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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Clifford E. Maki, New Hudson, MI (US);
Antony George Schepak, Howell, MI (US);
James Maurice Boileau, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01); B23K 35/02 (2006.01); B23K 10/02 (2006.01); C23C 4/131 (2016.01); C23C 4/134 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 35/0261 (2013.01); B23K 10/027 (2013.01); C23C 4/131 (2016.01); C23C 4/134 (2016.01);
Abstract
A wire feed control system includes an anti-twist mechanism and a controller programmed to operate the anti-twist mechanism, responsive to a measured degree of twist of a wire on a trajectory between a feed for the wire and a plasma transfer wire arc (PTWA) torch, to maintain the degree of twist within a predetermined range defined by natural rotation introduced to the wire by the PTWA torch.