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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Lincoln Global, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Bradford W. Petot, South Euclid, OH (US);
Matthew A. Albright, Thomson, OH (US);
Steven R. Peters, Huntsburg, OH (US);
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
A welding wire drive roll has an outer circumferential surface having a circumferential groove projecting radially inward from the outer circumferential surface. The circumferential groove is formed by a first sidewall having a first sidewall surface, a second sidewall having a second sidewall surface, and a groove base extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The first sidewall surface includes a first surface finishing comprising a first ring of laser-formed craters along the first sidewall surface. The second sidewall surface includes a second surface finishing comprising a second ring of laser-formed craters along the second sidewall surface.