Apparatus for arc welding or plasma cutting

US4280041A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Messer Griesheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Kiessling · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Wolfgang Lookhof · Altenholz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 1978
• Grant date: Jul 21, 1981
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B23K9/1006
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An arc welding or plasma cutting apparatus has a current source as well as a set of controls for the welding or cutting process and includes a diagnosis apparatus which can be hooked up to the current source and/or the controls.