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

Claim 5:
6. A method for welding a workpiece using the welding system of claim 1, the method comprising:
a first welding step of welding a predetermined portion of the workpiece using the welding apparatus under a predetermined welding condition; and
a shape determination step of determining whether a shape of a weld of the workpiece is good or bad using the appearance inspection apparatus after the end of the first welding step,
the method further comprising, if a result of the determination in the shape determination step is negative: a shape defect information extraction step of extracting the shape defect information of the weld;
a welding condition correction step of correcting the welding condition based on the shape defect information; and
a second welding step of welding a different portion of the workpiece or the predetermined portion of a different workpiece using the welding apparatus under the corrected welding condition.