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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Framatome, Courbevoie, FR;
Maximilien Ranc, Laives, FR;
Alain Petit, Varennes le Grand, FR;
Hervé Nicolas, Chalon sur Saone, FR;
FRAMATOME, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A welding torch includes a head () having a body () bearing an electrode (); an electric power source (); and a filler metal wire () and a wire guide () guiding the filler metal wire () to the electrode (). The body () is obtained by additive manufacturing from an electrically conductive metal, and the electrode () is electrically connected to the electric power source () by the metal constituting the body (). The wire guide () includes an insulating sheath () inside which the filler metal wire () moves, and the filler metal wire () is electrically insulated from the potential of the body () by the insulating sheath ().