The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling a vertical 
welding process of applying a 
synchronizing pulse compound 
magnetic field. The method and device are used for mainly solving the technical problems of low degree of 
automation of the present vertical 
welding, difficulty in seam tracking, and the like. The device comprises a vertical 
welding arc tracking sensor, a welding source, a wire feeder, a Hall sensor, a 
tracking system controller, an executing mechanism, a 
current voltage detecting module, a synchronous thrust 
pulse generator and a power 
amplifier circuit, wherein the vertical welding arc tracking sensor comprises a welding gun, a horizontal 
magnetic field generating device and a thrust 
magnetic field generating device; the horizontal magnetic field generating device is used for generating an alternating magnetic field and causing an 
electric arc to laterally oscillate and scan the 
welding joint, thereby acquiring 
welding joint information and performing 
welding joint tracking; a thrust magnetic field generated by the thrust magnetic field generating device is used for causing the 
electric arc and molten drop to be affected by a suitable upward thrust, so that the gravity suffered by the molten drop and a melting 
pool during the vertical 
welding process is counteracted, the welding joint tracking of the vertical welding is realized and the welding efficiency of the vertical welding is increased under the condition of ensuring the welding joint quality of the vertical welding.