Patent ID: 9117154
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B23K,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a power source that creates an arc between a workpiece and an electrode; a wire feeder that is connected to a supply of welding wire and provides a welding wire to a puddle formed by the electrode; a first RFID tag and a second RFID tag in communication with a controller switch; an RFID reader that communicates a wireless signal to the controller switch based on the controller switch being within a geographic proximity of the RFID reader; the controller switch that receives the wireless signal from the RFID reader and employs the following: the activated RFID tag communicates a data stored thereon to the RFID reader; and a controller that controls the power source or the wire feeder based on the data received from the RFID reader.