WIRELESS TRACKING AND INVENTORY SYSTEMS AND METHOD

摘要

A welding-type device (84) has a wireless communication unit (86) to transmit wireless signals comprising at least identification information (92) or location information (106). The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device (84) may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or both. A wireless communication system has at least one welding-type device (84), at least one wireless communication assembly (86), and at least one monitoring device (112) and is capable of assisting a user in locating particular welding-type devices, monitoring inventory, preventing theft of welding-type devices, and scheduling preventive maintenance.