METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SPATTER-LESS WELDING
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing a schedule for impulse welding, comprising:
- generating a weld lobe using a preexisting welding schedule, the schedule prescribing a current, a weld time, and a pressure;
identifying an operating window on the weld lobe;
analyzing the operating window, the analysis includingdetermining a maximum time range of the operating window, anddetermining a maximum current range of the operating window;
until (i) the determined maximum time range of the operating window is greater than a predetermined percentage of the prescribed weld time of the schedule and (ii) the determined maximum current range is greater than the prescribed current of the schedule, creating additional weld lobes by varying the pressure and repeating the identifying an operating window and the analyzing the operating window steps; and
selecting, within the operating window satisfying conditions (i) and (ii), a second schedule including a second weld time, a second current, and a second pressure.
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Abstract
A method for optimizing a schedule for impulse welding including generating a weld lobe using a preexisting welding schedule, the schedule prescribing a current, a weld time, and a pressure; identifying an operating window on the weld lobe; analyzing the operating window, the analysis including determining a maximum time range of the operating window, and determining a maximum current range of the operating window; until (i) the determined maximum time range of the operating window is greater than a predetermined percentage of the prescribed weld time of the schedule and (ii) the determined maximum current range is greater than the prescribed current of the schedule, creating additional weld lobes by varying the pressure and repeating the identifying an operating window and the analyzing the operating window steps; and selecting, within the operating window satisfying conditions (i) and (ii), a second schedule including a second weld time, a second current, and a second pressure.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing a schedule for impulse welding, comprising:
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generating a weld lobe using a preexisting welding schedule, the schedule prescribing a current, a weld time, and a pressure; identifying an operating window on the weld lobe; analyzing the operating window, the analysis including determining a maximum time range of the operating window, and determining a maximum current range of the operating window; until (i) the determined maximum time range of the operating window is greater than a predetermined percentage of the prescribed weld time of the schedule and (ii) the determined maximum current range is greater than the prescribed current of the schedule, creating additional weld lobes by varying the pressure and repeating the identifying an operating window and the analyzing the operating window steps; and selecting, within the operating window satisfying conditions (i) and (ii), a second schedule including a second weld time, a second current, and a second pressure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for optimizing a schedule for impulse welding, comprising:
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generating a three dimensional weld lobe using a preexisting welding schedule the schedule prescribing a current, a weld time, and a pressure; identifying operating windows on the weld lobe; analyzing the operating windows, the analysis including for each operating window determining a maximum time range of the operating window, and determining a maximum current range of the operating window; and selecting, within the operating windows having (i) a determined maximum time range greater than a predetermined percentage of the prescribed weld time of the schedule and (ii) a determined maximum current range greater than the prescribed current of the schedule, a second schedule including a second weld time, a second current, and a second pressure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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