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Method and system for welding railroad rails

US5877468A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K2101/26
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of gas shielded arc welding steel railroad rails spaced from each other to define a transverse gap, which method comprising the steps of providing an elongated steel barrier plate wedged into said gap at the bottom of the spaced rails and filling gap above said steel barrier plate with a molten steel from an advancing filler metal electrode by a gas shielded electric arc welding process initiated by an arc between the electrode and the barrier plate.

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