CAMERA AND WIRE FEED SOLUTION FOR ORBITAL WELDER SYSTEM

摘要

The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method related to a camera device and wire guide system that includes a bracket for a wire guide and a camera device, wherein the bracket aligns the camera device to aim on a position of a welding zone for an orbital welding system. In particular, the bracket supports a wire guide to be positioned on a welding zone while also supporting a camera device that can be positioned on the welding zone. The bracket enables the welding zone to be captured by the camera device and is centered on the wire guide to remain positioned on the welding zone. The bracket provides placement of a camera device to provide video/camera visibility of the welding zone while allows adjustment of the camera device with wire location adjustment or independent of wire location adjustment.

主权项

1. A welder system, comprising:
an orbital welder having a chassis supported adjacent to a workpiece; a welding torch coupled to the chassis that includes an electrode adapted to form a weld joint on the workpiece; a wire feeder that is connected to a supply of welding wire to provide welding wire to a wire guide to a welding zone at which the electrode deposits weld material on the workpiece; and a bracket coupled to the chassis, that comprises:
a first arm in a first plane, wherein a portion of the first arm is adapted to focus a camera device on the welding zone; anda second arm having an offset portion lying in a second plane separated by a distance from the first plane defining a recess to receive at least a portion of the camera device, wherein the second arm includes a wire guide mount that supports the wire guide in the first plane to provide the welding wire to the welding zone.