Patent ID: 11961417
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A weld training device, comprising:
a display device;
an input device;
a processor; and
a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to demonstrate to a user an effect of a combination of welding-related variables by:
enabling the user to design a weld procedure using the input device by selecting weld parameters including weld current and weld voltage;
enabling the user to select a welding power supply model; simulating a welding operation on a simulated workpiece based on the selection of the welding power supply model, using the selected weld parameters in a welding model and a simulated physical welding environment to determine a modeled result of the welding operation
displaying the modeled result of the weld on the display device using at least one of an image of a surface of a weld bead or a cross-section of the weld bead and the simulated workpiece; and
displaying information about an anomaly present in the weld determined based on the simulation, the information about the anomaly comprising at least one of a cause of the anomaly, a suggested change in one or more of the welding-related variables to avoid the anomaly, or a location of the anomaly in the image of the weld bead or in the cross-section of the weld bead.