Arc welding torch device having an anti-kink means for a welding wire

Abstract

For an arc welding torch device with a consumable electrode designed as a welding wire, wherein the electrode is provided with a direction of movement from a rear end of the arc welding torch device to a feeder in the direction of a front end of the arc welding torch device, in the region of which the electrode melts during an arc welding process, wherein the electrode in the arc welding torch device is guided in an exchangeable wire core, wherein the wire core is itself arranged at least in the region of the rear end of the arc welding torch in a guide element which surrounds the wire core and which is designed as an exchangeable wear part, wherein the guide element of the wire core is provided for to be exchanged together with the wire core as the result of wear, to achieve a movement of the welding wire in the region the process end, with as little resistance as possible, and with the least possible risk that the welding wire buckles due to the feed movement, a single-piece design is proposed for the guide element, together with a component of the arc welding torch device which has an inlet opening for the entry of the welding wire into the arc welding torch device, and which is provided for guiding a consumable welding wire provided as an electrode from the inlet opening to at least the rear end of the wire core.

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