Patent ID: 6137077
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
An inverter resistance welding control apparatus for use in resistance welding effected by the supply of a welding current to a material to be welded, which is electrically connected to a secondary coil of a welding transformer, said resistance welding control apparatus comprising:a rectifying circuit for converting an alternating current at a commercial frequency into a direct current;an inverter including two pairs of uni-directional conduction switching elements, each pair of switching elements having an input terminal electrically connected to an output terminal of said rectifying circuit and having an output terminal electrically connected to a primary coil of said welding transformer;a diode connected, in parallel to each switching element of said inverter, with its polarity of conduction reversed to that of said switching element;current supply sequential control means for switchingly selecting, in a predefined sequence, a first current supply mode in which a welding power from said rectifying circuit is fed to said welding transformer by way of first and second switching elements constituting a first pair in said inverter, and a second current supply mode in which a welding power from said rectifying circuit is fed to said welding transformer by way of third and fourth switching elements constituting a second pair in said inverter; andswitching control means which in said first current supply mode, iteratively turns ON/OFF, at a predetermined inverter frequency, only one of said first and second switching elements while keeping the other ON and which in said second current supply mode, iteratively turns ON/OFF, at said inverter frequency, only one of said third and fourth switching elements while keeping the other ON.