces having any direction, e.g. orientation in space. The welding carriage can carry a laser sensor arrangement arranged to detect the position as well as the direction of a joint to be welded, so that the welding carriage is applicable for performing fully automated welding.

If a short circuit does not occur during deceleration of a wire feed speed in forward feed of a welding wire before the wire feed speed reaches a predetermined wire feed speed, a cyclic change is stopped and the wire feed speed is constantly controlled at the first feed speed. If a short circuit occurs during forward feed at the first feed speed, deceleration from the first feed speed starts, and the cyclic change is resumed for welding. This achieves uniform weld bead without increasing spatters even if any external disturbance such as change of distance between a tip and base material occurs.

A formed part having a multiple-plate structure of zonal design includes a base plate and a plurality of reinforcing plates fastened to the base plate. The multiple-plate structure is configured so that its strength is largely adapted to the load profile to be applied to the formed part and so that its cost of production is reduced. To this end, the thicknesses of the reinforcing plates vary as a function of the load structure to be applied to the formed part and the reinforcing plates engage each other in a positive locking manner so that the abutting edges are provided essentially with regularly arranged projections which are in mutual engagement.

The invention relates to a double side dual-arc welding method. It includes the following steps that the work-piece connection part waited for welding is made both sides welding groove; the both sides welding groove and its both sides surface is ground and cleaned out before the welding; the two independent electric arcs elicited by two welding guns of the two welding machines are conducted both sides dual-arc symmetry bottoming welding respectively at the both sides welding groove; after the bottoming welding, the two independent electric arcs are conducted both sides dual-arc filling welding respectively at the both sides welding groove. The invention avoids the carbon arc-air gouging back gouging process, simplifies the welding process, so that the automation welding can be realized. It avails to practice gas shielded welding, ensure the welding quality, reduce the welding deformation, and decrease joint stress. The method can apply to important metal structural parts welding.

A combined welding method with a filler wire using both a YAG laser and an electric arc, and a combined welding device with a filler wire using both a YAG laser and an electric arc, a welding in which a welding gap margin is broad, height and shape of reinforcement of weld, and penetration depth are preferable, can be effectively performed by the method or the device. The welding is performed by directing a laser focus 8 of a YAG laser 9 on base materials 31 and 32 for welding or the vicinity of the focus 8 by a filler wire 20, connecting a power source 22 for applying a voltage to the filler wire between the filler wire 20 and the base materials for welding, irradiating a YAG laser on the base materials for welding in the connecting condition, whereby an arc is induced to the filler wire by a plume (plasma-activated gas and the metal vapor), and holding the plume generated by YAG laser inside and outside of a keyhole.

A method of joining metal components having the steps of depositing adhesive material between the components and welding the components together via solid-state or fusion welding. The welds are spaced apart from the adhesive material and are produced so as to prevent exposure of the adhesive material to the welding. The two types of bonds (adhesive and welding) are produced in the components separated by time and space.