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Welding purge control using electronic flow control

US8530777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2007
Grant dateSep 10, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D7/0652
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Purge gas apparatus and method for a welding system uses automatic purge gas flow control function, such as an MFC, to control ID and/or OD purge gas flow rate or purge gas pressure or both at the weld site.

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