Patent ID: 11931833
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A welding asset tracking system, comprising:
a welding asset tracking network comprising at least one welding asset retaining a gateway, the gateway comprising long range communication circuitry, through which the gateway is in communication with a welding asset tracking server, and short range communication circuitry, through which the gateway is in communication with a hub of a particular welding asset; and
the welding asset tracking server comprising server communication circuitry in communication with the long range communication circuitry of the gateway retained by the at least one welding asset of the welding asset tracking network, the server communication circuitry configured to:
receive a selection signal representative of a selection of the particular welding asset, and
send to the hub of the particular welding asset, via the welding asset tracking network, a command for the particular welding asset to provide an output.