Fronius International Gmbh

Harald Noebauer

Markus Steinmaurer

Manfred Ruehrnoessl

The invention relates to a contact tube () for a welding torch (), having a longitudinal axis () along which a through-opening () for guiding a welding wire () from an inlet region () to an outlet region () and from an outlet opening () towards a workpiece () is provided, wherein at least one slot () is provided in the outlet region () for making contact with the welding wire (). A contact tube () with improved contacting of the welding wire () is obtained by providing at least one further slot () in the inlet region () of the contact tube (), wherein the slot () in the inlet region () is arranged in line with the slot () in the outlet region (), and a web (), which serves as a pivot point, is formed between the slot () in the outlet region () and the at least one slot () in the inlet region ().

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Piberbach, Austria

Harald Noebauer