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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Pagano, Algonquin, IL (US);
James Lee Uecker, Appleton, WI (US);
Steven Barhorst, Sidney, OH (US);
Bryan Dustin Marschke, Kimberly, WI (US);
Mario Amata, Dublin, OH (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 35/368 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B23K 9/02 (2006.01); B23K 9/173 (2006.01); B23K 9/09 (2006.01); B23K 35/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/12 (2013.01); B23K 9/0216 (2013.01); B23K 9/09 (2013.01); B23K 9/173 (2013.01); B23K 35/368 (2013.01); B23K 35/3611 (2013.01);
Abstract
A welding operation is performed by moving or rotating an arc in a welding torch, and feeding a metal cored wire through the torch in a direct current, electrode negative welding process. The electrode may include one or more arc stabilizers. The welding process may be pulsed or non-pulsed. Moreover, the process may be used with a number of different base metals intended to be welded, such as thin plate, galvanized metals, painted metals, coated metals, and so forth.