Abstract:
1,189,182. Welding by fusion. AIR REDUCTION CO. Inc. 3 Aug., 1967 [12 Aug., 1966], No. 35769/67. Heading B3R. In consumable electrode arc-welding, the feed rate of the electrode is varied cyclically to achieve a pulsed arc-type welding. A power supply with a dropping, constant or rising characteristic may be used. The maximum feed rate of each cycle is such as to produce spray transfer. Metal transfer does not occur during the greater part of each cycle. Mild steel may be so welded with a shielding gas of 98% argon, 2% oxygen. The electrode may be fed by a programmed automatically controlled variablespeed motor. In one modification, the electrode 30, Fig. 6, is fed by a motor-driven eccentric feed roll 40 which co-operates with a spring- loaded idler roll. In another modification, the variation in feed rate is achieved by laterally oscillating a flexible guide tube 66, Fig. 7, for the electrode 30 by a double acting pneumatic cylinder 68.