Electric arc wire burner
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsSven Schach, Tilmann Haug, Alexander Sagel
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electric arc wire burner for spraying an electric arc, comprising at least two burner tubes (3) for feeding electrodes which are embodied in the form of wire (5). Said electrodes are guided through the burner tube (3) in the direction of the surface of the object which is to be coated. The wire (5) is guided by a deflection device (7) comprising a number of rotationally mounted guiding elements and/or sliding elements (8) and the wire (5) is deformed in an elastic area.
Claims11
1-13. (canceled)
A plasma wire burner for plasma spray having at least two burner tubes (3) for supplying electrodes, the electrodes in the form of wires (5), the electrodes being passed through the burner tube (3) in the direction of the surface of an object to be coated via a feed device (7) which has numerous guiding and/or sliding elements (8) which are mounted such that they can rotate,
- wherein the feed device (7), which has guiding and/or sliding elements (8), and via which the wire (5) is deformed in the elastic or plastic range, is integrated in the burner tube (3) or is held in it, and wherein the guiding and/or sliding elements (8) are in the form of rollers or ball bearing mounted rollers,
- wherein the burner tube (3) or a supply tube (1) is formed from three segments which can be joined together,
- wherein the burner tube (3) or the supply tube (1) has an approximately circular cross section when viewed from the front, and
- wherein the central segment of the burner tube (3) or of the supply tube (1) is approximately wedge-shaped when viewed from the front.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.