H. a. Schlatter Ag.

Hans-Rudolf Zollinger

A welding apparatus including, generally, a vertical clamping assembly having an upper and a lower clamping assembly for each of two rail sections to be welded together. These vertical clamping assemblies clamp and vertically align the running surfaces of the two rail sections, by establishing the running surfaces at a pre-determined stop level. The welding apparatus also includes a horizontal centering and aligning apparatus which has a first pair of clamping arms which engage the rail base and pre-center the rail sections with respect to one another and to the welding apparatus. The apparatus also includes a pair of spaced apart clamping arms associated with each of the rail sections which are operable to both laterally clamp the rail heads of the respective rail sections and to horizontally or laterally align the rail sections with respect to one another. Once aligned, the ends of the rail sections are welded together.

Device for welding together two bars on their front sides

An apparatus for welding two profile or section rods by means of electrical resistance welding, especially an apparatus for welding two rails. There is provided for each of the profile or section rods a clamping device having contact electrodes for infeeding the welding current. Both of the clamping devices are displaceable relative to one another in the direction of the profile or section rods, in order to exert a pressure force at the weld joint. To prevent distortion or displacement of the end regions of the profile sections directly neighboring the weld joint, a centering device is arranged between both of the clamping devices. This centering device can be brought into engagement with the end section of both the one as well as the other profile rod and fixedly retains such end sections. The centering device can comprise two similarly constructed pivotal arms rotatable about a common centering shaft. The pivotal arms each having a centering mouth at their free end, the form of which is essentially matched to the profile or contour of the profile or section rods which are to be welded together.

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Geroldswil, Switzerland

Hans-Rudolf Zollinger