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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8076611 | Welding device having a selector to designate welding conditions A welding device includes a welding torch, a memory, a power supply, an input section, a selector, and a controller. The welding torch includes a welding tip having a feeder for supplying electric power to a welding wire. The memory stores a plurality of welding con... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7960672 | Robot welding controller and control method A robot welding controller and a robot welding control. It comprises a robot having a welding torch at its tip, a robot controller, a wire feeder, and a welding electric power. It performs welding by moving the welding torch on the basis of a commanded welding line.... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7560662 | Equipment and process for applying an external structural weld to piping and similarly shaped pressure boundary components An apparatus and/or process for applying a weld overlay to a nozzle or piping spool of complex configuration is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the welding apparatus comprises a mounting assembly having a plurality of magnetic foot pads, a tension support rod... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7495192 | Arc welding robot system having arc welding apparatus An arc welding apparatus includes a single-electrode type welding torch, a single wire feeder supplied with a plurality of welding wires and having a plurality of wire drivers for driving the plurality of welding wires, and a welding controller for controlling opera... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7439471 | Apparatus and method for automated servicing of a welding torch An apparatus and method are providing for automated servicing of MIG welding torches and components thereof including the nozzle, the retaining head assembly, and the contact tip. The invention is directed to removing and cleaning a nozzle from a first end proximal ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429716 | Modular welding system A modular welding system for performing quick, easy and high quality welds. The modular welding system comprises a basic component system and a modular fixture component system. The basic component system provides the basic components which are needed to perform a q... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7380384 | Layout for shop window construction, as well as a window frame, glazed door and/or similar, composed of such a layout A layout for shop window construction includes a dormant frame and an opening frame of a closed tubular section defining an internal volume, the opening or dormant frames appearing in the form of an assembly of the profiles defining the closed tubular section, the p... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378612 | Arc welding robot Accommodating a welding control cable for connecting a welding power supply and a robot main body and a wire feeder sensor cable connected to a wire feeder encoder in a robot main body driving power cable connecting the robot main body and the robot controller of an... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378613 | Arc welding robot A robot main body is provided with a protection cover. The robot main body can be swung by a rotary pipe shaft holding a wire feed device and including a hollow portion and is structured such that a connecting cable and/or a gas hose are guided through the hollow po... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7355145 | Arc welding robot The invention provides an arc welding robot capable of collecting and displaying waveform data in a welding operation without using an external device. The arc welding robot comprises: a manipulator 101 including a welding torch 124 mounted thereon; a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| RE40212 | Method for teaching welding torch orientation First, an operator sequentially teaches the start point A, the end point F and junction points B, C, D, E on the welding path by moving the torch head by jog feed without paying attention to the torch orientation. Next, a reference plane to define the orientation of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348518 | Welding apparatus A welding apparatus capable of effecting welding completion processing which is reliable and free of wasteful time, by transmitting the completion of wire fusion prevention processing to a welding machine 11, by transmitting the detected result to a controlle... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338419 | Tool coupler for connecting tool heads, such as drills, reamers, millers, turn-cutters, dies, and rams, to a tool holder A tool coupler for connecting tool heads, such as drills, reamers, millers, turn-cutters, dies, and rams, to a tool holder. The tool coupler has a hollow shaft, a ring-shaped collar, and a gripper groove, in which gripper groove are disposed two diametrically opposi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7310976 | Circular knitting-machine chassis with cantilever support A support chassis for a circular knitting machine includes a frame assembly having a leg assembly and a horizontal bed plate supported by the leg assembly, a support connected to the frame assembly, and a horizontal ring assembly entirely supported by the support in... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295891 | Method and device for controlling movements in the case of manipulators In a method for controlling the movement of a manipulator associated with an interpretation of a given point sequence of poses (positions and orientations) by splines, the motion components are separately parameterized. Thus, marked, subsequent changes to the orient... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291807 | TIG welding equipment and TIG welding method TIG welding equipment includes a first articulate robot having a first arm, a TIG torch holding member for holding a TIG torch at a specified position so that the TIG torch can perform a weaving operation, and a filler wire guide moving member formed so as to surrou... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279658 | Device for cleaning the gas nozzle of a welding torch The invention relates to a device (10) for cleaning the gas nozzle (12) of a welding torch (14) and for spraying the gas nozzle (12) or a welding wire located in the gas nozzle (12). The inventive device comprises a clamping/holdin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274189 | Sensor and method An apparatus includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a capacitor. The first circuit includes a sense element. The capacitor couples the first circuit to the second circuit. The first feedback path couples the second circuit to the first circuit. And the seco... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7253578 | Pivoting apparatus of industrial robot There is provided a pivoting apparatus of an industrial robot including: a brake 40 that is fixed to a motor shaft 30s of a motor 30 to halt the motor 30; an encoder 50 that is fixed to the motor shaft 30s to d... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244911 | Alignment mechanism for a welding torch In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a welding torch that includes features facilitating aligned assembly of various components of the welding torch with respect to one another. For example, the welding torch includes a nipple that carries ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241968 | Consumable electrode arc welding method The invention includes means for, when welding a crater in a welding termination portion, moving a torch in a direction allowing the whole of the torch to part apart from a molten pool and, therefore, the invention can prevent all welding wires from coming into cont... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241969 | Umbilical-member managing system for industrial robot An umbilical-member managing system for an industrial robot. The embodiment of the umbilical-member managing system provided in an arc welding robot serves to lay and manage, along a manipulator, a torch cable connected to a welding torch attached to the manipulator... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238916 | Robotic welding cell unit A portable welding cell unit includes a frame structure in which first and second welding stations are disposed. A robot arm is also provided within the frame. The robot arm can pivot between the first and second welding stations such that a work piece can be welded... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235757 | Device for tightly fastening at least two members A device for clamping at least two components for use in friction stir welding supports the components and holds the components in place using a plurality of channels placed under vacuum for clamping of the components during friction stir welding. Both sides of a we... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230402 | Swing device of industrial robot There is provided a pivoting apparatus of an industrial robot including: a brake 40 that is fixed to a motor shaft 30s of a motor 30 to halt the motor 30; an encoder 50 that is fixed to the motor shaft 30s to d... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7202442 | Cable arrangement for robot arm, and industrial robot utilizing the same A cable arrangement for a robot arm is provided, which includes a rotation arm and a line member such as a power cable. The rotation arm has a front end and a base end, the front end being provided with a swing shaft, the base end being provided with a rotational sh... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186944 | Method and apparatus for autodetection of plasma torch consumables A method and apparatus for automatically determining a consumable type when a consumable is disposed within an electrode holder of a welding-type system is disclosed. The invention includes a detector assembly that measures a physical characteristic of a connected c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180028 | Configurable dual process welding head and method A welding head employs a carriage assembly for guiding the welding head along a track or guide. A torch assembly, mounted on the carriage assembly, is configurable for multiple welding processes. The torch assembly includes a torch block and a GTA filler wire guide ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173213 | Torch cable disposition structure for arc-welding robot A first wrist element is rotatably provided on the front end of a forearm base of a robot. A second wrist element is rotatably provided on the first wrist element. A welding torch is rotatably supported via a transmission mechanism. A wire feeder is disposed at a po... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159753 | Wire body based welding representation A computing environment is provided with the ability to at least contribute to generate a representation for a weld bead to be used to weld a number of components of an article of manufacture together at one or more edges of the components in the manufacturing of th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159751 | Wire bonder The bondhead of a Wire Bonder, that serves to produce a wire connection between two connection points by means of a capillary guiding a wire, is formed as a pantograph mechanism. The pantograph mechanism comprises a first swivel arm driven by a first motor, a second... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156795 | Tool change system for a machine A plurality of atomizers or other tools are disposed in a mounting plate (10) in storage places (12), respectively. The mounting plate (10) is rotatable relative a paint robot of a coating installation and has a pneumatic lock or a tool holder (... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7123990 | Gap welding process A gap welding process (10) for manipulating a movable robotic welder (30) for making a weld between two or more substantially immovable work pieces (51) using a higher level programming language (20). The gap welding process (10) p... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105771 | Torch cable accommodating structure of arc welding robot A first wrist element is provided at a distal end of a front arm of an arc welding robot rotatably about a first axial line, a second wrist element is provided on the first wrist element rotatably about a second axial line, and a welding torch is supported on the se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7034249 | Method of controlling the welding of a three-dimensional structure A welded structure is formed by arranging multiple pieces on a three-dimensional support base to provide an assembly in accordance with the structure to be welded and making a picture map of the assembly by photographing the assembly. Weld points are identified from... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028882 | Process and apparatus for boiler tube panel welding and straightening An apparatus and process for depositing an overlay weld on a boiler tube panel comprising a plurality of tubes with adjacent tubes joined together with membranes therebetween, and then straightening the panel in response to bowing that occurs as a result of depositi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6942139 | Robotic cylinder welding A first embodiment of the present application is directed to a method and system used to weld a cylindrical workpiece. A substantially cylindrical workpiece is loaded into a workpiece support, and a robotic welding arm is positioned located at a start position. A va... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6924459 | System and method providing automated welding information exchange and replacement part order generation A welding and network information system and methodology is provided in accordance with the present invention. The system includes a welder operatively coupled to a server and a network interface to enable a network architecture, the network architecture serving a n... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6909066 | Adaptive and synergic fill welding method and apparatus An adaptive and synergic fill welding method and apparatus enables automatic, or adaptive fill, and user directed, or synergic fill, modes to provide improved fusion quality, by ensuring that base metal dilution of a weld remains within a predetermined range. The ap... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6899263 | Auger welder station and method A repair station for a soil auger includes a frame on which the mount the auger at a working height and a motor and gear reduction system to rotate the auger. A slide bar is mounted parallel to the auger and carries a welding guide for supporting a welding gun. The ... | 05/31/2005 |
