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Method of pulse welding and contact tip therefor

US8629372B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2009
Grant dateJan 14, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K9/287
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A contact tip for a welding gun having a central passage for a welding wire moving in a given direction toward a workpiece and receiving a welding signal by contact of the wire with the tip. The passage has an innermost end, an outermost exit end and a length. An opening in the contact tip intersects the passage so a pressure block slidably mounted in the opening is biased toward the wire by a spring around the contact tip urging the block against the wire. This tip is dimensioned and constructed to perform pulse welding by a relatively ductile wire.

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