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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Lincoln Global, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Inventors:
Todd E. Kooken, Solon, OH (US);
Steven R. Peters, Huntsburg, OH (US);
Matthew A. Weeks, Walloon, AU;
Bruce J. Chantry, Solon, OH (US);
Alexander J. Stergios, Independence, OH (US);
Assignee:
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B23K 9/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/133 (2006.01); B23K 9/09 (2006.01); B23K 9/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/123 (2013.01); B23K 9/04 (2013.01); B23K 9/0672 (2013.01); B23K 9/092 (2013.01); B23K 9/1333 (2013.01); B23K 9/1336 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of welding or additive manufacturing is provided where at least two welding electrodes are provided to and passed through a two separate orifices on a single contact tip and a welding waveform is provided to the electrodes through the contact tip to weld simultaneously with both electrodes, where a bridge droplet is formed between the electrodes and then transferred to the puddle.