Abstract:
A power supply device for arc welding according to an embodiment includes a constrained short-circuit opening unit and a reexecuting unit. The constrained short-circuit opening unit reduces, when a change amount of a welding voltage becomes not less than a predetermined threshold while raising a welding current between a consumable electrode and a workpiece, the welding current for a predetermined time interval to execute a constrained short-circuit opening process for opening the short-circuit state. The reexecuting unit makes the constrained short-circuit opening unit reexecute the constrained short-circuit opening process after the constrained short-circuit opening process is executed.