US 4,398,080 AGranted

Arc welding power source

AssigneeESAB Aktiebolag

InventorsJan G. Johansson, Christian J. Henningsen, Arvo Koster

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Abstract

A welding rectifier is connected to an a.c. power supply. The rectifier delivers a pulsating voltage which during a part of a period is too low to maintain the arc established between a welding electrode and a work. A main winding of an ironcored inductor is connected in series with the rectifier, the welding electrode and the work. An auxiliary winding is wound onto the iron core and connected in series with a capacitor. The auxiliary winding is connected to the main winding so that the two windings, when passed by a current, supply ampere-turns in the same direction. The auxiliary winding and the capacitor are connected in parallel with the main winding and the arc. The capacitor is also connected in series with a charging rectifier connected to the a.c. supply. The capacitor is discharged through the auxiliary winding and the main winding into the arc, when the voltage delivered by the welding rectifier is too low to maintain the arc.

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Arc welding power supply comprising:

a welding rectifier means connected to an alternating current supply and provided with two direct current terminals,
a welding electrode,
a work,
a welding inductor provided with an iron core, a main winding and an auxiliary winding, means for connecting in series said welding electrode, said work, said terminals and said main winding,
a smoothing circuit comprising a capacitor means in series with a smoothing inductor, the winding of said smoothing inductor comprising the auxiliary winding of the welding inductor wound on the iron core and connected to the main winding such that the main winding and the auxiliary winding supply ampere-turns in the same direction when passed by a current, said smoothing circuit connected in parallel to the main winding, the electrode and the work, and
a charging rectifier means connected to the auxiliary winding and in series with the capacitor means, said charging rectifier comprising a charging circuit with the capacitor means and connected to the alternating current supply, said charging rectifier means arranged to block the passage of the discharge current of the capacitor means.

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