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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilhelmus G Essers, Emmasingel, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ; 219 7616 ; 2191241 ;
Abstract
Plasma-MIG welding wherein a plasma arc is initially established between a non-consumable electrode and a workpiece to initate and sustain a non-deviated plasma flow therebetween, welding wire is supplied along a path generally parallel to but laterally displaced from the plasma flow path, and a MIG arc is thereafter struck between the welding wire and the workpiece, whereby theplasma flow is laterally displaced by and drawn to the MIG arc to substantially concentrically surround the same.