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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kubota, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ; 219 61 ; 219 617 ; 219 / ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to perform plasma welding, by providing a cooling water temperature detector at the inlet side of cooling water in the plasma welding torch, controlling the temperature at the inlet side of the cooling water running into the plasma welding torch at a set temperature of more than 4.degree. C. and less than 18.degree. C., starting a plasma arc when the temperature of the cooling water reaches a specified point after starting to pass the cooling water, and moving the base metals and the torch relatively upon lapse of a specified time allowed to form a keyhole after start of the plasma arc.