Wire shuttle for use in welding applications
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorChristopher Hsu
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and/or methods for welding systems that provide independent control of a contact tip of a welding torch are disclosed. The welding system can include, for example, a welding torch that includes, for example, a contact tip and a pivot in which the contact tip is coupled to the pivot and is configured to provide wire that is fed through the welding torch during a welding operation. The contact tip and the pivot are configured to independently move the contact tip of the welding torch around the pivot during the welding operation.
Claims28
A torch, comprising:
- a pivot support member that receives a contact tip,
- wherein the pivot support member is configured to independently move the contact tip around a pivot point during a welding operation.
A method, comprising:
- a pivot support member that receives a contact tip of a torch;
- moving the torch in a welding direction during a welding operation;
- and
- independently moving the contact tip by the pivot support member around a pivot point while the torch is moving in the welding direction.
A welding torch or a cladding torch, comprising:
- a torch body that is configured to provide a pivot support member that receives a contact tip, wherein the pivot support member is configured to cause the contact tip to move side-to-side in a direction that is perpendicular to a weld axis.
A torch, comprising:
- a torch body that receives a contact tip,
- wherein the torch is a welding torch or a cladding torch, and
- wherein the torch is configured to independently move the contact tip with respect to the torch body in a planar oscillatory movement during a welding operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.