Welding system and method utilizing a ground integrity monitor
First Claim
1. A welding system, comprising:
- a welding gun having a casing, which is grounded through a ground conductor, a monitoring device, which detects resistance of the ground conductor, and a blanking device, which deactivates the monitoring device during a welding operation.
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Abstract
A welding system having a welding gun, comprising a casing that is grounded through a ground conductor, and a monitoring device, which detects the resistance of the ground conductor. A blanking device deactivates the monitoring device during the welding operation to reduce the danger of shut-downs through the ground integrity monitor. It is proposed to either deactivate the measuring circuit of the ground integrity monitor or to switch off the welding power interruption associated therewith as long as a welding current may flow or is flowing through the ground conductor. The monitoring device is deactivated or blanked out only for an essentially negligible fraction of the entire time, and there is no danger of any impairment of safety due to this short-term deactivation.
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25 Claims
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1. A welding system, comprising:
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a welding gun having a casing, which is grounded through a ground conductor, a monitoring device, which detects resistance of the ground conductor, and a blanking device, which deactivates the monitoring device during a welding operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A method of monitoring the resistance of a ground conductor, which grounds a casing of a welding gun of a welding system, a power supply to the welding gun being interrupted in the event of excessively high resistance, wherein the monitoring of the ground conductor is deactivated during a welding operation.
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25. A method of monitoring the resistance of a ground conductor, comprising:
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grounding a casing of a welding gun of a welding system with said ground conductor, interrupting a power supply to the welding gun in the event of excessively high resistance in said ground conductor, and deactivating the monitoring of the ground conductor during a welding operation.
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