SYSTEM AND METHOD MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZING MANUAL WELDING OPERATIONS
First Claim
1. ) A method for monitoring and characterizing manual welding, comprising;
- (a) providing a welding system, wherein the welding system further includes both hardware and software components, wherein the hardware and software are operative to gather and process data in real time, and wherein the data is derived from an actual welding exercise conducted by a welder;
(b) providing the system with part information, process variable control targets, and acceptability limits;
(c) selecting a part to be welded from the part information;
(d) indicating a production task to be completed on the selected part;
(e) performing the indicated production task;
(f) optionally, providing real-time feedback to the welder performing the indicated production task;
(g) evaluating the quality of the welder'"'"'s performance of the indicated production task based on the process variable control targets and acceptability limits;
(h) optionally, requiring remedial action with regard to the quality of the performance of the indicated production task; and
(i) storing data gathered from the evaluation of the performance of the indicated production task.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring manual welding that includes a welding system that further includes hardware and software components for gathering and processing data in real time, wherein the data is derived from an actual welding exercise conducted by a welder; providing the system with part information, process variable control targets, and acceptability limits; selecting a part to be welded from the part information; indicating a production task to be completed on the part; performing the indicated production task; providing real-time feedback to the welder performing the task; evaluating the quality of the welder'"'"'s performance of the task based on the process variable control targets and acceptability limits; if necessary, requiring remedial action with regard to the quality of the performance of the task; and storing data gathered from the evaluation of the performance of the task.
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32 Claims
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1. ) A method for monitoring and characterizing manual welding, comprising;
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(a) providing a welding system, wherein the welding system further includes both hardware and software components, wherein the hardware and software are operative to gather and process data in real time, and wherein the data is derived from an actual welding exercise conducted by a welder; (b) providing the system with part information, process variable control targets, and acceptability limits; (c) selecting a part to be welded from the part information; (d) indicating a production task to be completed on the selected part; (e) performing the indicated production task; (f) optionally, providing real-time feedback to the welder performing the indicated production task; (g) evaluating the quality of the welder'"'"'s performance of the indicated production task based on the process variable control targets and acceptability limits; (h) optionally, requiring remedial action with regard to the quality of the performance of the indicated production task; and (i) storing data gathered from the evaluation of the performance of the indicated production task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. ) A method for monitoring and characterizing manual welding, comprising;
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(a) providing a welding system, wherein the welding system further includes both hardware and software components, wherein the hardware and software are operative to gather and process data in real time, and wherein the data is derived from an actual welding exercise conducted by a welder; (b) providing the system with part information, process variable control targets, and acceptability limits; (c) selecting a part to be welded from the part information; (d) indicating a production task to be completed on the selected part; (e) performing the indicated production task; (f) providing real-time feedback to the welder performing the indicated production task; (g) evaluating the quality of the welder'"'"'s performance of the indicated production task based on the process variable control targets and acceptability limits; (h) requiring remedial action with regard to the quality of the performance of the indicated production task; and (i) storing data gathered from the evaluation of the performance of the indicated production task. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. ) A method for monitoring and characterizing manual welding, comprising;
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(a) providing a welding system, wherein the welding system further includes both hardware and software components, wherein the hardware and software are operative to gather and process data in real time, and wherein the data is derived from an actual welding exercise conducted by a welder; (b) providing the system with part information, process variable control targets, and acceptability limits, wherein the part information further includes part variables and task variables; (c) selecting a part to be welded from the part information; (d) indicating a production task to be completed on the selected part, wherein the production task to be completed on the part further includes form variables and execution variables; (e) performing the indicated production task; (f) providing real-time feedback to the welder performing the indicated production task, wherein real-time feedback further includes automated audio feedback or augmented reality weld rendering; (g) evaluating the quality of the welder'"'"'s performance of the indicated production task based on the process variable control targets and acceptability limits, and wherein the quality evaluation is further based on performance measurements, numerical quality simulations;
direct quality measurements;
or combinations thereof;(h) requiring remedial action with regard to the quality of the performance of the indicated production task, wherein the remedial action is either a disparate production task or a request to complete an active indicated production task; and (i) storing data gathered from the evaluation of the performance of the indicated production task. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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