CN110072660A - System and method for selecting welding parameter - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclose the system and method for selecting welding parameter.Example machine readable storage medium storing program for executing includes machine readable instructions, and the machine readable instructions make processor when executed: user interface is presented；Based on the weld information for identifying that the user of welding defines via the received input in the interface, including at least one of material to be welded, the expected results of welding, current material or the welding equipment used for welding；The weld information that the user defines is sent to welding knowledge provider；Based on the response from the welding knowledge provider, one or more welding plans are presented via the interface, one or more of welding plans include at least one of welder configuration, welding articles information or welding operator's instruction；And based on automatically configuring the source of welding current using one of described welding plan via selection of the interface to one of the welding plan.

Description

System and method for selecting welding parameter

Cross reference to related applications

This application claims entitled " system and method for selecting welding parameter " submitted on October 24th, 2016 The priority and right of the U.S. Patent application of Serial No. 15/332,566.The United States Patent (USP) Shen of Serial No. 15/332,566 Full content please is incorporated herein by reference.

Background technique

Present invention relates in general to welding systems, more particularly, are related to the system for selecting the parameter of welding system.

A series of technology has been developed to operate connection workpiece by welding.These technologies include different technique and Material, state-of-the-art technique are related to the electric arc formed between easy power pole or non-easy power pole and workpiece.Use on-consumable electricity The welding procedure of pole may include tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding procedure, use the on-consumable tungsten independently of packing material Electrode.These techniques usually press following classification grouping: constant current technique, constant voltage technique, AC/DC technique, pulsation process etc..So And the further division between these techniques is identical, especially in consumption electrode to increase in technique of the filling metal to weld seam. The technique and packing material and its form highlights correlations of selection, the certain types of electrode of some of them technology utilization.For example, certain Pole noble gas (MIG) welding procedure (a part for forming biggish group) of type sometimes refers to gas shield gold Belong to polar arc weldering (GMAW).

In GMAW welding, the electrode of welding wire form passes through the molten bath advanced, by the electric arc between electrode wire and workpiece Heat melts and be consumed.From spool by welding torch continuous feed, welding wire is powered at welding torch to form electric arc welding wire. The electrode configuration used in these processes be commonly referred to as solid welding wire, flux-cored wire or metal core welding wire, seamed welding wire or One of seamless welding wire.Think that each type has the advantages that different and disadvantage compared with other types, and may need carefully Welding procedure and welding setting are adjusted to optimize their performance.For example, the solid welding wire slightly cheaper than other kinds of welding wire Usually it is used together with inert protective gas, active protection gas or with the mixture of the two.Flux-cored wire can not need Individual protective gas supply, but it is more expensive than solid welding wire.Metal core welding wire is similar to solid welding wire and needs protective gas, and And their electric arc usually has deposition more higher than solid welding wire and width.Protective gas can be conditioned to mix and sometimes compare The slightly cheap protective gas of protective gas needed for solid welding wire.Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) utilizes and is coated with or fills out Electrode filled with the one or more compounds for generating protective gas in arc burning.The performance and cost of welding application can be with It is arranged depending on the welding of welding procedure and use.Regrettably, user is to welding procedure and for the welding of specific application The selection of setting can be very complicated.

Summary of the invention

Cooperateing with for user and welding system can be improved in the weld interface.Weld interface is needed for user's reception Weld seam input parameter (for example, physical characteristic), and be proposed to be used in generate needed for weld seam welding procedure and welding become It measures (for example, electric parameter).Weld interface can with the component (for example, power supply, wire-feed motor, welding torch) of welding system or with Welding system connects the individual component integration of (for example, wired or wireless connection).Weld interface can use from lookup Table, neural network, welding procedure system, the data of database or their any combination carry out suggestion welding procedure and welding becomes Amount.User can use weld interface to simulate welding procedure and weld variable to the effect of the weld seam of simulation.User can To modify input parameter and/or welding variable before generating weld seam, and user can be in the knot of the weld seam of observation generation Welding variable is modified after fruit to improve welding procedure and welding variable for the suggestion of subsequent welding application.

Detailed description of the invention

When following detailed description is read in conjunction with the figure, these and other features, aspects and advantages of the invention will become It must be best understood from, identical appended drawing reference represents identical part throughout the drawings in attached drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is the embodiment of welding system and weld interface according to an embodiment of the present disclosure；

Fig. 2 is the embodiment of the weld interface of welding system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure；

Fig. 3 is to show the schematic diagram of the movement of the embodiment of electrode relative to the workpiece of welding system；And

Fig. 4 is the embodiment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure for using weld interface and the method for welding system.

Fig. 5 is shown can fill in the user interface of welding equipment, computing device, mobile device or any other type It sets and presents to access the exemplary user interface of the information of the welding knowledge provider from Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is shown can fill in the user interface of welding equipment, computing device, mobile device or any other type Set present in response to send the request with weld information and present from the welding knowledge provider of Fig. 1 it is received one or The exemplary user interface of multiple welding plans.

Fig. 7 is the flow chart for indicating example machine readable, and the machine readable instructions can be by the exemplary of Fig. 1 Weld interface is executed to select welding parameter.

Fig. 8 A and 8B show the flow chart for indicating example machine readable, and the example machine readable can To be executed from the exemplary weld knowledge base of Fig. 1 to provide welding plan to request unit.

Fig. 9 is the block diagram of the exemplary implementation scheme of the weld interface of Fig. 1.

Specific embodiment

One or more specific embodiments of the invention explained below.In order to provide the concise description of these embodiments, All features of actual implementation mode will not be described in this specification.It should be appreciated that developing any this actual implementation mode In, as in any engineering or design object, it is necessary to make the dedicated decision of many embodiments to obtain the tool of developer Body purpose, for example, meeting, system is relevant and the relevant constraint of business, this may be different and different because of embodiment.In addition, answering Work as understanding, this development effort may be complex and time-consuming, but for from the benefited those of ordinary skill of the present invention, this It may be design, preparation and the everyday tasks of manufacture.

In the element for introducing various embodiments of the present invention, article " one (a) ", " a kind of (an) ", " (the) " " (said) " has been intended to indicate that one or more elements.Term " including (comprising) ", " including (including) " and " with (having) " being intended to include property, and indicate can also to have in addition to the element enumerated Add ons.

The embodiment of welding system as described herein may include weld interface, which receives input parameter (example Such as, physical characteristic, welding parameter) and be based at least partially on received input parameter determine one or more welding procedures with And the welding variable for implementing one or more welding procedures.Weld interface can with welding machine, automated system, power supply, give Silk machine, welding torch, suspension-type station, the network equipment for connecting with bonding machine (for example, wired or wireless) or their any group Be integrated or separation.Weld interface directly can receive welding parameter from user and/or weld interface can root Welding parameter is determined according to the data (for example, cad documents) for importeding into weld interface.Weld interface can be with base Welding procedure and welding parameter are determined in various factors, these factors include but is not limited to the required characteristic (example of welding application Such as, quality, appearance, fusion penetration, intensity, corrosion resistance, creep resistance), user's productivity, capital cost, producing cost or disappear Consumption product stock or their any combination.

Some welding equipment users (such as execute disposable (for example, uncommon) weld task amateur and/ Or the welders such as welding engineer operated in high-volume or high quality or high mixing, low capacity welding production environment, described In welding production environment, change program requires welding engineer quickly to develop applicable program appraisal record (PQR) and/or weld Program specification (WPS).For example, in disposable situation, do not need documentary evidence or qualification welding (such as peasant, it is simple or Complicated maintenance work, car repair shop and/or small-sized manufacturing shop) execute unique welding, and a usually only machine Meeting (or almost without chance) is soldered properly.In producing workshop or factory in enormous quantities, although lacking the specific of change program PQR and/or WPS, production variation (for example, due to material replacement or new parts/products or new production line investment) may need It follows AWS and recommends way.In many cases, the cost for developing PQR and/or WPS is very high, because weld assembly or product Maintainability test develops possible labor intensive and material and/or the possible new hand of welding engineer and lacks experience.These The welding engineer of type will benefit from the method for fast and accurately identifying acceptable PQR and/or WPS.

Disclosed example enables welder to access welding knowledge provider from user interface, with defeated based on user The information entered quickly accesses the welding procedure of recommendation.As it is used herein, refer to can be via definition for welding knowledge provider The source of the welding relevant information of communication interface access.In some instances, welding knowledge provider is implemented as data storage Knowledge provider is welded in library and/or service (for example, cloud service arrangement in), trustship, and the welding knowledge provider can be with It is related to welding plan (for example, technique, parameter, material, equipment and/or any other information) information will to be inputted.Weld knowledge Supplier can be via the API for carrying out secure data access from web browser and/or slave mobile device (for example, representing Character state shifts (REST) API) network service is provided.The user of user interface accesses mobile device (or other edges dress Set) in user interface input known weld information interact with welding knowledge provider, and receive welding from cloud and plan Recommend.Then, user can be used the interface and automatically configure recommended parameter in welding equipment.

As it is used herein, term " welding plan " is defined as can be implemented to complete the information aggregate of welding.Show Example property welding is planned to include following one or more: connector design, connector prepare and/or other weld preceding operational order (for example, pre- Heat, surface cleaning)；Welding procedure；And/or Post weld operations instruction.As used herein, term " welding procedure " be defined as by Equipment and/or be to complete welding and the operation taken by welding operator.For example, welding procedure may include for controlling welding Movement or such as welding torch angle, travel angle that the output of equipment (for example, power supply, wire-feed motor etc.) and/or operator execute and/ Or the one or more welding procedures and/or welding parameter of the variables such as travel speed.

After receiving welding plan, user can be welded by the parameter of welding in the works and measure welding knot Fruit is (for example, weld size, weld penetration, weld shape, welding quality, heat and deformation and/or other mechanical and/or metallurgy Property).Then, user can be by inputting these welding results and further recommendation being requested to provide again with welding knowledge Person's interaction.Based on actual welding as a result, welding knowledge provider can be further analyzed based on pre-existing model, and One group of new welding parameter is provided.Request-recommendation-feedback analysis can be iterative process, until user is full to welding result It means only.

Other than in addition to welding procedure and recommending, welding knowledge provider can also include welding cost information to consider to work Power cost and material cost and expense.In order to access economic analysis, user can be with import labour power rate, welding consumables Cost etc., but publicly available data, such as equipment price, consumption can be accessed on the internet by welding knowledge provider The starting point that product, electric power and/or other cost factors can be covered as user.

Welding knowledge provider recommendation can be single solution or a variety of solutions.For example, welding knowledge provides Person can provide the solution of higher costs, the solution of higher performance and more inexpensive more low performance.Weld knowledge Supplier may indicate that the incompatibility of selection and be automatically repaired naive user can be via the bad of user interface selection Selection.Welding knowledge provider can automaticly inspect welding code compliance, such as AWS code and/or ASME code.Welding is known Welding defect and discontinuous possibility can be predicted by knowing supplier, and provide diagnosis algorithm.

The recommendation may include the Shopping List of welding operation material requested.Shopping List may include retail trader or quotient Shop name of contact person, Item Number and/or the list price for completing to recommend the material of welding.The recommendation can also include Training of the welding training supplier to specific weld operation (for example, TIG) nearby is shown via user interface.

The recommendation can also include neighbouring lease facility, to lease the welding equipment for recommending welding.It is described to push away Recommend may include recommendation apparatus in local shop availability, or based on the availability replacement in local shop to substitution Equipment or technique, this influences the welding plan shown at user interface.The recommendation can be provided via user interface Online ordering and the user address for consigning to the system of being provided to.

Disclosed example includes the non-transitory machinable medium comprising machine readable instructions.It is being performed When, described instruction makes processor user interface be presented and based on the use for identifying welding via the received input in the interface The weld information that person defines is set including material to be welded, the expected results of welding, current material or the welding used for welding It is at least one of standby.Described instruction make the processor by the weld information that the user defines be sent to welding knowledge mention Donor.Described instruction make the processor based on from it is described welding knowledge provider response be in via the user interface Existing one or more welding plans.The welding plan includes that welder configuration, welding articles information or welding operator refer to At least one of enable.In some instances, described instruction make the processor by via the interface to it is described welding based on Draw one of selection automatically configure the source of welding current using one of described welding plan.

In some instances, the user interface is the interface of computing device or mobile device, and described instruction makes The processor is by downloading at least part of one of the welding plan from the computing device or the mobile device The source of welding current is configured to the source of welding current.In some instances, described instruction makes the processor using welding journey At least one of sequence or welding parameter configure the source of welding current, and the welding procedure is repaired in response to the feedback during welding Change at least one of current order or the voltage commands of the source of welding current.

In some instances, described instruction operates the processor in the welding executed using one of described welding plan At the end of be presented the user interface, the user interface includes the prompt to the actual result of the welding operation.Institute Stating instruction makes the processor reach 5.Storage medium according to claim 4, wherein described instruction also makes the processing The actual result of the welding operation is sent to the welding knowledge provider by device.In some such examples, institute Stating instruction makes the processor response use the weldering from the welding received update of knowledge provider in the actual result Plan is connect to configure the source of welding current.In some instances, it is described welding operation the actual result include weld size, Weld penetration, weld shape, welding quality, heat input, deformation, burn into defect, discontinuity, weld strength or mechanicalness One or more measured values of at least one of energy.

In some instances, described instruction makes the processor that alarm, the alarm be presented via the user interface Based on the incompatible user's definition for identifying the description welding from the received response of the welding knowledge provider Weld information.In some such examples, the processor is presented to institute via the user interface in described instruction The suggestion for stating the weld information that user defines changes, and the weld information that the user defines is based on mentioning from the welding knowledge The received response of donor is to describe the welding.

In some instances, described instruction makes the processor that alarm, the alarm be presented via the user interface The incompatible configuration of code is welded based on from the received response of the welding knowledge provider to identify and be applicable in.Some In example, described instruction makes the processor at the end of welding executed using one of described welding plan is operated, will be by institute The measurement data for stating source of welding current generation is sent to the welding knowledge provider.Described instruction makes the processor be based on coming from The response of the welding knowledge provider is presented in welding defect instruction or welding diagnostic program via the user interface At least one.

In some instances, described instruction passes through the processor based on received described via the user interface Input identification source of welding current model, source of welding current capacity, wire-feed motor model, main power source or engine-driven power supply can to identify The welding equipment used is welded for described.In some instances, described instruction passes through the processor based on via institute It is described to identify to state the received input identification workpiece ingredient of user interface, thickness of workpiece, workpiece orientation or fillet size Material to be welded.

In some instances, described instruction passes through the processor based on received described via the user interface Input identifies purpose, the expection intensity of the welding, weld size or the splashing level of the welding to identify the welding Expected results.In some instances, described instruction can be such that the processor passes through based on via user interface reception Input identification electrode composition, electrode diameter, electrode identification symbol, in protective gas ingredient or protective gas identifier extremely Lack one to identify the current material.

Described instruction the processor can be made to capture and handle one or more images with detect the current material or At least one of described welding equipment.In some such examples, described instruction keeps the processing unit device readable Code executes image recognition.

In some instances, described instruction make the processor by present it is following at least one be presented the welding use Product information: source of welding current model, the image of welding equipment, electrode composition, electrode diameter, electrode identification symbol, is protected power supply rating plate Gas componant, protective gas identifier, Universial Product Code associated with consumables, the image for easily consuming welding material are protected, or The purchase information of the easy consumption welding material.In some instances, described instruction keeps the processor following at least by presentation One instructs the welding operator is presented: welding cable and working cable link information, Welding Safety information, welding stroke Mode, travel speed, contact tip and workpiece distance, equipment setting instruction, workpiece assembly instruction or welding operator's body are fixed Instruction or postwelding instruction before bit instruction, weldering.

In some instances, described instruction make the processor by present it is following at least one be presented the welding dress Set configuration: voltage set point, voltage range, current set point, current range, wire feed rate set-point, wire feed rate range, weldering Connect program, weld power waveform, hot exposure setting or the wire feed rate for configuring the source of welding current.In some instances, Described instruction makes the processor carry out at least one following operation: menu is presented via the user interface and enables to The weld information that the user defines is inputted, and sends the welding that the user defines via the interfacial structure of definition and believes Breath；Or natural language input is presented and enables to input weld information that the user defines and by the natural language Input is sent at least one of the welding knowledge provider or intermediate natural language processor to be handled.

In some instances, described instruction is based on the processor via the received input of the user interface Determine at least one of material cost associated with the welding, labor cost or indirect cost, and will be described In material cost, the labor cost or the indirect cost it is described at least one be sent to the welding knowledge and provide Person.

Turning now to attached drawing, Fig. 1 is the embodiment of welding system 10 and weld interface 11 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure View.It will be appreciated that though welding system 10 as described herein is specifically rendered as gas metal arc welding (GMAW) System 10, but weld interface 11 can also with other Arc Welding Process (for example, FCAW, FCAW-G, GTAW (TIG), SAW, SMAW) or other welding procedures (for example, friction rabbling welding, Laser Welding, mixing weldering) are used together.In some embodiments, it welds Border face 11 can be utilized in combine welding procedure and the energy into mixed type technique, wherein Arc Welding Process with for example The energy such as laser, induction heating apparatus, plasma combine.More particularly, as described in more detail below, welding system 10 Used in equipment and accessory may include weld interface 11 as described herein.Welding system 10 includes welding supply 12 (that is, source of welding current), welding wire feeder 14, air supply system 16 and welding torch 18.Welding supply 12 generally supplies power to weldering Welding system 10 and other various accessories, and can be connect via welding cable 20 with welding wire feeder 14, and use has The leader cable 24 of clamp 26 is connect with workpiece 22.In the illustrated embodiment, welding wire feeder 14 connects via welding cable 28 It is connected on welding torch 18, to supply welding wire and electric power during the operation of welding system 10 to welding torch 18.In another embodiment In, welding supply 12 may be coupled to welding torch 18, and directly supply power to welding torch.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, welding supply 12 usually may include power conversion circuit, the electrical power conversion Circuit receives the input electricity from AC power source 30 (for example, AC power grid, motor/generator group or their combination) Power adjusts input electric power, and provides direct current or exchange output power via welding cable 20.In this way, welding supply 12 It can power to welding wire feeder 14, and then be powered according to the requirement of welding system 10 to welding torch 18.Terminate at drawing for clamp 26 Welding supply 12 is connected to workpiece 22 to be closed between welding supply 12, workpiece 22 and welding torch 18 by line cable 24 Circuit.Welding supply 12 may include can be as the requirement of welding system 10 be ordered (for example, based on welding system 10 execute welding procedures type etc.) by AC input power be converted into direct current electrode positive (DCEP) output, DC electrode Connect negative (DCEN) output, movable electrode or variable balance (for example, balance or uneven) exchange output circuit element (for example, Transformer, rectifier, switch etc.).

The welding system 10 of diagram includes that the gas of supply protective gas or protective gas mixture to welding torch 18 supplies system System 16.In the illustrated embodiment, gas supply system 16 is from welding supply 12 via one as welding cable 20 The gas conduit 32 divided is directly connected on welding torch 18.In another embodiment, gas supply system 16 can alternatively connect It is connected on welding wire feeder 14, and welding wire feeder 14 can regulate and control the air-flow from gas supply system 16 to welding torch 18.This Protective gas used herein can refer to be supplied to electric arc and/or molten bath in order to provide specific local atmosphere (for example, protecting It protects electric arc, the formation for improving arc stability, limiting metal oxide, the wetting for improving metal surface, change solder deposits Chemical property etc.) any gas or admixture of gas.

In addition, in certain embodiments, automated system 34 can be used in welding system 10.Automated system 34 can be with Including controller and actuator at least part of the automatic control soldering system 10 in the case where no user inputs.? In some embodiments, automated system 34 is connected to power supply 12, wire-feed motor 14, welding torch 18 or workpiece 22 or their any group It closes.Automated system 34 can be robot welding system, which can be according to being loaded into automated system Instruction control welding torch 18 in 34 and the relative motion between workpiece 22.In some embodiments, automated system 34 can be controlled Power supply 12 processed and/or wire-feed motor 14 are to control welding procedure and welding variable for required welding application.As described below, certainly Dynamicization system 34 can be based at least partially on the welding procedure and weldering for required welding application that weld interface 11 determines Connect Variable Control power supply 12 and/or wire-feed motor 14.

Weld interface 11 handles information related with welding system 10 including controller 35.As discussed below , user can provide input directly to weld interface 11, and weld interface is based at least partially on the determining use of input of offer In the welding procedure and/or welding variable of welding application.Controller 35 is loaded into weld interface 11 using processor 36 to execute And/or the instruction in memory 37 is stored in determine welding procedure and/or welding variable.In some embodiments, boundary is welded Face 11 and wire-feed motor control panel 38, power control panel 40, welding torch control panel 42 or they be combined into one, Shown in dotted line.In addition, or in alternative form, weld interface 11 be can be along welding cable 20,28 or leader cable 24 Suspension-type station.In some embodiments, weld interface 11 can be separated with power supply 12, wire-feed motor 14 and welding torch 18.Example Such as, weld interface 11 can include but is not limited to computer, laptop, touch screen, head up display, camera, plate electricity Brain or mobile device (for example, smart phone) or their any combination.Weld interface 11 can be by wired connection or wireless Connection (for example, passing through antenna 44) is connected on the component of welding system 10.Connection with the component of welding system 10 can mention For including but is not limited to, the system information of power supply type, welding torch type or wire-feed motor type or their any combination.System Information can be used for limiting the effective range for being available for users to the technique used and being available for users to the welding variable used.One In a little embodiments, weld interface 11 can be connect with network 46.Weld interface 11 can receive network inputs, such as management system System, welding system is preset and user's preference.In some embodiments, weld interface 11 can be with from the received input of network 46 Including but not limited to, WPS, PQR, test file, preferred supplier list, preferred weld system, the welding system of sensing, product Model, direct cost data, indirect cost data, selection process information (such as MIG is to TIG), cad file, look-up table, nerve Network model, user's configuration file.Weld interface 11 can send network output (for example, operation history, user configure text Part, modification model) arrive network 46.Network 46 can include but is not limited to, local network, fleet's network, Internet-based Resource (such as webpage) or resource or their any combination based on cloud.It is appreciated that weld interface 11 can use Carry out the information of automatic network 46, welding system 10, and/or user to establish for specific weld technique or weld the default of variable And/or preference.For example, user can input preferred admixture of gas and/or wire types to weld interface 11, and weld Border face will be based at least partially on these preferences and suggest welding procedure and welding variable.In addition, or in alternative form, using Person can configure weld interface 11 to limit the welding procedure suggested as automatic MIG technique, automatic TIG technique or manual MIG work Any one in skill.In addition, user can input hybrid technique as described above as selection process.Hybrid technique can be with By established for user special process behavior model with more fully understand specific technique and/or combine additional technique Overcome the limitation of specific weld technique, to allow user overcomes limitation using welding system.For example, only friction-stir work Skill may be poorly suitable for steel workpiece；However, weld interface 11 can suggest induction heating or laser technology and friction-stir work Skill is combined to allow workpiece to be plasticized, to increase the applicability of friction-stir technique.In addition, or in alternative form, filling material Material can be added in the stirring of friction-stir technique to be filled into tool outlet hole to eliminate arc-extinguishing plate.

The exemplary weld interface 11 of Fig. 1 can be additionally or alternatively used for accessing welding knowledge provider via network 46 200.Welding knowledge provider 200 includes welding knowledge base 202 and/or welding knowledge services 204.Welding knowledge base 202 includes It can store and/or retrieve welding plan and distribute the automated system of welding recommendation and/or knowledge (for example, one or more Computer, one or more servers, cloud computing device etc.).

The connection of knowledge services 204 offer and one or more ISPs by human manipulation, the mankind are provided It can receive information, the research to weld information executed using the input provided via weld interface 11, via weld interface 11 Seek further information from operator, and/or replys the welding plan of one or more recommendations.Weld knowledge services 204 Exemplary implementation scheme includes call center, live chat center and/or the human operator by may learn that welding (for example, Engineer, trained staff etc.) be equipped with any other customer service tissue.Additionally or alternatively, welding knowledge clothes Business 204 can be by requestor and independent contractor's (such as engineering for having been identified as qualification and/or understanding associated welds program Teacher and/or certification welder) connection.

Weld knowledge base 202 and/or welding 204 exposed interface of knowledge services (for example, application programming interfaces (API)) so that Request can be sent to welding knowledge base 202 and/or welding knowledge services 204 by obtaining weld interface 11.The interface may include Reference format to the request for defining the weld information that relevant user defines.

It discloses below with reference to Fig. 5,6 and 7 for sending welding knowledge provider 200 for weld information and knowing from welding Know the exemplary user interface that provider 200 receives one or more welding plans.

Fig. 2 shows the embodiments of the graphical user interface of weld interface 11 (GUI) 50.In some embodiments, exist Screen display GUI 50 is touched, so that user be allowed directly to be manually entered information to weld interface 11.In addition, or in substitution shape In formula, GUI 50 can be used together with the accessory, such as button, driver plate, knob, switch etc. for being connected to weld interface 11. The permission user of GUI 50 specifies the input parameter (for example, physical characteristic) for the weld seam that will be made or check for user. Input parameter can include but is not limited to, joint structure and welding, welding position, welding material, weld seam parameter.As described below, it welds It border face 11 can be in the case where specified or not specified electric parameter (for example, voltage, electric current, polarity, pulse duration) It is based at least partially on and comes suggestion welding procedure and corresponding welding torch variable for the physical characteristic of welding, thus executing welding Simplify the setting and preparation of welding system 10 before.Weld interface 11 can suggest that not welding variable is designated as input spy Property, more only (such as 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 or more) welding variable be designated as input characteristics or substantially all Associated welds variable is designated as the welding procedure of input characteristics.In some embodiments, no matter weld interface 11 can use The experience level of person improves the quality and/or repeatability of welding.Based on input parameter, the controller 35 of weld interface 11 is true Surely it can be used for being arranged power supply 12, the welding procedure of wire-feed motor 14 and/or welding torch 18 and welding variable (for example, electric parameter) to hold The required welding application of row.In some embodiments, power supply 12, wire-feed motor can be arranged in the processor 36 for executing GUI 50 automatically 14 and/or welding torch 18 in welding procedure and welding variable.Alternatively, GUI 50 can show determining welding to user Technique and welding variable are to ratify or modify before setting power supply 12, wire-feed motor 14 and/or welding torch 18.

GUI 50 is shown as with welds types and position selection menu 52.It is connect for example, user can specify docking Head, corner joint, edge joint, lap joint, T connector or other welding point types.In addition, or in alternative form, User can specify downhand position, horizontal position, vertical position of welding or overhead position.In some embodiments, the weldering of GUI 50 Connecing type and position selection menu 52 has radio button with specified type and position, although it is understood that, can equally it make With other conventions, for example, check box, combobox or tabs.When user's selection welds types and/or location options, for example, Docking and when downhand position, the welding description window 54 of GUI 50 can show the connector having been selected type and position one As change or simulated view.

User can specify the type of workpiece material by pull-down menu 56.Therefore, GUI 50 can be programmed to The list that material type is presented, for example, a variety of alloys, grade and metal types.In certain embodiments, GUI 50 can be pre- It is programmed for that the common or preferred material type of user is only presented.GUI 50 can be further programmed to be arranged automatically for every Kind welds types or the default choice of position.For example, Fig. 2 shows 309 stainless steel work-piece materials of selection.Similarly, GUI 50 allow the thickness of user's selection workpiece.For example, GUI 50 can show pull-down menu 58, in pull-down menu 56 The multiple preferred or common material thickness option of the material type of selection.When operator selects workpiece material and thickness, connect The welding description window 54 of head can automatically update the characteristic to reflect selection.

GUI 50 may include frame to allow user to describe connector and/or weld other characteristics of itself.For example, using Person can input input parameter value, including but not limited to, required fillet size 62, required fusion penetration 64, penetration profile 66, Molten wide 68, groove (bevel) width 70, gap width 72, joint length 74, bevel angle or their any combination.One In a little embodiments, user can be manually entered required characteristic, rather than from menu selection they.It is appreciated, however, that its His GUI convention, for example, menu and check box, can be used for may include clicking dragging type to expand in input characteristics or GUI Exhibition control with for increase/reduce parameter value, for example, molten wide 68.Specific characteristic is shown in welding description window 54, and Due to adjusting characteristic value, it is possible to modification welding description window 54.It is appreciated that user can be according to simple observation handbook In connector or connector specification be readily determined physical characteristic, and determine and become for the welding procedure type of welding application and welding Measuring (for example, electric parameter) can be more complicated process.That is, user can be regardless of the welding experience level of user Understand the physical characteristic for being used for welding application, and understands that required technique and welding variable for required welding application can be with Increase the experience of user.In the embodiment that weld interface 11 can specify GMAW welding procedure, GUI 50 can also be presented Wire types 78, wire feed rate 80, protective gas type 82, rotation swing figure 84 or travel speed 86 or theirs is any Combined input.User can make one or more input parameters retain blank (for example, without input parameter value), and weld Border face 11 can determine the range of recommended value or value.

In some embodiments, user can import button 88 by selection to import for the default of required weld seam Connector characteristic and/or electric parameter.Importing button 88 can permit user from local storage (for example, memory 37) retrieval The setting of the connector characteristic saved in advance retrieves input adapter characteristic from external data source (for example, network 46).For example, can be with From cad file or other frameworks or Graphing of Engineering and/or specification, laptop, mobile device or computer network it is direct on Pass connector characteristic.In other words, weld interface 11 can be from calculation type device downloads or reception from schematic authority file Data, and connector characteristic and/or electric parameter are determined using these data.Importing can be presented in welding description window 54 The model 89 of data (for example, cad file).In some embodiments, GUI 50 can permit user and modify the data imported. In addition, or in alternative form, user can control welding description window 54 to change the model 89 of the data imported.One In a little embodiments, analog buttons 90 can permit the simulation that GUI 50 shows the welding of welding scheme and/or completion.User can To manipulate visual angle and/or the playback of simulation using GUI 50.It is appreciated that simulation allows user's preview that can assist using The proposed welding procedure of person's execution welding procedure.In addition, or in alternative form, user can be once observing simulation It modifies welding procedure and/or welds variable to change the result of welding procedure according to the result of simulation.User can use It simulates to check that the potential hypothesis between associated welds variable is weighed.For example, productivity can be increased by increasing travel speed, and Increase and splashes to maintain weld profile, and productivity can be reduced by reducing travel speed, but have better quality guarantee.This Outside, increase rotation and/or swinging the size of figure can make weld profile broaden and/or reduce fusion penetration, and reduce rotation The size for turning and/or swinging figure can make weld profile narrow and/or increase fusion penetration.In some embodiments, storage setting The current setting that button 92 can be used for being shown according to GUI 50 establishes setting for the characteristic (for example, physics, electrical) of storage It sets.The setting of these characteristics can store in memory 37 and/or on network 46, and can be retrieved by importing button 88 For subsequent use.

GUI 50 includes order button to handle the input parameter that one or more users specify.User can choose Recommendation button 94 controls weld interface 11 to determine one or more welding procedures and welding variable, consequently facilitating at least partly Ground input parameter based on a specified forms required weld seam.Power supply 12, wire-feed motor 14 and/or welding torch 18 is arranged in display by GUI 50 Used one or more welding procedure and welding variable (for example, electric parameter).These welding variables may include but not It is limited to, welding procedure 96, supply voltage setting 98, source current setting 100, supply frequency 102, polarity 104 and operation mode 106 (for example, constant current CC, constant voltage CV or pulses).Welding procedure 96 can include but is not limited to, FCAW, FCAW-G, GTAW (TIG), SAW, SMAW, friction rabbling welding, Laser Welding, mixing weldering or their any combination.In some embodiments, boundary is welded The welding variable that face 11 determines may include welding wire parameter (for example, wire types 78, gage of wire, wire feed rate 80, welding wire number Amount), welding torch parameter is (for example, road sub-quantity, swing width, rotation and/or swing figure 84, longitudinal welding torch travel speed 86, electricity Pole rotation speed, electrode extension speed, electrode withdrawal speed, travel angle, operating angle), gas type 82, electric current at any time Variation (for example, electric current ramp rate), voltage change with time (for example, voltage ramp rate), joule, the pulse duration, Induction heating temperature or increased laser energy or their any combination.As described below, weld interface 11, which can use, comes from The information of management preferences, user's preference or other preferences, to determine the welding procedure suggested and welding variable.In some implementations Example in, weld interface 11 can use from welding procedure specification (WPS), look-up table, network data base or neural network or it The information (for example, reference data) of any combination determine proposed welding procedure and welding variable.

It is appreciated that once selection recommendation button 94, weld interface 11 can determine any input parameter being left empty (for example, not inputting numerical value).GUI 50 also can permit user and change the input parameter (for example, physical characteristic) selected before this And by selecting refresh button 108 that GUI 50 is made to redefine welding procedure and welding variable.In some embodiments, it welds Interface 11 is that one or more welding procedures that user determines and welding variable may be displayed on user for check one Or on multiple screens.Once checking that the welding procedure of suggestion and corresponding welding variable, user can be by selecting modification to press Button 110 modifies proposed determination.For example, user can be in the welding variable or input parameter for maintaining at least some suggestions While one or more welding variable (for example, wire feed rate 80, voltage 98, frequency 102) of modification.Modification (if yes) After welding variable or input parameter, user can ratify welding procedure and welding variable by selection approval button 112, To allow weld interface 11 to control power supply 12, wire-feed motor and/or welding torch 18 to use proposed welding procedure and proposed Welding variable execute welding application.

In some embodiments, economy button 114 allows user to check welding procedure and welding change for suggestion Multiple economic factors of amount.The cost for executing welding application can be based at least partially on consumables (for example, welding wire, contact, guarantor Protect gas, electrode) cost, cost of energy, labor cost, facility cost, equipment cost.For example, straight with biggish welding wire The welding wire of diameter is formed can have for the weld seam of zanjon application than the weld seam for forming zanjon application with the welding wire of smaller gage of wire There is lower labor cost, because increasing sub-quantity to form weld seam.In addition, for some applications, medicine core or metal Core electrode can have consumables cost more higher than solid electrode；However, medicine core or the labor cost of metal core electrode and/ Or protective gas cost and/or labour skill dependence can be lower than the solid electrode of other application.In addition, some Welders Skill (for example, TIG technique, advanced welding procedure, mixing welding procedure) can have than other welding procedures (for example, SMAW work Skill, MIG technique) higher labor cost, wherein higher labor cost is based at least partially on higher operator's skill Art is horizontal.Facility cost can include but is not limited to, maintenance with the automated system 34 for welding procedure can be executed and The associated cost of service cost.Facility cost can include but is not limited to, associated with the buying component of welding system 10 Cost.User selects economy button 114 that can show and provides the data of substantially cost, which can be used for required weldering The welding procedure scooped out.Therefore, weld interface 11 can be based at least partially on economic factor (for example, cost) come suggestion weldering Connect technique and welding variable.

Fig. 3 shows the embodiment of welding torch 18 and electrode 120 relative to the movement of workpiece 22.Weld interface 11 can determine Variable is welded, welding variable may include the variable for describing welding torch 18 and/or electrode 120 relative to the movement of workpiece 22.Fig. 3 shows Some welding variables of the arrangement of description welding torch 18, electrode 120 and workpiece 22 during welding relative to each other are gone out.Welding torch 18 And electrode 120 moves on being longitudinally travelled direction 122 along the connector 124 between workpiece material 22.Since electrode 120 is along connecing First 124 movement, so the electrode material that the weld seam for being formed as a part of electrode 120 is deposited on workpiece 22 and/or deposits before this Expect on (for example, molten bath).Electrode 120 can move on laterally 126 and/or axial 128 relative to connector 124.18 He of welding torch Movement of the electrode 120 on laterally 126 can be defined herein as swinging figure.Dotted line 127 shows welding torch 18 and crosses The embodiment of the movement (for example, oscillation) in swinging figure of connector 124.Operating angle 130 describe the axis 132 of electrode 120 with Along the angle of transverse direction 126 between connector 124.Welding torch angle 134 describes between the axis 132 of electrode and connector 124 along vertical To 122 angle.

In some embodiments, electrode 120 can welding torch 18 on being longitudinally travelled direction 122 move while relative to Welding torch 18 is with required pattern movement (for example, rotation).Electrode 120 can rotate in connector 124, as indicated by an arrow 136, from And increase the area that electrode material can be deposited in connector 124.Electrode 120 can be including but unlimited with various pattern movements In circle, ellipse, zigzag, 8-shaped, transverse reciprocating line, crescent, " C " font, " J " font, T-shaped, triangle, Rectangular, rectangle, non-linear pattern, asymmetric pattern, pause or their any combination.These motor patterns and motor pattern Using be described in September in 2013 16 days by Christopher Hsu et al. submit it is entitled " synchronous rotary arc-welding method and The U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.61/878 of system ", 404, this application is incorporated in the disclosure by reference.

Welding torch 18 and/or electrode 120 can be moved along axis 132 to be deposited in connector 124 with coordination electrode material.One In a little embodiments, user can use multiple passages of welding torch 18 and electrode 120 along connector 124, and each passage is formed One layer makes the weld seam completed have multiple layers in vertical direction 138.In addition, or in alternative form, welding procedure can be with Movement (for example, extend, recall) of the coordination electrode 120 along axis 132 relative to welding torch 18.For example, can control 120 edge of electrode Heat of the movement to influence the deposition rate of electrode material and/or be applied on workpiece of axis 132.In some embodiments, Can with required motion pattern (for example, arrow 136) coordination electrode 120 along the movement of axis 132 with coordination electrode material Deposition position.

Fig. 4 shows using weld interface 11 embodiment for determining the method 150 of welding procedure and welding variable.Welding Interface 11 receives (box 152) input parameter (for example, physical characteristic) from user.It being manually entered by GUI 50 And/or (for example, cad file) is imported automatically by data as described above and receives input parameter.It is based at least partially on and connects The input parameter of receipts, weld interface 11 determines (box 154) at least one welding procedure and determination (box 156) is at least A kind of welding variable of welding procedure.Then weld interface 11 shows (box 158) determining one or more welderings to user It connects technique and welds the result of variable for checking and ratifying.In some embodiments, welding procedure and/or completion can be passed through Welding simulative display result.

Weld interface 11 is using received input parameter and true using the data stored in memory 37 and/or network 46 Determine welding procedure (box 154) and welding variable (box 156).Being stored in data in memory 37 and/or network 46 can be with It is related to various factors associated with welding procedure and welding variable.For example, can be based at least partially on for required weldering The applicability (for example, economy, quality, intensity, appearance) of the welding procedure of the various physical characteristics of seam determines specific welding Technique and welding variable for welding procedure.The applicability of determining welding procedure can include but is not limited to, determining weldering It connects technique and welds the economy (for example, cost) of variable, user's level of skill, the complexity of the welding procedure of determination, makes The available welding system of user, the available stock of user and user's productivity/efficiency.It is stored in memory 37 and/or net Data in network 46 can be look-up table, neural network, network data base, management system, default and preference form to include Welding procedure specification (WPS) or their any combination.In some embodiments, manufacturer and/or user, which can fill, adds The data set in memory 37 and/or network 46 is downloaded to for various welding procedures.For example, can suggest that TIG weld is used for Welding application with relatively thin workpiece material and/or aluminium alloy, and MIG welding can be suggested for having thicker workpiece material Welding application and/or open root application.In some embodiments, it can suggest that friction rabbling welding and/or mixing weldering are used for Heating of the flatter weld profile and/or reduction to workpiece 22.

Once showing the welding procedure and weld variable that (box 158) suggests, user determines whether (node 160) receives It is recommended that welding procedure and welding variable or modification (box 162) to be supplied to the input of weld interface different potentially to generate It is recommended that welding procedure and welding variable.In some embodiments, user can modify the input for being supplied to weld interface 11 Parameter (for example, physical characteristic).In addition, or in alternative form, user, which can add or remove, is supplied to weld interface 11 Input parameter (for example, physical characteristic, electric parameter).Be understood that, it is proposed that welding procedure and welding variable display (side Frame 158) it may include the weld interface 11 for simulating the welding procedure suggested.Weld interface 11 can be at various speeds (for example, real When, slow motion) and various visual angles or orientation (for example, 2D, 3D) display simulation.In addition, weld interface 11 can be from different views The dynamics simulation of the weld seam of angle display simulation, for example, showing dynamic (dynamical) nearly figure in electrode and molten bath, or shows butt joint And/or the component view (such as sectional view) of the influence of workpiece entirety.The simulation that weld interface 11 is shown may include but unlimited In (such as simulation) electric current and electricity of, the placement for the welding wire simulated in connector or molten bath, visible wire feed rate variation, prediction Press figure, melting bath stirring, splash horizontal, other influences or their any combination.

When user approves of the welding procedure suggested and welding variable, weld interface 11 can control (box 164) weldering The component (for example, power supply 12, wire-feed motor 14, welding torch 18) of welding system 10 is to allow user and/or automated system 34 to execute Required welding application.For example, weld interface 11 can be controlled with the wire feed rate suggested for the MIG welding procedure suggested Wire-feed motor 14 processed, and voltage, electric current and the arteries and veins of the power supply 12 for the MIG welding procedure suggested can be set in weld interface 11 Rush parameter.When completing welding, user and/or weld interface 11 can check weld seam and generate in relation to the considerable of weld seam Examine the result (for example, score) of quality.For example, in terms of user can check the appearance of weld seam, for example, molten wide, weld spacing, Fusion penetration, burn-through, porosity, crack etc..In addition, or in alternative form, user or weld interface 11 can check that welding is gone through The aspect of history, for example, voltage waveform, current waveform or the filling metal (for example, welding wire) utilized.Weld interface 11 can be from making User receive (box 166) result in order to by the result of actual welding with before this result and/or analog result be compared (box 168).This is based at least partially on to compare, weld interface 11 adjustable (box 170) for suggest welding procedure and Weld the model in the memory 37 of variable and/or on network 46.

In some embodiments, look-up table, database or nerve net can be used for fill with the iterated application above method 150 The data (for example, model) of network.For example, user, which initially can only input physical characteristic, is used as input parameter, and user Input parameter can then be modified to specify specific welding procedure (for example, TIG, MIG, SMAW) or one or more electrical ginsengs The group of (for example, voltage, electric current, frequency, polarity, wire feed rate) is counted to change the performance of gained weld seam.User can use Method 150 adjusts the effect of one or more welding variable (for example, electric parameter) to determine, while maintaining or managing Welder Some change levels of skill and physical characteristic.This allows user to be by data modification may generation during actual welds are formed Substantially variation, otherwise this variation may not be counted during the simulation of weld seam.Such as another example, user can be single Solely or combine voltage, electric current, wire feed rate and travel speed modification for rotating and/or swinging the welding variable of figure to control The deposition position of electrode material in welded joints.In addition, or in alternative form, welding current can be modified with coordination electrode material Injection and/or splashing, weldingvoltage can be modified to control fusion penetration, or travel speed can be modified to control the stream in molten bath Dynamic property.In some embodiments, user is allowed to generate steady mould using the iterative modifications of the welding variable of weld interface 11 Type, these models can be used for suggestion with more complex timing, speed and energy level welding procedure and welding variable with Weld seam needed for generating, even if when user provides better simply input parameter (for example, physical characteristic).

Weld interface 11 can recommend welding variable based on the user's preference being merged into model.In some embodiments In, weld interface 11 can permit welding system 10 and control fusion penetration to reduce or eliminate the burn-through of workpiece 22.It is appreciated that can be with Deposition and/or burn-through are managed using AC technique.Weld interface 11 can suggest utilizing at certain points in connector specific Polarity.For example, electrode straight polarity (also referred to as reversed polarity) can increase fusion penetration, and when the swing welding torch 18 on the side wall of connector When Electrode Negative (also referred to as positive polarity) can reduce compared under reversed polarity to the heat input of workpiece material.Separately Outside, or in alternative form, weld interface 11 can pause in conjunction with wire feed rate suggestion one or more to change fusion penetration, thus Adjust the fusion penetration of weld seam.In some embodiments, weld interface 11 can suggest the combination (example of one or more welding procedures Such as, it is controlled short-circuit technique in first part, second part is AC technique, and Part III is pulsation process) existed with managing weld seam Fusion penetration in connector.Weld interface 11 can use the feedback (for example, sensor feedback) from welding system 10 with then real Shi Xiugai welding procedure and/or welding variable.For example, weld interface 11 can use welding torch 18 and electrode 120 relative to workpiece 22 position and/or motion feedback are to control the adjusting timing to welding variable.

In some embodiments, it is heavy that the model being stored in memory 37 and/or network 46 can be based at least partially on The volume of long-pending packing material calculates, the fluid dynamics of the packing material of the thermokinetics of welding application and/or fusing.Example Such as, weld interface 11 can suggest deposition rate, the travel speed of the packing material (for example, welding wire) with deposition certain volume With the welding procedure of wire feed rate, the packing material of the volume can be filled with required density/porosity connector.Welding Interface 11 may be configured to be based at least partially on the power acted on packing material before workpiece solidifies and carry out suggestion welding Technique.For example, weld interface 11 is melted caused by being based at least partially on welding position, gravity, being placed due to conventional welding wire The swing of centrifugal force, welding torch and/or the rotation of electrode of the packing material of change or their any combination carry out suggestion welding procedure.

The model that weld interface 11 utilizes can maintain the Welder of suggestion with merging threshold in required economic boundaries The welding variable of skill and suggestion.For example, weld interface 11, which may be configured to suggestion, meets the specification for being used for required weld seam Welding procedure with least cost.In addition, or in alternative form, weld interface 11 may be configured to suggestion in technical ability water Welding procedure in flat range is to increase the repeatability and quality that utilize welding performed by the user of weld interface 11.? In some embodiments, when multiple welding procedures can generate required weld seam based on input parameter, weld interface 11 can be built Discuss the welding procedure having than other feasible lower costs of welding procedure and/or lower complexity.

Cooperateing with for user and welding system can be improved in weld interface as described above.Weld interface is received from user The input parameter (for example, physical characteristic) of required weld seam, and it is proposed to be used in the welding procedure and weldering of the weld seam needed for generating Connect variable (for example, electric parameter).Weld interface can be with the component of welding system (for example, power supply, wire-feed motor, welding torch, machine People) or to connect with welding system the individual component of (for example, wired or wireless connection) integrated.Weld interface can benefit For carrying out suggestion welding procedure from the data of look-up table, neural network, welding procedure system, database or their any combination With welding variable.As described above, user can use weld interface to simulate welding procedure and weld weldering of the variable to simulation The effect of seam.User can modify input parameter and/or welding variable before generating weld seam, and user can see Modification welding variable carrys out the welding procedure of Improving advice and welds variable for subsequent weldering after examining the result of the weld seam of generation Scoop out use.In some embodiments, weld interface can be with real-time control welding procedure and welding variable with the result of control model. For example, when welded pipe root pass, weld interface can be by encoder, tachometer or other sensors from being placed on connector In welding wire position rotary welding torch receive feedback.Feedback to weld interface allows weld interface to control welding system to adjust Section wire feed rate, rotation speed, electric parameter or their any combination are burnt with reducing or eliminating.Weld interface can pass through Sensing voltage, electric current, the audible sound of the visual appearance of weld seam or weld seam or their any combination burn sensing or Imminent burn-through.Since welding wire rotates in connector, weld interface can be tracked welding wire and be existed by observation voltage and rotation Movement in connector.In some embodiments, the welding procedure and welding variable that weld interface can convey suggestion in real time are in place One or more welding systems in building site, to allow one or more welding systems for proposed welding procedure.This Outside, weld interface can show voltage, electric current, wire feed rate with figure, chart or oscillograph format or their any combination Variable is welded with other.

Fig. 5,6 and 7 describe the exemplary implementation scheme of the weld interface 11 of Fig. 1 to receive the welding letter that user defines Breath, the weld information that user is defined are supplied to welding knowledge provider 200, receive welding from welding knowledge provider 200 Plan, and implement welding plan on welding equipment (source of welding current 12 and/or wire-feed motor 14 of such as Fig. 1).Exemplary weldering It machine interface 11 can be in the source of welding current 12, in the individual computing device communicated with the source of welding current 12 (for example, individual calculus Machine, laptop etc.) in and/or implement in application program, the application program is in such as smart phone or tablet computer Etc. execute in mobile devices.Although describing exemplary implementing device, weld interface 11 can be in any kind of calculating Implement on device.

Fig. 5 is shown can fill in the user interface of welding equipment, computing device, mobile device or any other type It sets and presents to access the exemplary user interface 500 of the information of the welding knowledge provider 200 from Fig. 1.

The exemplary user interface 500 of Fig. 5, which input user (for example, seeking the welder that welding is suggested) can, make The weld information that user defines comprising material 502 to be welded, the expected results 504 of welding, current material 506 and/or for Weld the welding equipment 508 used.However, it is possible to additionally or alternatively provide other weld informations.User interface 500 includes Enable a user to the menu that the weld information that user defines is described using reference format.The menu guides user To submenu logically to define material 502 to be welded, the expected results 504 of welding, current material 506 and/or for welding The welding equipment 508 used.The weld information that user defines can also include identification and/or the user of available welded attachment Position and/or pending welding position.As used herein, term " existing " refers to that user is easy to get, and such as may be used (for example, previously having obtained) welding wire and/or protective gas for user for welding.

As the supplement or substitution of menu structure, interface 500 includes the text as free form (for example, natural language) Input field 510 allows the user to input welding description and is not limited to menu system.It is input in text entry field 510 Information can be interpreted by the application program of execution user interface and/or be transmitted to natural language processor to be interpreted.Show Example property text entry field 510 can be by the keypad (for example, keyboard with touch screen), external by keyboard etc. in user interface Text input device, by selection speech recognition button 512 with activate microphone for user input voice and/or using appoint What his input unit is filled.

Exemplary user interface 500 further includes welding scene analysis button 514, allows the user to be swept with camera It retouches welding scene and executes image recognition to identify the one or more aspects of welding scene.For example, providing user interface Application program can identify that connector, orientation and/or thickness information, existing welding wire and/or gas information (identify item for example, passing through The other machines readable code of shape code or identification welding wire and/or gas products) and/or welding equipment and consumables (for example, passing through The model and/or size, shape, configuration and/or face by identifying welding equipment and consumables printed on identification welding equipment Color).Example machine readable code includes bar code, QR code, RFID label tag and/or any other machine-readable markers.

User interface 500 can by based on via the received input of user interface 500 identification source of welding current model, Source of welding current capacity, wire-feed motor model, main power source or engine-driven power supply identify for welding the welding equipment that uses. User interface 500 can be by based on via the received input of user interface 500 identification workpiece ingredient, thickness of workpiece, work Part orientation and/or fillet size identify material 502 to be welded.In some instances, all interface screen as shown in Figure 2 User interface can be used for defining or describing material 502 to be welded.User interface 500 can be by based on via user Purpose, the expection intensity of weld seam, weld size and/or the splashing level of the received input identification welding in interface 500 are welded to identify The expected results 504 connect.User interface 500 can be by based on via the received input of user interface 500 identification electrode Ingredient, electrode diameter, electrode model, protective gas ingredient and/or protective gas model identify current material 506.

The weld information that the user identified defines is listed in weld information dialog box 516, to show to user The weld information (for example, confirmation and/or correction for being used for user) that user defines.

After the weld information for defining user is input to user interface 500, user can be based on user The weld information of definition (is welded come the welding plan for selecting the welding knowledge base 202 of inspection Fig. 1 to recommend with acquisition for example, checking Knowledge library button 518) and/or by the request of the weld information defined with user be sent to welding 204 (example of knowledge services Such as, welding expert button 520 is inquired).According to which of select button 518,520, the application of user interface 500 is presented Weld information that program format user defines simultaneously sends it to welding knowledge base 202 and/or welding knowledge services 204.

Fig. 6 is shown can fill in the user interface of welding equipment, computing device, mobile device or any other type It sets and presents so that the welding knowledge provider 200 received one from Fig. 1 is presented in response to sending the request with weld information The exemplary user interface 600 of a or multiple welding plans.

The weld information requested and user defines is sent in the application program that the user interface 500 of Fig. 5 is presented After welding knowledge provider 200, exemplary weld knowledge provider 200 returns to welding plan 602,604,606, the welding Plan in the exemplary 600 (user interface on its device that can replace presentation user interface 500,600 of user interface 500) it is shown on.

Respectively specified welder configuration, welding articles information and/or welding operator refer to for welding plan 602,604,606 One or more of enable.It is associated with the welding plan to check that user can choose one of plan 602,604,606 Information.User can (or any other selection mechanism such as passes through selection via corresponding select button 608,610,612 Welding plan 602,604,606 and selection " confirmation " button carry out one of select planning.Selecting select button 608,610,612 For the moment, weld interface 11 by by it is selected welding Figure 60 2,604,606 relevant portion (for example, welding procedure, welding Machine parameter etc.) source of welding current 12, wire-feed motor 14 and/or any other equipment are downloaded to (for example, covering weldering in weld interface 11 By being programmed to output control circuit when connecing in power supply 12, or when being separated with the source of welding current 12 via wired or wireless Connection) configure the source of welding current 12.For example, weld interface 11 can be by utilizing at least one in welding procedure or welding parameter Person configures the source of welding current 12 automatically to configure the source of welding current 12, and wherein welding procedure is modified in response to the feedback during welding The current order and/or voltage commands of the source of welding current 12.From welding the received welding of knowledge provider 200 plan 602,604, 606 may include instruction needed for equipment described in 11 automated programming of welder interface.

Welding plan 602,604,606 can by present it is following at least one weldering is shown in user interface 600 Connection device configuration: voltage set point, voltage range, current set point, current range, wire feed rate set-point, wire feed rate model It encloses, welding procedure, weld power waveform, hot exposure is arranged or the wire feed rate for configuring the source of welding current.Welding plan 602, 604,606 can by present it is following at least one show welding operator's instruction: welding cable in user interface 600 With working cable link information, Welding Safety information, welding stroke patterns, travel speed, contact tip and workpiece distance, equipment Setting instruction, workpiece assembly instruction or welding operator's body positioning instruction.Exemplary operator instruction, which can also be included in, answers With showing the connector of the annotation with virtual weld seam in program to illustrate how workpiece cooperates and/or show with empty to operator The connector of the annotation of quasi- welding torch to operator to illustrate how for welding torch to be maintained at welding torch angle appropriate and travel angle.It can be with Virtual welding torch is manipulated to simulate sequence of welds, may include starting to weld and/or lead to by pulling trigger, swing arc Release trigger is crossed to stop welding.Welding plan 602,604,606 can be by being presented following item come in user interface 600 Articles information is welded in middle display: source of welding current model, power supply rating plate, the image of welding equipment, electrode composition, electrode diameter, Electrode model, protective gas model, Universial Product Code associated with consumables, easily consumes welding material at protective gas ingredient Image, and/or easily consumption welding material purchase information.Exemplary purchase information includes articles Shopping List and/or articles quotient Position, equipment dealer and/or the user in shop can therefrom obtain the equipment leasing of necessary consumables and/or equipment.

After having selected one of plan 602,604,606, exemplary user interface 600 can provide further phase Close information, such as local welding articles shop, from can wherein buy be not recognized as in the information that user defines it is existing The welding articles of article identified.

In some instances, welding knowledge provider 200 can transmit one or more welding plans and user defines Weld information one or more elements between conflict.For example, 600 alarm of interface identification description the incompatible of weld seam makes The weld information that user defines is (for example, the welding that the welding equipment configuration component of identification welding plan 606 and user define is believed Conflict between breath).For example, as shown in Figure 6,600 instruction conflict of user interface, the welding needed for welding plan 606 When equipment is different from the welding equipment specified in the weld information that user defines, it may occur however that the conflict.User circle Face 600, which is also based on information included in the response from welding knowledge provider 200, makes description welding to show The suggestion for the weld information that user defines is changed.User can choose the welding different using the change and/or selection suggested Plan.

In some instances, welding knowledge provider 200 is based at least partially on applicable welding code to identify welding Plan and/or is compared the welding plan of identification with the requirement of this category code.To the weld interface for including welding plan In 11 response, welding knowledge provider 200 may include the result of such welding code analysis.User interface 600 can be with Based on from welding knowledge provider 200 it is received response come present identification do not meet be applicable in weld code welding plan or configuration Alarm.

At the end of the welding executed using selected welding plan 602,604,606 is operated, weld interface 11 can be with Another interface is presented, another described interface includes the prompt to the actual result of welding operation.It is received from user As a result after, the actual result of welding operation is sent to welding knowledge provider 200 by weld interface 11.Weld knowledge provider 200 can analyze as a result, and if it is required, then selected based on result update welding plan and with update welding plan To respond weld interface.Then, weld interface 11 in response to actual result and use from welding knowledge provider 200 it is received more New welding plan configures the source of welding current 12.The actual result of welding operation may include weld size, weld penetration, weld seam Shape, welding quality, heat input, deformation, burn into defect, discontinuity, weld strength and/or mechanical performance measured value.

In some instances, at the end of the welding executed using selected welding plan 602,604,606 is operated, weldering The measurement data that the source of welding current 12 generates is sent welding knowledge provider 200 by border face 11.For example, welding machine interface 11 can be with Collect that voltage and or current information, wire feed rate information, duty cycle information, welding starts, welding stops and/or can be by Any other data that the source of welding current 12 and/or wire-feed motor 14 are collected, and send measured data to welding knowledge provider 200.Welding knowledge provider 200 analyze metrical information and identify whether any potential exception and/or measurement data indicate can The welding of receiving.Welding knowledge provider 200 can be by the acceptable of welding defect instruction, welding diagnostic program and/or welding Property indicate a return to weld interface 11 with via weld interface 11 present.In some instances, welding knowledge base 202 will measure Data and corresponding welding plan are added to welding knowledge base 202, so as to carried out in response to following request future reference and/ Or suggest.

Welding knowledge provider 200 can calculate related to each of the welding plan 602,604,606 that is identified The economic data of connection, and economic data is provided using welding plan 602,604,606.Then, exemplary user interface 600 Welding plan 602,604,606 can be presented in order based on economic data, such as according to (or most high from least valuableness is executed It is expensive) to the sequence for executing most expensive (least expensive) welding plan 602,604,606 is presented.

Exemplary user interface 600 further includes button 614 such as to connect user via audio and/or video link Welding knowledge services 204 are connected to, allow the user to provide with the staff of welding knowledge services 204 or other services Person's interaction.For example, user interface 600 may include with and the associated remote service technical staff of welding knowledge services 204 Video link (for example, be remotely located).User interface 600 and long-range connection enable Service Technicians to send use Person's message (for example, some point that camera is directed toward welding scene or equipment by request user) and/or annotation come from user's phase The feeding of machine is to cover the information about user interface (for example, remotely extracting the annotation and text on image, and/or offer The instruction of enhancing is sent and in the actual welding scene or the equipment that are covered in user interface).

Fig. 7 is the flow chart 700 for indicating example machine readable, and the machine readable instructions can showing by Fig. 1 Example property weld interface 11 is executed to select welding parameter.

At box 702, the user interface 500 of Fig. 5 is presented in welder interface 11.At box 704, weld interface 11 is passed through It is received and is inputted by user interface 500.It is described input can be menu-drive, free form or natural language text input, And/or image-driven.At box 706, weld interface 11 inputs the welding letter that identification user defines from user interface Breath.For example, weld interface 11 can identify material to be welded, the expected results of welding, current material and/or use for welding Welding equipment.At box 708, weld interface 11 determines whether to receive additional input.If receiving additional input (side Frame 708), then control is back to box 706 to handle additional input.

(for example, user selects one of button 518,520 of Fig. 5) (box when being not received by further input 708), at box 710, weld interface 11 sends welding knowledge for the request of the weld information defined including user and provides Person's (for example, welding knowledge provider 200, welding knowledge base 202 and/or welding knowledge services 204).At box 712, welding Interface 11 determines whether to receive welding plan in response to the request.If not yet receiving welding plan (box 712), Determine whether that overtime (box 713) has occurred.If there is no overtime (box 713), control back to box 712 with etc. Wait respond.If having occurred and that overtime (box 713) before receiving welding plan, control is back to box 710 to incite somebody to action The weld information that user defines resends to welding knowledge provider 200).

When receiving welding plan (box 712), at box 714, weld interface 11 is via user interface (example Such as, the user interface 600 of Fig. 6) the received welding plan 602,604,606 of institute is presented.User interface 600 allows user Check the additional information about welding plan, such as required equipment and/or consumables, and/or the warp about each welding plan Ji information.At box 716, weld interface 11 determines whether to have selected for one of welding plan.If not yet selection welding Plan (box 716), then control continues that welding plan 602,604,606 is presented back to box 714.

When selection welding plan when (box 716), at box 718, weld interface 11 determine device configuration whether include It is welded in the works selected.If including in the works device configuration (box 718) in selected welding, in box At 720, weld interface 11 configures applicable welding equipment using selected welding plan (for example, the source of welding current 12, wire feed Machine 14 etc.).For example, weld interface 11 can be configured by configuring the source of welding current 12 using welding procedure and/or welding parameter The equipment.

After configuring welding equipment (box 720), or if device configuration is not included in selected welding plan In (box 718), then at box 722, weld interface 11 determines whether selected welding plan needs articles.If selected Welding plan then needs articles (box 722), then at box 724, institute is presented via user interface 600 in weld interface 11 Need articles list.For example, user interface 600 can present source of welding current model, power supply rating plate, welding equipment image, Electrode composition, electrode diameter, electrode model, protective gas ingredient, protective gas model, the universal product associated with consumables The image of code, easily consumption welding material, and/or the purchase information of easily consumption welding material.

After the articles list needed for presenting (box 724), or if selected welding plan does not need articles (side Frame 722), then at box 726, weld interface 11 determines whether selected welding plan includes that operator instructs.If institute The welding plan of selection includes that operator instructs (box 726), then at box 728, weld interface 11 is via user interface 600 are presented operator's instruction.For example, welding cable and/or work electricity can be presented in weld interface 11 via user interface 600 Cable link information, Welding Safety information, welding stroke patterns, travel speed, contact tip and workpiece distance, equipment setting refer to It enables, workpiece assembly instructs or welding operator's body positioning instruction.

After operator's instruction is presented (box 728), or if selected welding plan does not include that operator refers to (box 726) is enabled, then illustrative instructions 700 terminate.

Fig. 8 A and 8B show the flow chart for indicating example machine readable 800, the readable finger of example machine Enabling can be executed from the exemplary weld knowledge base of Fig. 1 to provide welding to request unit (for example, user interface 11 of Fig. 1) Plan.When receiving the request to welding plan from user interface equipment, illustrative instructions 800 can be by one or more Computing device (for example, server etc.) executes.

At box 802, the welding parsing of knowledge provider 200 is via the received request of API.For example, welding knowledge provides Person 200 can identify that the weld information that the user of which type defines has included in the request of formatting and/or executing Language Processing is with the identidication key from natural language data or other weld informations.

At box 804, welding knowledge provider 200 determines that the request is directed to for welding knowledge base 202 still For welding knowledge services 204.

If request is for welding knowledge base 202 (box 804), at box 806, welding knowledge base 202 is used The weld information that user in the request defines searches for welding plan.For example, welding knowledge base 202 can be used it is described The whole and/or subset of the weld information that user defines runs one or many inquiries, is defined with identifying with user The closely related welding plan of weld information.Identify that welding plan may include being weighted, the information for search to list Only database identifies and searches for different types of welding, and/or uses any other search skill for welding plan for identification Art, rule and/or algorithm.

At box 808, welding knowledge base 202 selects the welding plan identified during search.For selected weldering Plan is connect, at box 810, welding knowledge base 202 determines whether selected welding plan realizes expected welding result, institute Stating expected welding result can specify in the weld information that user defines, or if do not defined, based on default As a result it presents.When selected welding is planned to realize expected welding result (box 810), in box 812, knowledge base is welded 202 are added to selected welding scheme in acceptable welding list of schedules.

After selected welding plan is added in acceptable welding list of schedules (box 812), Huo Zheru Expected welding result (box 810) is not implemented in the selected welding plan of fruit, then at box 814, welding knowledge base 202 is determined With the presence or absence of the welding plan in addition identified.If without the welding plan (box 814) in addition identified, at box 816, Welding knowledge base 202 is ranked up acceptable welding list of schedules.At box 818, welding knowledge base 202 will be subjected to The sorted lists of welding plan are sent to requestor (for example, user interface 11).Then illustrative instructions 800 terminate.

If the request is for welding ISP 204 (box 804), at box 820, welding service is mentioned Donor 204 selects service provider (for example, solder technologist) based on the weld information that the user in the request defines.? At box 822, the weld information that the welding formatting user of ISP 204 defines is so that selected service provider is checked. At box 824, ISP 204 is welded by formatted message and is sent to selected service provider.

At box 826, welding ISP 204 determines whether to receive welding plan.If not receiving welding Plan (box 826), then at box 828, welding ISP 204 determines whether that time-out occurs.If there is no super When (box 828), then control back to box 826 with receive welding plan.If occurred really overtime (box 828), control System is back to box 824 to retransmit formatted message.

When receiving welding plan (box 826), at box 830, welding ISP 204 formats welding meter It draws so that user checks.For example, welding ISP 204 can be according to for by user interface 11 being parsed and being shown Predetermined format formats welding plan.At box 832, welding ISP 204 sends the welding plan of formatting To requestor.After sending welding plan, illustrative instructions 800 terminate.

Although exemplary type instruction 800 can be for including welding knowledge base 202 or only including showing for welding knowledge services 204 Example property welding knowledge provider 200 executes, but in other examples, welding knowledge provider 200 only includes welding knowledge base 202 or only include welding knowledge services 204.If welding knowledge provider 200 only includes welding knowledge base 202, can save Slightly exemplary block 804 and 820 to 832.On the contrary, if welding knowledge provider 200 only includes welding knowledge services 204, It can be omitted box 804 to 818.

Fig. 9 can be used for implementing the weld interface 11 of Fig. 1, welding knowledge base 202 and/or weld knowledge services 204 The block diagram of exemplary computing system 900.The exemplary weld interface 11 of Fig. 9 can be welding equipment, general purpose computer, notebook Computer, tablet computer, mobile device, server and/or any other type computing device.In some instances, boundary is welded Face 11 can be used one or more physical machines and implement in cloud computing environment, and in some instances, number can be used Implement according to one or more virtual machines in center.

The exemplary weld interface 11 of Fig. 9 includes processor 902.Example processor 902 can be from any manufacture Any general Central Processing Unit (CPU) of quotient.In some other examples, processor 902 may include one or more special With processing unit, risc processor, graphics processing unit, digital signal processor and/or system on chip such as with ARM core (SoC).Processor 902 executes machine readable instructions 904, can be locally stored in the processor (for example, included In cache or SoC), in random access memory 906 (or other volatile memory), read-only memory 908 (or Other nonvolatile memories, such as flash memory) in, and/or in mass storage device 910.Exemplary massive store dress Setting 910 can be hard disk drive, solid state storage drive, hybrid drive, RAID array and/or any other large capacity number According to storage device.

Bus 912 realize processor 902, RAM 906, ROM 908, mass storage device 910, network interface 914 and/ Or the communication between input/output interface 916.

Exemplary network interface 914 includes for weld interface 11 to be connected to the communication networks such as internet 918 Hardware, firmware and/or software.For example, network interface 914 may include meeting IEEE for send and/or receive communication The wireless and/or wire communication hardware of 902.X.

The exemplary I/O interface 916 of Fig. 9 includes for one or more input/output devices 920 to be connected to processor 902 for providing input to processor 902 and/or providing hardware, firmware and/or the software of output from processor 902.Example Such as, I/O interface 916 may include graphics processing unit for docking with display device, for compatible with one or more USB The interface of USB port, FireWire, fieldbus and/or any other type that device docks.Exemplary I/O Device 920 may include keyboard, keypad, mouse, trace ball, instruction device, microphone, audio tweeter, display device, light Learn the input of media drive, multiple point touching touch screen, gesture identification interface, magnetic media drive and/or any other type And/or output device.

It is machine readable that exemplary weld interface 11 can access non-transitory via I/O interface 916 and/or I/O device 920 Medium 922.The example of the machine readable media 922 of Fig. 9 includes CD (for example, CD (CD), digital universal/video disc (DVD), Blu-ray Disc etc.), magnetic medium (for example, floppy disk), portable storage media is (for example, portable flash drive, safety Digital (SD) card etc.) and/or any other type removable and/or installation machine readable media.

This method and system can be realized with the combination of hardware, software and/or hardware and software.This method and/or it is System can be realized in a centralised manner at least one computing system, or realize in a distributed way, wherein different elements point Cloth is in several interconnection computing systems.Any kind of computing system or other equipment for being adapted for carrying out method described herein are all It is suitable.The typical combination of hardware and software may include having the general-purpose computing system of program or other codes, the journey Sequence or other codes control computing system when being loaded and executed, so that it executes method described herein.It is another typical Embodiment may include specific integrated circuit or chip.Some embodiments may include non-transitory it is machine readable (for example, It is computer-readable) medium (for example, flash drive, CD, magnetic storage disk etc.), it is stored thereon with a line that can be executed by machine Or lines of code, so that the machine is executed process as described herein.As it is used herein, term " non-transitory machine Device readable medium " is defined to include all types of machine readable storage mediums and excludes transmitting signal.

As used herein, term " circuit (circuits) " and " circuit (circuitry) " refer to physical electronic component (that is, hardware) and can configure hardware, by hardware execute and/or otherwise hardware-related any software and/or Firmware (code).As used herein, for example, when executing the first row one or more code, par-ticular processor and memory It may include first " circuit ", and may include second " circuit " when executing the second row one or more code.As herein It is utilized, "and/or" means any one or more of the list engaged with "and/or" project.As an example, " x and/ Or y " means any element in three element sets { (x), (y), (x, y) }.In other words, " x and/or y " means " in x and y One or both ".As another example, " x, y and/or z " mean seven element sets (x), (y), (z), (x, y), (x, z), (y, z), (x, y, z) } in any element.In other words, " x, y and/or z " means " one or more of x, y and z ".Such as Employed herein, word " exemplary " means serving as non-limiting example, example or explanation.As utilized herein, term " example Such as (e.g.) " and " such as (for example) " illustrate one or more non-limiting examples, example or described in list.Such as It is employed herein, no matter function execution it is disabled or be not activated (for example, the setting that can configure by user, factory Fine tuning etc.), no matter the circuit when include necessary hardware for executing the function and code (if necessary), it is described Circuit all " operationally " executes the function.

Although describing method and/or system of the invention, the technology of this field by reference to certain embodiments Personnel will be understood that, can carry out various changes and can replace equivalent without departing from this method and/or the range of system.Example Such as, disclosed exemplary frame and/or other assemblies can be combined, divide, rearrange and/or otherwise modify. In addition, without departing from the scope of the invention, many modify so that specific situation or material adapt to this can be carried out The introduction of invention.Therefore, this method and/or system are not limited to disclosed specific embodiment.On the contrary, on either literal still Under the doctrine of equivalents, this method and/or system will include all embodiments being within the purview of the appended claims.

Claims (23)

1. a kind of non-transitory machinable medium including machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions are being performed When make processor:

User interface is presented；

Based on the weld information for identifying that the user of welding defines via the received input in the interface, including material to be welded At least one of material, the expected results of welding, current material or the welding equipment used for welding；

The weld information that the user defines is sent to welding knowledge provider；

Based on the response from the welding knowledge provider, one or more welding plans are presented via the interface, it is described One or more welding plan includes at least one of welder configuration, welding articles information or welding operator's instruction； And

Based on automatically being configured via selection of the interface to one of the welding plan using one of described welding plan The source of welding current.

2. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is the boundary of computing device or mobile device Face, and described instruction make the processor by by least part of one of the welding plan from the computing device or The mobile device downloads to the source of welding current to configure the source of welding current.

3. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction make the processor by using welding procedure or At least one of welding parameter configures the source of welding current to configure the source of welding current, and the welding procedure is in response to welding The feedback of period and at least one of modify current order or the voltage commands of the source of welding current.

4. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction counts the processor using the welding The user interface is presented at the end of one of drawing the welding operation executed, and the user interface includes to welding operation Actual result prompt.

5. storage medium according to claim 4, wherein described instruction also makes the processor by the welding operation The actual result is sent to the welding knowledge provider.

6. storage medium according to claim 5, wherein described instruction also makes the processor response in the practical knot Fruit and configure the source of welding current using from the welding plan of the welding knowledge provider received update.

7. storage medium according to claim 4, wherein the actual result of the welding operation include weld size, Weld penetration, weld shape, welding quality, heat input, deformation, burn into defect, discontinuity, weld strength or mechanicalness One or more measured values of at least one of energy.

8. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor via the user interface Alarm is presented, the alarm describes the welding not based on from the received response of the welding knowledge provider to identify The weld information that compatible user defines.

9. storage medium according to claim 8, wherein described instruction makes the processor via the user interface The suggestion that the weld information defined to the user is presented changes, and the weld information that the user defines is based on from the weldering The received response of knowledge provider is connect to describe the welding.

10. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor via the user interface Alarm is presented, the alarm welds code not based on from the received response of the welding knowledge provider to identify and be applicable in Compatible configuration.

11. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor:

At the end of the welding executed using one of described welding plan is operated, the measurement data that will be generated by the source of welding current It is sent to the welding knowledge provider；And

Based on the response from the welding knowledge provider, welding defect instruction or welding is presented via the user interface At least one of diagnostic program.

12. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor via described by being based on The received input identification source of welding current model in user interface, source of welding current capacity, wire-feed motor model, main power source or engine The power supply of driving welds the welding equipment used to identify for described.

13. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor via described by being based on The received input identification workpiece ingredient in user interface, thickness of workpiece, workpiece orientation or fillet size are described to be welded to identify Connect material.

14. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor via described by being based on The received input in user interface identifies purpose, the expection intensity of the welding, weld size or the splashing water of the welding Put down the expected results to identify the welding.

15. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor via described by being based on The received input identification electrode composition in user interface, electrode diameter, electrode identification symbol, protective gas ingredient or protective gas At least one of identifier identifies the current material.

16. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction captures the processor and handles one or more A image is to detect at least one of the current material or the welding equipment.

17. storage medium according to claim 16, wherein described instruction makes the processing unit device readable code Or execute image recognition.

18. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor by being presented following at least one Person is presented the welding articles information: source of welding current model, power supply rating plate, the image of welding equipment, electrode composition, electrode Diameter, electrode identification symbol, protective gas ingredient, protective gas identifier, Universial Product Code associated with consumables, easily consumption The purchase information of the image of welding material or the easy consumption welding material.

19. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor by being presented following at least one Person instructs the welding operator is presented: welding cable and working cable link information, Welding Safety information, welding stroke mould Formula, travel speed, contact tip and workpiece distance, equipment setting instruction, workpiece assembly instruction or welding operator's body position Instruction or postwelding instruction before instruction, weldering.

20. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor by being presented following at least one Person configures the welder is presented: voltage set point, voltage range, current set point, current range, wire feed rate setting Point, wire feed rate range, welding procedure, weld power waveform, hot exposure setting or the wire feed for configuring the source of welding current Speed.

21. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction makes the processor carry out at least one following behaviour Make:

Menu is presented via the user interface and enables to input the weld information that the user defines, and via The interfacial structure of definition sends the weld information that the user defines；Or

Natural language input is presented and enables to input weld information that the user the defines and natural language is defeated Enter to be sent at least one of the welding knowledge provider or intermediate natural language processor to be handled.

22. storage medium according to claim 1, wherein described instruction is based on the processor via the user The received input in interface is to determine in material cost associated with the welding, labor cost or indirect cost extremely Few one, and by described in the material cost, the labor cost or the indirect cost at least one be sent to The welding knowledge provider.

23. a kind of welding knowledge provider comprising:

Communication interface；

Database comprising multiple welding plans；

One or more processors；And

Machine readable storage medium including machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions make when executed it is one or Multiple processors:

The request including weld information is received via the communication interface；

The multiple welding plan in the database is searched for using the weld information, to identify and the weld information At least one of matched described welding plan at least partially；

Welding result whether is realized based on the welding plan, selects one or more of described welding plan；

One or more of described welding plan is sent via the communication interface.