Welder Data Association via Indicia-Based Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional welding systems face challenges in monitoring, configuration, control, maintenance, and supply due to their isolated nature across large manufacturing environments, making it time-consuming and expensive to manage data and resources effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes indicia-based inputs to associate and link data with welder power sources, allowing for streamlined data collection, aggregation, and configuration through a local or cloud database, enabling efficient management and communication of welding parameters and settings across multiple locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If welding systems are distributed across large manufacturing environments, then welding operations can support complex manufacturing processes, but data management and system control become more challenging and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portable computing device as an intermediary between welders and the centralized system. This device captures indicia (identification data) from welders and communicates it to the system, which then retrieves and transmits relevant data. This intermediary approach resolves the contradiction by enabling distributed welding operations while simplifying data management through automated indicia-based data retrieval.
2Ease of operation
If welding systems operate in isolated locations, then each system can be independently controlled, but monitoring and maintenance across multiple locations becomes expensive and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by automatically retrieving and transmitting data related to indicia captured from welders. When a welder's indicia is captured, the system retrieves associated data and transmits it to the portable device, creating a feedback loop that provides real-time information about welding operations across distributed locations. This enables efficient monitoring and maintenance without requiring constant human intervention at each location.
3Measurement precision
If data is collected and managed for each welder individually, then accurate welding records can be maintained, but the time and cost to manage records across multiple welders increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses indicia as copies or identifiers that represent welders and their associated data. Instead of managing complex individual records for each welder, the system captures indicia (such as RFID tags, barcodes, or other identification markers) that serve as simplified copies linking to the full data set. This approach maintains accurate welding records while dramatically improving data management efficiency by using indicia-based retrieval rather than manual record keeping.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for welder system that associates a set of data to a portion of data collected by a welder power source based on a first indicia and a second indicia. The welder system includes an input device that collects a first input based on the first indicia to identify a type of the set of data and a welder power source to relate the set of data. Moreover, the input device collects a second input based on the second indicia that indicates a location for the set of data. Based on the first indicia and the second indicia, the set of data can be associated with a welder power source or a portion of data collected by the welder power source.