Welding apparatus and nozzle device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYoshitaka KAWADA, Naotada OKADA, Susumu YAHAGI
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a welding apparatus includes an irradiation device and a nozzle device. The irradiation device irradiates a target with laser light while scanning the laser light. The nozzle device includes an ejection port and ejects inert gas to an irradiation position of the laser light on the target through the ejection port located at a forward side in a scanning direction of the laser light relative to the irradiation position.
Claims10
A welding apparatus comprising:
- an irradiation device that irradiates a target with laser light while scanning the laser light;
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- a nozzle device that includes an ejection port and ejects inert gas to an irradiation position of the laser light on the target through the ejection port located at a forward side in a scanning direction of the laser light relative to the irradiation position.
A nozzle device comprising a nozzle portion that ejects inert gas to an irradiation position of laser light emitted to a target while being scanned from a forward side in a scanning direction of the laser light relative to the irradiation position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.