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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
William R. Giese, Monee, IL (US);
Erik Miller, Verona, WI (US);
Kirk Stema, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Shuang Liu, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/211 (2014.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/211 (2015.10); B23K 9/1093 (2013.01); B23K 15/004 (2013.01); B23K 15/0046 (2013.01); B23K 15/0086 (2013.01); B23K 26/0604 (2013.01); B23K 26/0608 (2013.01); B23K 26/0617 (2013.01); B23K 26/0732 (2013.01); B23K 26/083 (2013.01); B23K 26/0846 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 26/342 (2015.10);
Abstract
A welding or cladding apparatus in which one or more energy beam emitters are used to generate a wide beam spot transverse to a welding or cladding path, and one or more wide feeders feed wire to the spot to create a wide welding or cladding puddle.