Separately power-feeding welding generator

• US 4,999,563 A
• Filed: 02/13/1990
• Issued: 03/12/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sawafuji Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sawafuji Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Toshimichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hickey, R. J.
• Application Number:
  US07/479,763
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 322/7, 322/8, 322/90, 322/100, 322/27, 307/16, 219/133
• US Class Current: 322/90
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/1056 by using digital means B23K9/1068 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 9/1075 Parallel power supply, i.e. multiple power supplies or multiple inverters supplying a single arc or welding current
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/17 arranged for operation in parallel

Abstract

A separately power-feeding welding generator having at least two main generating windings for supplying power to loads by rectifying an induced voltage and adapted to permit the power being fed from the two main generating windings to the loads to be separately controlled, in which

a thyristor is provided in a rectifying circuit for rectifying a voltage induced in at least one of the two main generating windings;

an a-c voltage detector for detecting the voltage induced in at least one of the two main generating windings and

a thyristor control signal generator for controlling the conduction angle of the thyristor on the basis of the detected signal of the a-c voltage detector and the reference level obtained by extracting the level of the current being fed to the loads are provided;

a diode which conducts when a positive half-wave is applied in parallel with the thyristor is connected in series with a resistor element;

a first control power supply for rectifying a voltage induced in at least one of the two main generating windings to supply as a control voltage to the a-c voltage detector and

a second control power supply which is electrically independent from the first control power supply and supplies a control voltage to the thyristor control signal generator are provided.

Claims

1. A separately power-feeding welding generator having at least two main generating windings for supplying power to loads by rectifying an induced voltage and adapted to permit said power being supplied from said two main generating windings to said loads to be separately controlled, characterized in that a thyristor is provided in a rectifying circuit for rectifying a voltage induced in at least one of said two main generating windings,

an a-c voltage detector for detecting a voltage induced in at least one of said two main generating windings and a thyristor control signal generator having such a construction that the conduction angle of said thyristor is controlled in accordance with the signal detected by said a-c voltage detector and a reference level obtained by extracting the level of electric current supplied to said loads are provided, and

a first control power supply for rectifying the voltage induced by at least one of said two main generating windings to supply as a control voltage to said a-c voltage detector and

a second control power supply which is electrically independent from said first control power supply and supplies a control voltage to said thyristor control signal generator are provided.

2. A separately power-feeding welding generator as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second control power supply comprises at least a battery and a constant voltage generating circuit, supplies the terminal voltage of said battery as a control voltage for said thyristor control signal generator via said constant voltage generating circuit, and protects thyristor control circuits.

3. A separately power-feeding welding generator as set forth in claim 1 wherein surge voltage absorbers are provided in said second control power supply and said a-c voltage detector.