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    Publication numberWO2001036146 A3
    Publication typeApplication
    Application numberPCT/US2000/041921
    Publication dateDec 6, 2001
    Filing dateNov 6, 2000
    Priority dateNov 4, 1999
    Also published asDE60035706D1, DE60035706T2, EP1227910A2, EP1227910B1, US6605795, WO2001036146A2
    Publication numberPCT/2000/41921, PCT/US/0/041921, PCT/US/0/41921, PCT/US/2000/041921, PCT/US/2000/41921, PCT/US0/041921, PCT/US0/41921, PCT/US0041921, PCT/US041921, PCT/US2000/041921, PCT/US2000/41921, PCT/US2000041921, PCT/US200041921, WO 0136146 A3, WO 0136146A3, WO 2001/036146 A3, WO 2001036146 A3, WO 2001036146A3, WO-A3-0136146, WO-A3-2001036146, WO0136146 A3, WO0136146A3, WO2001/036146A3, WO2001036146 A3, WO2001036146A3
    InventorsFrank G Arcella, Bradley A Cleveland, Mark S Fullen
    ApplicantAeromet Corp
    Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
    Patent Citations (3), Classifications (23), Legal Events (9)
    External Links: Patentscope, Espacenet
    Control system for depositing powder to a molten puddle
    WO 2001036146 A3
    Abstract
    An imaging system for controlling powder (52) aiming into a molten puddle (56). In the imaging system of the present invention, an image processor (94) extracts a first image of the molten puddle (108) and a second image of a powder enveloppe (112) from a composite image of the weld area. The first and second processed images provide feedback for process control.
    Patent Citations
    Cited PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitle
    US4613743 *Dec 3, 1984Sep 23, 1986General Electric CompanyArc welding adaptive process control system
    US5396333 *May 21, 1992Mar 7, 1995General Electric CompanyDevice and method for observing and analyzing a stream of material
    US5961861 *Sep 17, 1997Oct 5, 1999The University Of Tennessee Research CorporationApparatus for laser alloying induced improvement of surfaces
    * Cited by examiner
    Classifications
    International ClassificationB23K26/34, B23K26/14, B29C67/00, B23K26/03, B23K26/04, B23K26/08, B23K26/10
    Cooperative ClassificationY02P10/295, B23K26/342, B23K26/144, B22F3/1055, B23K35/0255, B23K35/0244, B23K26/04, B23K26/0884, B29C67/0077, B23K26/032
    European ClassificationB23K26/34, B23K26/03B, B23K26/04, B23K26/14B, B23K26/08L2B, B29C67/00R4B
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