System and method for facilitating welding system diagnostics
First Claim
1. A welding system, comprising:
- a sensor component adapted to receive information associated with at least one of operation of a welder and weld characteristics from at least one of test equipment and monitoring equipment, the monitoring equipment being at least one of a digital camera and a streaming video camera;
a control component adapted to receive information from the sensor component and to perform at least one test sequence to facilitate welder diagnostics based at least in part upon information received from the sensor component;
a diagnostic component adapted to perform welder internal diagnostics and to receive information from at least one of the sensor component and the control component, the diagnostic component determining a health status of the welder based at least in part upon information received from at least one of the sensor component, the control component and the welder internal diagnostics, the diagnostic component sending information associated with the health status of the welder to a remote system.
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Abstract
A system and method for facilitating welding system diagnostics is provided. The invention includes a welder, a local system, a remote system, and/or an alarm component. The invention further provides for receiving sensor input(s), performing test sequence(s) based, at least in part, upon the sensor input(s) and/or performing internal diagnostics. The invention further provides for determining a health status of the welder and communicating the health status of the welder to the local system, the remote system and/or the alarm component. The health status of the welder can include welder alarm(s) and/or fault(s). Information regarding the health status of the welder can be sent by telephone, voicemail, e-mail and/or beeper. The welder can communicate with the local system and/or remote system to schedule maintenance. The invention further provides for a expert component to facilitate welding diagnostics based, at least in part, upon the health status of the welder, welder data, an expert data store, a local service support data store, a remote expert data store and/or a remote service support data store. The expert component can employ various artificial intelligence technique(s) (e.g., Bayesian model, probability tree network, fuzzy logic and/or neural network) to facilitate welding diagnostics based, at least in part, upon the health status received from the welder. The expert component can adaptively modify its modeling technique(s) based upon historical success (e.g., learn from success of previous welding diagnostics). The invention further provides for the welder, local system and/or remote system to initiate corrective action, at least temporarily, based, at least in part, upon the health status of the welder.
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31 Claims
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1. A welding system, comprising:
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a sensor component adapted to receive information associated with at least one of operation of a welder and weld characteristics from at least one of test equipment and monitoring equipment, the monitoring equipment being at least one of a digital camera and a streaming video camera;
a control component adapted to receive information from the sensor component and to perform at least one test sequence to facilitate welder diagnostics based at least in part upon information received from the sensor component;
a diagnostic component adapted to perform welder internal diagnostics and to receive information from at least one of the sensor component and the control component, the diagnostic component determining a health status of the welder based at least in part upon information received from at least one of the sensor component, the control component and the welder internal diagnostics, the diagnostic component sending information associated with the health status of the welder to a remote system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for facilitating welding system diagnostics, comprising:
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a welder having a network interface to facilitate communication between the welder and a local system, the network interface comprising at least one of a web server, an HTTP server and an SMTP server;
a sensor component adapted to receive information associated with at least one of operation of the welder and weld characteristics;
a control component adapted to receive information from the sensor component and to perform at least one test sequence to facilitate welder diagnostics based at least in part upon information received from the sensor component; and
,a diagnostic component adapted to perform welder internal diagnostics and to receive information from at least one of the sensor component and the control component, the diagnostic component determining a health status of the welder based at least in part upon information received from at least one of the sensor component, the control component and the welder internal diagnostics, the diagnostic component sending information associated with the health status of the welder to the local system via the network interface, wherein the local system has an expert component, the expert component receiving information associated with the health status of the welder and facilitating welding diagnostics. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for facilitating welding system diagnostics, comprising:
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a welder having it network interface to facilitate communication between the welder and a remote system;
a sensor component adapted to receive information associated with at least one of operation of the welder and weld characteristics;
a control component adapted to receive information from the sensor component and to perform at least one test sequence to facilitate welder diagnostics based at least in part upon information received from the sensor component; and
,a diagnostic component adapted to perform welder internal diagnostics and to receive information from at least one of the sensor component and the control component, the diagnostic component determining a health status of the welder based at least in part upon information received from at least one of the sensor component, the control component and the welder internal diagnostics, the diagnostic component sending information associated with the health status of the welder to the remote system via the network interface, wherein the remote system has an expert component, the expert component receiving information associated with the health status of the welder and facilitating welding diagnostics via at least one of a Bayesian model, a probability tree network, a fuzzy logic model and a neural network. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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