Patent DE-102009040957-A1 (DE)
Title: Welding device comprises a device control, a welding burner and/or a user guidance system that comprises a user guidance control and a user surface with an input element having control field and a display field
IPC: B23K9/10
Filed: 2009-09-11
Abstract: The welding device comprises a device control, a welding burner (2) and/or a user guidance system that comprises a user guidance control (40) and a user surface (10) with an input element having control field (20) and a display field (30) and with graphical and alphanumeric display, where process parameter and program for influencing a welding program are selectable by the input elements and are representable on the user guidance control. The input element comprises user choice elements by which usage mode stored in the user guidance control is selected. The welding device comprises a device control, a welding burner (2) and/or a user guidance system that comprises a user guidance control (40) and a user surface (10) with an input element having control field (20) and a display field (30) and with graphical and alphanumeric display, where process parameter and program for influencing a welding program are selectable by the input elements and are representable on the user guidance control. The input element comprises user choice elements by which usage mode stored in the user guidance control is selected, where each user mode is associated to characteristic, visually perceptible code that is subjected on or near to the relevant user choice element on one hand and is represented after choice of the usage mode on other hand. The user mode comprises two groups of basic user mode, program user mode, assistant user mode and system user mode. A part quantities of the process parameter such as gas bias flow time, ignition time after the gas bias flow time, flow strength, flow progressive form over the time, and gas pre-flow time are adjustable. A welding program associated to a determined welding task and/or user is selected in the program user mode, and the welding task is adjustable by the user in the assistant user mode. The welding task is associated to the welding parameter adapted over the device control. The code exists in different colors, different symbols or different alphanumeric signs. The input element comprises control elements by which given or pre-determined process data such as process parameter, program, welding type, user-individual attitude that are represented on the display is selected within the respective user mode. The control elements are arranged as blocks from four selector button and a center button with rotating-/pressing knob arranged as block. The selecting buttons are associated to process data in corresponding corner areas of the display. The process data is selected through the actuation of the relevant choice key. The input element comprises further selecting elements that comprise two program adjusting elements for rapid storage and activating of determined program, and a menu selecting element for rapid activation of pre-determined menu. The control elements are arranged in the centre and the groups of further selecting element links are arranged on the control field. In the user guidance control, graphical display data are produced by which the welding parameters and/or the welding task are graphically visualized in the display field. The graphical representation is changeable corresponding to the selected attitudes. The user guidance device is formed with the user guidance control so that the graphical representation is changed through actuating the input element. The control field is representable with the input elements on the display field as keys on which alpha numeric signs associated to the keys are visible. The alpha numeric signs are choosable through actuating the input element of the control field corresponding to letter.