Multi-functional fabricating system for welding electrodes

A welding electrode fabricating system for continuously pressure coating a flux material on a metal core to form welding rods, comprising

• a receiving guide member operative for receiving and guiding said metal core supplied thereto from a supply reel,
• a straightening station coupled to said receiving guide member, said straightening station having an elongated restrictive linear channel therein operative to receive said metal core from said receiving guide member to pass therethrough,
• a linear advancing station including a plurality of pairs of gripping fingers slidably mounted on a rotatable continuous drive chain located at said advancing station, said rotatable drive chain being rotatable whereby said gripping fingers are serially engageable with said metal core at said advancing station for gripping said metal core therein and to advance said metal core forward in said system,
• a cutting station coupled to said advancing station and being operative to receive said metal core from straightening station, a plurality of pairs of cutting blade members being mounted at a selected interval on a second rotatable continuous drive chain provided at said cutting station, said second rotatable continuous drive chain being operative for operating said pairs of cutting blade members to engage with said metal core thereby severing said metal core into sections having a selected length,
• a driving member coupled to said cutting station and being operative to receive said metal core sections from said cutting station, at least one pair of motor driven rollers disposed at said driving member and being operative to drive said metal core sections in a contiguous manner forward in said fabricating system,
• a coating station coupled to said driving member and being operative to receive said metal core sections from said driving member, a coating mould located in said coating station,
• an elongated tubular guide member located in said coating station and being operative to receive said metal core sections from said driving member and to guide said metal core sections to said coating mould,
• a pressurized flux material supply bin member coupled to said coating station and being operative to supply the flux coating material to said mould for coating said metal core sections passing therethrough.