SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A WELDING OPERATOR

• US 20130288211A1
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Original Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Inventors: Patterson, Jon Michael, Albrecht, Bruce Patrick
• Application Number:
  US13/779,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20130288211A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/234
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/24 Use of tools
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction system to train a welding operator. The system includes a display configured to show a prerecorded video selected from multiple prerecorded videos. The prerecorded videos correspond to a welding application, a plasma cutting application, a heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

Claims

1. A welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction system comprising:

a display configured to show a prerecorded video selected from a plurality of prerecorded videos, wherein the plurality of prerecorded videos correspond to a welding application, a plasma cutting application, a heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the prerecorded video is configured to be selected by an operator.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the prerecorded video is configured to be selected based on logged data that corresponds to the welding application, the plasma cutting application, the heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the prerecorded video comprises a visual depiction of actual welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction data adjacent to expected welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the prerecorded video comprises a tutorial video, a training video, a diagnostics video, a configuration video, an informational video, a servicing video, or some combination thereof.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising a welding or plasma cutting torch having the display.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising a welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction power supply having a processing device configured to transfer the prerecorded video to the display.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising a data link configured to receive the prerecorded video from a remote device.

9. The system of claim 1, comprising a storage device configured to store the plurality of prerecorded videos.

10. A welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction system comprising:

a display configured to show a prerecorded image selected from a plurality of prerecorded images, wherein the plurality of prerecorded images comprises a tutorial image, a training image, a diagnostics image, a configuration image, an informational image, a servicing image, or some combination thereof

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the prerecorded image is configured to be selected by an operator.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the prerecorded image is configured to be selected based on logged data that corresponds to a welding application, a plasma cutting application, a heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising a storage device configured to store the logged data associated with the welding application, the plasma cutting application, the heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

14. The system of claim 12, comprising control circuitry configured to select the prerecorded image from the plurality of prerecorded images.

15. The system of claim 12, comprising a data link configured to provide logged data associated with the welding application, the plasma cutting application, the heat induction application, or some combination thereof, to a remote device.

16. The system of claim 12, comprising a data link configured to receive the prerecorded image.

17. The system of claim 10, comprising a welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction power supply having a processing device configured to transfer the prerecorded image to the display.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction power supply comprises the display.

19. A method for training an operator to use a welding, plasma cutting, or heat induction system comprising:

displaying a prerecorded video selected from a plurality of prerecorded videos, wherein the plurality of prerecorded videos correspond to a welding application, a plasma cutting application, a heat induction application, or some combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising receiving logged data that corresponds to the welding application, the plasma cutting application, the heat induction application, or some combination thereof, and determining a prerecorded video that corresponds to the logged data.