Patent ID: 11872657
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A welding system comprising: a welding apparatus that welds a workpiece; and an appearance inspection apparatus that inspects an appearance of a weld of the workpiece, wherein
the appearance inspection apparatus at least includes:
a shape measurement unit that measures a shape of the weld;
an image processor that generates image data of the weld based on data of the shape measured by the shape measurement unit;
a determination unit that determines whether the shape of the weld is good or bad based on the image data read from the image processor; and
a feedback unit that extracts shape defect information including a defect mode of the weld and a size and position of the shape defect in the weld based on a result of the determination by the determination unit and the image data read from the image processor,
the welding apparatus at least includes:
a welding head that applies heat to the workpiece; and
an output controller that controls a welding output of the welding head, and
if the determination unit has determined that the shape of the weld is bad, the output controller corrects a welding condition for the workpiece based on the shape defect information extracted by the feedback unit.