WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ORIENTATION SENSING SYSTEM FOR GRAVITY-BASED WELD ORIENTATION DETERMINATION

摘要

A welding system (10) includes an orientation sensing system (52, 58) associated with a welding torch and is configured to sense a welding torch orientation relative to a direction of gravity. The welding system (10) also includes a processing system (62) communicatively couple to the orientation sensing system (52, 58) and configured to determine an angular position of the welding torch relative to a pipe based at least in part on the sense welding torch orientation.