Tubular filler wire for fusion welding
AssigneeESAB Aktiebolag
InventorsManfred Puschner, Herbert Gerdau
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Abstract
A tubular filler rod or filler wire the metal sheath of which is composed of two members, to wit, an outer seamless tube and an inner tube consisting of a strip bent into tube shape and confining a compacted powder core. Also, a method of manufacturing a tubular, powder-cored filler rod or filler wire in which a metal strip is bent to form a trough which first is fitted with a powder composition and then closed to form a tube enclosing a core of the powder composition; the tube is slid into a second, seamless tube which is then submitted to a cold-drawing operation.
Claims6
A composite filler rod or filler wire for fusion welding comprising a core of particulate material, a tubular metal sheath formed about said core from a strip of said metal so as to include a seam therein, and a seamless metal tube enclosing and firmly engaging said tubular sheath.
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