Z-bar guide apparatus and method of butt welding
    21.
    发明授权
    Z-bar guide apparatus and method of butt welding 失效
    Z型导轨装置及对接焊接方法

    公开(公告)号:US4354090A

    公开(公告)日:1982-10-12

    申请号:US233251

    申请日:1981-02-10

    Applicant: Carl J. Nilsen

    Inventor: Carl J. Nilsen

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for guiding the opposed edges of sheet metal into substantially abutting edge-to-edge relationship with one another and thereafter welding said edges by a high energy welding source to form a seam. The invention enables the continuous high speed butt welding of the sheet metal to form cylindrical bodies. The apparatus includes three elements which are cooperatively secured in assembled relationship and thereby form opposed and converging guide channels which converge into open relationship with one another along the length of the apparatus so that the opposing edges of sheet metal are guided into intimate abutting edge-to-edge relationship with one another. The elements extend to a point adjacent the weld zone in order to maintain the sheet metal edges in abutting relationship as they enter the weld zone.In another embodiment, two of the elements may include portions which extend into and beyond the weld zone. Such portions are provided with a tapered opening through which the high energy welding source may be continuously focused relative to the point of the weld.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于将金属板的相对边缘引导成彼此基本上邻接的边缘到边缘关系的方法和装置,然后通过高能量焊接源焊接所述边缘以形成接缝。 本发明使得金属板的连续高速对接焊接形成圆柱体。 该装置包括三个元件,这三个元件以组装的关系协同地固定,从而形成相对和会聚的引导通道,该引导通道沿着设备的长度彼此汇合成开放的关系,使得金属板的相对的边缘被引导到紧密的邻接边缘 相互关系。 这些元件延伸到邻近焊接区的一点,以便当金属板边缘进入焊接区时保持邻接关系。 在另一个实施例中,两个元件可以包括延伸进入和超出焊接区的部分。 这些部分设置有锥形开口,高能量焊接源可以相对于焊接点连续聚焦。

    Apparatus for conveying rounded body blanks through a welding zone
    26.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for conveying rounded body blanks through a welding zone 失效
    用于通过焊接区输送圆形坯料的装置

    公开(公告)号:US4741468A

    公开(公告)日:1988-05-03

    申请号:US39674

    申请日:1987-04-16

    CPC classification number: B23K37/053 B23K26/244 B23K26/262 B23K2201/125

    Abstract: On a machine for welding the longitudinal edges (12,14) of rounded body blanks (10), two groups of movable guide elements (36), which exert radial guiding forces on the blanks (10), are arranged lying opposite one another with respect to the blanks. The guide elements (36) of each of the two groups are secured to an endless chain (38). Each of these chains (38) has a chain strand extending in the direction of movement (axis A) of the blanks (10), which strand is supported by a rail (52) at both sides of a welding plane (B) containing the welding zone and normal to the direction of movement of the blanks (10). The guide elements (36) move through the welding plane (B) with the blanks (10). As a result, shock-like actions on the blanks (10) in the vicinity of the welding plane (B) are avoided; consequently, the longitudinal edges (12,14) can be welded together particularly evenly, particularly by means of a laser beam.

    Abstract translation: 在用于焊接圆形主体坯件(10)的纵向边缘(12,14)的机器上,在坯件(10)上施加径向引导力的两组可移动引导元件(36)被布置成相对地布置, 尊重空白。 两组中的每一个的引导元件(36)被固定到环形链(38)。 这些链条(38)中的每一个具有在坯料(10)的运动方向(轴线A)上延伸的链条,该链条由位于包含该坯料的焊接平面(B)的两侧的轨道(52)支撑。 焊接区域并且垂直于坯件(10)的移动方向。 引导元件(36)与坯件(10)一起移动通过焊接平面(B)。 结果,避免了在焊接平面(B)附近的坯料(10)上的冲击状作用; 因此,纵向边缘(12,14)可以特别地通过激光束被特别均匀地焊接在一起。

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