Patent ID: 8080763

Claim:
A method of controlling arc welding which repeats a process having a short-circuiting period and an arcing period, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a welding wire in the short-circuiting period and the arcing period; decreasing a wire feeding speed to a first constant speed lower than a base feeding speed in the short-circuiting period; increasing the wire feeding speed to a second constant speed higher than the base feeding speed in the arcing period; increasing a welding current to a predetermined peak value by means of current control from the start of arcing to a first predetermined time during the arcing period; supplying the welding current by using a welding voltage controlled to be constant from the first predetermined time to a second predetermined time; and decreasing the welding current to a value of base current lower than the peak current by means of current control from the second predetermined time until the end of the arcing period, increasing the wire feeding speed in the arcing period of the process to an extent so that an increased amount of the wire fed during the arcing period relative to an amount of the wire fed at the base feeding speed becomes equal to a decreased amount of the wire fed during the short-circuiting period of the process relative to an amount of the wire fed at the base feeding speed, and determining the second constant speed of an arcing period of the process currently performed based on the decreased amount of the wire fed during the short-circuiting period of the process currently performed and a time duration of at least one previous arcing period of the arcing periods of the process previously executed.