Disclosed welding-type systems and methods are directed to employing a wire feeder for feeding an electrode wire from a wire source in a welding system. The wire feeder includes one or more drive rolls to advance the electrode wire by contact force. In disclosed examples, a contact force on the wire from the drive rolls is adjustable. In some examples, the system includes a controller to receive a feedback signal corresponding to the contact force. The controller commands an actuator or other mechanism to adjust the contact force on the wire, such as by adjusting a position of the one or more drive rolls in response to the contact force falling outside a range of threshold contact force values.

The welding method comprises: a step of preparing a first base material and a second base material; a step of disposing the first base material and the second base material in a manner such that a first end face of the first base material and a second end face of the second base material face each other; and a step of welding the first base material and the second base material together using GMA welding so that the first end face and the second end face are joined together. In the step of welding the first base material and the second base material together, an arc is formed in a state where the welding wire penetrates into a region surrounded by a molten region, so that the molten region is formed to pierce through the first base material and the second base material in the thickness direction.

There is provided an arc welding control method of alternating a feeding rate of a welding wire between a forward feeding period and a reverse feeding period, controlling a welding voltage based on a voltage setting value and alternating short-circuiting periods and arc periods to perform welding. In the arc welding control method a cycle of the feeding rate is changed based on the voltage setting value.

A control method is provided for arc welding performed by repeating a short-circuit period and an arc period. The method includes: feeding a welding wire by a push-pull feeding control using a push-side feeding motor configured to rotate in a forward direction and a pull-side feeding motor configured to rotate in a forward direction and a reverse direction; temporarily storing a portion of the welding wire in an intermediate wire receptacle disposed along a feeding path between the push-side feeding motor and the pull-side feeding motor; and correcting a pull feeding speed of the pull-side feeding motor based on a store amount of the welding wire in the intermediate wire receptacle. The correction of the pull feeding speed is performed by correcting a waveform parameter for the pull feeding speed based on the store amount in the intermediate wire receptacle.

In embodiments, a welding apparatus includes an automated wire feed mechanism to output wire at a wire feed rate, where the wire is to provide a welding arc to a weld site. The wire feed rate is based at least in part on selected power to be provided to the weld site. Additional embodiments are described and claimed.

A welding torch includes first to third wire passages, a wire detection space, and a wire detecting device. The first wire passage has a first wire inlet port allowing a first welding wire to enter thereto and a first wire outlet port allowing the first welding wire to be output therefrom. The second wire passage has a second wire inlet port allowing a second welding wire to enter thereto and a second wire outlet port allowing the second welding wire to be output therefrom. The third wire passage has a third wire inlet port allowing a portion of the first welding wire output from the first wire outlet port and a portion of the second welding wire output from the second wire outlet port to enter thereto, and a third wire outlet port allowing the portion of the first welding wire and the portion of the second welding wire to be output therefrom. The wire detection space is connected to the first and second wire outlet ports and the third wire inlet port. The wire detection space allows the portions of the first and second welding wire to pass through the wire detection space. The wire detecting device is configured to detect the portion of the first welding wire and the portion of the second welding wire in the wire detection space. The welding torch can switch between the welding wires with a simple structure.

A rotating tool system attachment on the spindle of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine includes a rotating assembly mounted on a static assembly. The rotating assembly provides a continuous supply of a wire material for deposition on a substrate during an additive manufacturing process. The rotating assembly includes a material supply housing a feedstock of wire mounted on a rotating spindle and a wire feeder configured to draw the wire from the wire supply and provide the wire for application during the additive manufacturing process. The tool system can be attached to the spindle of CNC machine to provide additive manufacturing capabilities to the CNC machine.

A system for monitoring a welding device including a wire feed device and a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The wire feed device may include a motor to rotate a roller to advance a filler wire from a bobbin towards a torch. The processor may execute instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium to determine an applied feed force parameter and a threshold feed force parameter and compare the applied feed force parameter to the threshold feed force parameter to update an error state indicator, such as a user interface, for example.

A method and device for gas metal arc welding, wherein a current-carrying wire electrode is melted by an arc, and wherein gas metal arc welding is performed using a filler metal, which contains at least one constituent that releases deleterious emissions through evaporation, wherein a composition that does not contain this constituent is selected for the wire electrode, and a dead weld metal containing this constituent is fed to the arc and/or a molten bath without a current.

A short circuit welding method with successive welding cycles with a respective arc phase and short circuit phase includes controlling at least the welding parameters welding current and feed speed of a melting electrode and feeding the electrode toward of a workpiece at a predetermined forward final speed at least during part of the arc phase and away from the workpiece at a predetermined rearward final speed at least during part of the short circuit phase. A device carries out this method. A change in the feed speed and a rearward final speed are predetermined and a welding current is controlled to complete the short circuit phase after reaching the rearward final speed and after 3 ms at the latest and repeat every 8 ms at the latest. The welding parameters are controlled such that the welding cycle duration8 ms, resulting in a welding frequency125 Hz.