Welding Assembly and Method
AssigneeInnovative Weld Solutions Ltd.
InventorVenkatasubramanian Ananthanarayanan
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Abstract
A welding assembly including a current generator, a first electrode electrically coupled to the current generator, the first electrode including a first engagement surface, a second electrode electrically coupled to the current generator, the second electrode including a second engagement surface, a width-determining fixture positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode to define a welding volume having a width, and an electrically nonconductive material positioned to electrically insulate at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode from an electrical conductor outside the width.
Claims20
A welding assembly comprising:
- a current generator;
- a first electrode electrically coupled to said current generator, said first electrode comprising a first engagement surface;
- a second electrode electrically coupled to said current generator, said second electrode comprising a second engagement surface;
- a width-determining fixture positioned between said first electrode and said second electrode to define a welding volume having a width;
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- an electrically nonconductive material positioned to electrically insulate at least one of said first electrode and said second electrode from an electrical conductor outside said width.
A welding assembly comprising:
- a current generator;
- a first electrode electrically coupled to said current generator, said first electrode comprising a first engagement surface;
- a second electrode electrically coupled to said current generator, said second electrode comprising a second engagement surface;
- a width-determining fixture comprising a first side stop laterally opposed from a second side stop, said first and said second side stops defining a welding volume between said first and said second electrodes, said welding volume having a width;
- a workpiece at least partially positioned in said welding volume and clamped between said first and said second electrodes, said workpiece comprising at least a first member and a second member, wherein said second member is supported on said second electrode, and wherein a portion of said second member protrudes outside of said width;
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- an electrically nonconductive material positioned to electrically insulate said second electrode from said portion of said second member.
A method for welding comprising:
- providing a current generator;
- assembling a workpiece comprising a first member and a second member, wherein said second member comprises a plurality of strands;
- positioning a first electrode proximate said first member, said first electrode being electrically coupled to said current generator;
- positioning a second electrode proximate said second member, said second electrode being electrically coupled to said current generator;
- clamping said workpiece between said first electrode and said second electrode;
- confining said clamped workpiece within a welding volume of a width-determining fixture, said welding volume having a width, wherein a portion of said second member extends outside of said width;
- electrically isolating said portion of said second member from said second electrode;
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- passing a welding current between said first and said second electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.