摘要 |
A wire feed speed monitoring apparatus and method using a wire motion detection device having a motion sensor and a wire feed speed monitoring system (111) to receive motion signals from said wire motion detection device. The wire motion detection device uses said motion sensor to monitor a feed speed and a motion of a wire and provides data related to said feed speed and said motion to said wire feed speed monitoring system. Said motion detection device is a computer peripheral pointing device such as a computer mouse.
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