IP Library Granted Patent US 10,058,947
Granted Patent B2
US 10,058,947 · App. 13/318,648 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Welding method and welding device

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Patent No.
US 10,058,947
App. No.
13/318,648
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method and device for performing welding, after the welding current reaches a first current value during a short circuit, the feeding of the welding wire is stopped, slowed down, or moved backward. As a result, the opening of a short circuit is urged to reduce the frequency at which welding is unnecessarily interrupted by an overcurrent protection function. This achieves high weld quality such as the absence of welding defects, and high production efficiency.

Claims (52)

1. A method for performing welding, the method comprising:

welding in one arc state by feeding a welding wire at a basic feed speed; and

welding in one short circuit state following the welding in the one arc state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed and at a first feed speed, such that a feed speed of the welding wire during the welding in the one short circuit state is changed from the basic feed speed to the first feed speed, the change being initiated after a welding current reaches a predetermined current during the one short circuit,

wherein the predetermined current is larger than the welding current at a start of the one short circuit state, and

the first feed speed is slower than the basic feed speed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the feed speed of the welding wire is changed after a predetermined time has passed since the welding current reached the predetermined current.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined current is a predetermined overcurrent protection detection current which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the predetermined time is shorter than a predetermined overcurrent protection detection time which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

welding in another arc state following the welding in the one short circuit state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed.

6. A method for performing welding, the method comprising:

welding in one arc state by feeding a welding wire at a basic feed speed; and

welding in one short circuit state following the welding in the one arc state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed and stopping the welding wire, such that a feed speed of the welding wire during the welding in the one short circuit state is stopped, the stop being initiated after a welding current reaches a predetermined current during the one short circuit state, and

the predetermined current is larger than the welding current at a start of the one short circuit state.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein

the feeding of the welding wire is stopped after a predetermined time has passed since the welding current reached the predetermined current.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein

the predetermined current is a predetermined overcurrent protection detection current which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the predetermined time is shorter than a predetermined overcurrent protection detection time which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

welding in another arc state following the welding in the one short circuit state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed.

11. A method for performing welding, the method comprising:

welding in one arc state by feeding a welding wire at a basic feed speed; and

welding in one short circuit state following the welding in the one arc state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed and at a backward feed speed, such that a feed speed of the welding wire during the welding in the one short circuit state is reversed, the reversal being initiated after a welding current reaches a predetermined current during the one short circuit state, and

the predetermined current is larger than the welding current at a start of the one short circuit state.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein

the feeding of the welding wire is reversed after a predetermined time has passed since the welding current reached the predetermined current.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein

the predetermined current is a predetermined overcurrent protection detection current which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein

the predetermined time is shorter than a predetermined overcurrent protection detection time which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

welding in another arc state following the welding in the one short circuit state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping welding when a predetermined overcurrent protection detection time has passed after the welding current reaches a predetermined overcurrent protection detection current which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent, wherein

the predetermined overcurrent protection detection time is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect the welding device from overcurrent.

17. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

stopping welding when a predetermined overcurrent protection detection time has passed after the welding current reaches a predetermined overcurrent protection detection current which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent, wherein

the predetermined overcurrent protection detection time is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect the welding device from overcurrent.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

stopping welding when a predetermined overcurrent protection detection time has passed after the welding current reaches a predetermined overcurrent protection detection current which is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect a welding device from overcurrent, wherein

the predetermined overcurrent protection detection time is used to determine whether a welding output should be stopped in order to protect the welding device from overcurrent.

19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

welding in another short circuit state before the welding in the one arc state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed.

20. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

welding in another short circuit state before the welding in the one arc state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed.

21. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

welding in another short circuit state before the welding in the one arc state by feeding the welding wire at the basic feed speed.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2012
From: TANAKA, YOSHIAKI; MATSUMOTO, KAZUNORI; SATO, KIMIYA; NAKAGAWA, AKIRA; YUZAWA, HIROKI; IHARA, HIDEKI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027480/0797 →