System and method for hot wire TIG positioned heat control

摘要

The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method related to energizing a welding wire based on a location of an electrode at an edge on a workpiece. An edge detector can be configured to identify an edge on the workpiece during a welding operation and a controller can be configured to mange a temperature of a puddle formed by the electrode by adjusting one or more welding parameters. The welding parameters can be, but are not limited to, an energizing of the welding wire, a wire feed speed, a temperature of a high intensity heat source (e.g., arc, a sub arc, a tungsten inert gas (TIG) arc, a metal inert gas (MIG) arc, a laser, a plasma arc, a metal core, or a flux core), movement speed, among others.

主权项

1. A welder system, comprising:
a welding torch that includes an electrode; a power source that creates a high intensity heat source between the electrode and a workpiece to create a puddle; a wire feeder that is connected to a supply of wire to deliver a wire to the puddle formed by the electrode; an edge detector that is configured to identify an edge on the workpiece; a hot wire power source that energizes the wire; a controller that controls the hot wire power source based on the edge identified by activating the hot wire power source at the edge to increase a temperature of the wire to increase a temperature of the puddle.