1206 results about "Plasma cutting" patented technology

A single phase power supply module for electric arc welders and plasma arc cutters comprising: a single phase input stage; positive and negative output terminals; a full wave rectifier connected to the input stage for rectifying the single phase voltage at the input stage; a buck converter type power factor correcting circuit for controlling current flow from the input stage to the rectifier, which buck converter has an output capacitor regulated to an intermediate voltage in the range of 100-150 volts; and, a high speed DC to DC converter having an internal transformer coupling applying voltage across the output terminals and means for regulating the applied voltage to an output voltage in the range of 0-113 volts. The module is universal and several can be connected in parallel, in series or to switch networks to construct several welders or cutters.

A welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction system to train a welding operator. The system includes a display configured to show a prerecorded video selected from multiple prerecorded videos. The prerecorded videos correspond to a welding application, a plasma cutting application, a heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

An auxiliary welding heating system includes an induction heating coil disposed adjacent to a welding torch or plasma cutter. The auxiliary welding heating system further includes an induction power supply configured to generate an alternating current and a step-down transformer coupled to the induction power supply. The induction heating coil is coupled to the step-down transformer and is configured to receive the alternating current and induce eddy currents in a welding work piece to heat the welding work piece before an advancing welding arc or plasma cut to a homologous temperature of at least approximately 0.5.

A system and method is described for updating firmware in a welding or plasma cutting system. A removable memory device containing updated firmware code and a set of execution instructions is interfaced with one or more component boards. The execution instructions are executed on a processor of the welding or plasma cutting system to load the updated firmware code stored on the removable memory device into memory of the welding or plasma cutting system via an interface, generally overwriting the old firmware code.

In a thermal cutting machine such as plasma cutting machine or a laser cutting machine, control of the moving speed of a cutting head (24) is improved so as to increase throughput of the cutting machine with increase in cost restricted. Products are cut out one by one from a plate member (14) while a cutting head (24) is moved relative to the plate member (14) on a table (12). In this process, when the cutting head (24) is fast-forwarded without performing cutting to a position at which cutting of each product starts, the speed of movement in the direction (Y-axis direction) along a short side of the table (12) is controlled at a speed higher than that of the movement in the direction (X-axis direction) along a long side of the table. The pattern of a sequence of cutting out the products from the plate member (14) is a meandering pattern in which reciprocation in the Y-axis direction dominates and the movement in the X-direction is one time one way. Exhaust chambers are arranged in the X-axis direction in the table (12), and the exhaust chambers are driven as the cutting head (24) moves in the X-axis direction.

In order to increase the flow rate of coolant liquid supplied to the nozzle (88) of a plasma torch (10) and to extend the life of the plasma torch (10), within the plasma torch (10), an electrode coolant liquid passage (60, 84, 85, 86, and 64 which supplies coolant liquid to an electrode (80), and a nozzle coolant liquid passage (56, 70, 92, 72 and 68) which supplies coolant liquid to the nozzle (88), are provided separately as independent coolant liquid passages which extend in parallel, and which are mutually electrically insulated from one another. Moreover, the flow rate of coolant liquid in the nozzle coolant liquid passage is greater than the flow rate of coolant liquid in the electrode coolant liquid passage.

A plasma torch system and method is provided, in which the system utilizes a number of pressure sensors throughout the system and the torch to detect the flow/pressure of shield and plasma gas during operation. The detected pressures are used by the system to dynamically control the system pressures to optimize the cutting operation.

The present invention provides a method for plasma dicing a substrate. The method comprising: providing a process chamber having a wall; providing a plasma source adjacent to the wall of the process chamber; providing a work piece support within the process chamber; placing the substrate on a carrier support to form a work piece; providing an intermediate ring interposed between the substrate and the frame; loading the work piece onto the work piece support; generating a plasma through the plasma source; and etching the work piece through the generated plasma.

A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a monitor and/or control configured to determine a temperature of a component of the torch power unit based on the one or more inputs without a direct temperature measurement of the component. A method of operation is provided that includes receiving one or more inputs associated with a device, and estimating a temperature of the device based on the one or inputs without directly measuring temperature of the device. A tangible machine-readable medium is provided that includes code for determining a thermal capacity of the device, code for determining a thermal resistance of the device, and code for determining a temperature of the device based on thermal capacity and the thermal resistance method.

The invention discloses a spinning machining method for an aluminium alloy thin-walled revolution body. The spinning machining method comprises the following steps: producing an aluminium alloy spun blank with required dimensions, and carrying out annealing treatment on the aluminium alloy spun blank; carrying out shearing spinning on the aluminium alloy spun blank to obtain a primary conical barrel; carrying out annealing treatment on the primary conical barrel, and cutting a process allowance at a large end to form a secondary conical barrel; carrying out common spinning on the secondary conical barrel on a spinning machine to obtain a pre-spun aluminium alloy thin-walled revolution body; and carrying out annealing treatment and surface polishing treatment on the pre-spun blank, and then cutting process allowances at the two ends of a spun part by using a plasma cutting machine, so as to obtain the aluminium alloy thin-walled revolution body meeting process requirements. According to the invention, the aluminium alloy thin-walled revolution body is machined by virtue of the technologies of shearing spinning and common spinning; the dimension and structural performance requirements of a bullet shell are met; a machining method and a stamping-welding method can be replaced; and a low-cost and efficient machining method is provided for machining for an aluminium alloy shell of a bullet.

A system and method for limiting welding output and ancillary features is provided. In one embodiment, a portable generator system includes a power generator configured to generate electrical power appropriate for welding or plasma cutting. The generator system also includes power conversion circuitry coupled to the power generator and configured to receive power from the power generator and to provide output power. The generator system includes at least operator accessible input for receiving an operator input parameter. The generator system also includes an output power limiting device not adjustable by the operator and configured to selectively limit output power from the power conversion circuitry.