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Coded and electronically tagged welding wire

  • US 6,510,984 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2001
  • Issued: 01/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling an electric arc welding process having a plurality of operating conditions and wherein a welding wire is advanced toward a workpiece and a welding arc is established between the advancing wire and the workpiece, including:

  • a) providing a stored source of coded information pertaining to variations along the length of a welding wire to be used in an electric arc welding process;

    b) scanning the stored source for extracting coded information therefrom pertaining to variations along the length of the wire; and

    , c) controlling and/or selecting at least one of the plurality of operating conditions of said welding process in accordance with the extracted information.

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