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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Lincoln Global, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
John Benjamin Schaeffer, Rocky River, OH (US);
Steven R. Peters, Huntsburg, OH (US);
Badri K. Narayanan, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Yen-Chih Liao, Richmond Heights, OH (US);
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology generally relates to welding, and more particularly to a consumable welding wire for metal arc welding, and a method and a system for metal arc welding using the consumable welding wire. In one aspect, a method of arc welding includes providing a welding wire comprising one or more alkaline earth metal elements. The method additionally includes applying power to the welding wire to generate a plasma arc sufficient to melt the welding wire. The method further includes depositing molten droplets formed by melting the welding wire onto a workpiece at a high deposition rate while regulating to maintain a substantially constant power delivered to the plasma arc.