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Jury Alexandrovich Bogorodsky

David Grigorievich Bykhovsky

Alexandr Yakovlevich Medvedev

Yakov Vulfovich Rossomakho

Alexandr Yakovlevich Finkelshtein

Vladimir Nikolaevich Firsov

Mikhail Isaakovich Zax

A plasma arc torch is of a two-part design and comprises two detachable and tightly joined parts mating with each other of which one part contains an electrode holder with an electrode, a nozzle disposed coaxially of said electrode and having means for supplying an electric current thereto. An insulator is located between said electrode holder and said nozzle, wherein there are also provided passages for the supply of plasma-generating gas and coolant, these being brought out onto the mating surface of the first part. The second part of the torch accommodates means for supplying an electric current to the electrode holder and means for supplying coolant and plasma-generating gas through passages brought out onto the mating surface of the second part so that they match with the corresponding passages of the first part on the surface of the joint thereof.

Plasma arc torch

In a method for striking a main arc between the electrode and nozzle of a plasmatron there is initiated with the aid of high-frequency discharge an intermittently-arcing pilot arc whose flame bridges under the influence of a gas fed into the plasmatron the gap between the electrode of plasmatron and workpiece, completing thereby the circuit of main arc. The amplitude of pilot arc current is selected so as to be roughly equal to the steady current of the main arc whereas the frequency and on-off time ratio of the current are selected so as to assure that the flame of pilot arc is sustained unceasingly throughout the arcing of visually-monitored pilot arc. The method for striking a main arc is embodied in an apparatus wherein the electrode and nozzle of the plasmatron are connected to opposing terminals of a source of power so that interconnected between the electrode and nozzle of plasmatron there is an oscillator and between the nozzle and source of power is a RC-circuit serving as a switching device in the electrode-to-nozzle circuit and, further, the nozzle and workpiece are interconnected by the RC-circuit and an inductance, L, connected in series.

Method for striking main arc between the electrode of plasmatron and

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Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Jury Alexandrovich Bogorodsky