METHOD FOR MONITORING A FLAME CUTTING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20230008895A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17367857

    申请日:2021-07-06

    IPC分类号: B23K7/10

    摘要: A method for monitoring a flame cutting process includes a preheating phase, a piercing phase following the preheating phase and a cutting phase following the piercing phase, wherein a cutting torch applies a flame generated by combustion of a gas mixture to an electrically conductive workpiece and wherein an electric current flowing between an electrically conductive part of the cutting torch and the workpiece is measured by a current measuring device during a measuring period. An ignition point at which piercing of a hole through the workpiece using the flame starts due to oxidation of the workpiece is detected by a change in the measured current.

    Configuring Signal Devices in Thermal Processing Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20220108087A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17382992

    申请日:2021-07-22

    申请人: Hypertherm, Inc.

    摘要: In some aspects, material processing head can include a body; an antenna disposed within the body; a first tag, associated with a first consumable component, disposed within a flux communication zone of the body at a first distance from the antenna, the first tag having a first resonant frequency; and a second tag, associated with a second consumable component, disposed within the flux communication zone of the body at a second distance from the antenna, the second tag having a second resonant frequency that is different than the first resonant frequency, where the first and second resonant frequencies are tuned based upon at least one of: i) a difference between the first distance and the second distance; or ii) a characteristic (e.g., shape) of the flux communication zone in which the first tag and/or the second tag is disposed.

    Slag removal system and method
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10946464B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16225913

    申请日:2018-12-19

    申请人: Slag Rebel LLC

    IPC分类号: B23K7/10

    摘要: A device to unclog orifices in a workpiece is provided. The device includes a lower portion configured to receive the workpiece and an upper portion configured to secure the workpiece to the lower portion. The upper portion includes a tube configured to receive a piston. An unclogging material is placed in the tube portion, and the piston forces the unclogging material through the orifices.

    System for processing a workpiece

    公开(公告)号:US10449619B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15290592

    申请日:2016-10-11

    摘要: A system (40) for processing a workpiece includes a support surface (88) for supporting a workpiece (44). The system (40) includes a processing tool (92) movable with respect to a processing path. The system (40) includes a sensor carriage (408) movable along a scan axis and having a light source (476, 515, 550, 586) located to emit a light beam at an angle to the scan axis onto a target surface of a workpiece (44), and a camera (484, 522, 558, 594) configured to record location data of the light beam on a target surface of a workpiece (44) as the sensor carriage (408) moves along the scan axis. The system (40) includes a control system for generating a three-dimensional point representation of a workpiece surface from the light beam location data, to control movement of the processing tool (92) based on the three-dimensional point representation of a workpiece (44).

    Configuring Signal Devices in Thermal Processing Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20190303629A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16425197

    申请日:2019-05-29

    申请人: Hypertherm, Inc.

    摘要: In some aspects, material processing head can include a body; an antenna disposed within the body; a first tag, associated with a first consumable component, disposed within a flux communication zone of the body at a first distance from the antenna, the first tag having a first resonant frequency; and a second tag, associated with a second consumable component, disposed within the flux communication zone of the body at a second distance from the antenna, the second tag having a second resonant frequency that is different than the first resonant frequency, where the first and second resonant frequencies are tuned based upon at least one of: i) a difference between the first distance and the second distance; or ii) a characteristic (e.g., shape) of the flux communication zone in which the first tag and/or the second tag is disposed.