Digital Weld Data Tracking for Compliance and Welder Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
The welding industry faces inefficiencies in capturing and storing documentation, with costs exceeding weld performance, and challenges in matching welders to job openings, managing inspections, payments, and regulatory compliance across industries.
Innovation Solution
A platform utilizing blockchain and other storage databases for mobile and desktop devices to capture and store digital weld data, including location, users, payments, and inspection history, providing standardized, secure, and predictive maintenance solutions, and facilitating the selection of qualified welders and inspectors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional welding documentation methods are used, then documentation can be captured and stored, but the cost of documentation exceeds the cost of performing actual welds and significant time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual welding documentation processes with an automated digital system that captures weld data electronically. Sensors and computing devices automatically record welding parameters, eliminating the need for manual paperwork and reducing both documentation costs and time loss while maintaining complete welding records.
2Reliability
If welding documentation is retained for regulatory compliance over years, then compliance requirements are met, but storage and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies of welding documentation that can be stored and retrieved electronically. The system maintains complete copies of all weld data, inspector information, and compliance records in a digital format, allowing easy storage and retrieval without the complexity of physical document management while ensuring regulatory compliance is maintained.
3Ease of operation
If manual matching of welders to job openings is performed, then job assignments are made, but time is lost in the selection and payment processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a digital platform that provides real-time feedback and tracking throughout the welding process. The system automatically records welder performance, inspection results, and payment information, enabling efficient matching of welders to jobs based on verified credentials and automating the payment process based on completed work, thereby reducing time loss in selection and payment processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, devices, and platforms related to welds. More particularly a device includes a processor that when in operation receives a first signal indicative of completion of action undertaken with respect to a weld. The processor of the device when in operation generates a data log corresponding to receipt of the first signal for addition to a set of one or more previous data logs that correspond to the weld.