Method for the partial fusion of objects
AssigneeInocon Technologie Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorGerhard Schwankhart
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Abstract
A method for locally heating objects, in particular thin sheet metal, by charging the objects by means of a plasma ignited between two electrodes. In order to keep the thermal stress of a subject as low as possible outside of the zone to be heated it is provided that the machining such as spot welding or burning through a breakthrough occurs with merely one plasma pulse which is produced by applying a voltage pulse exceeding the arc-over voltage of the gap between the electrodes.
Claims3
A method of joining objects by a weld seam formed from a number of welding spots, which comprises the steps of charging one side of the objects with successive plasma pulses ignited between two electrodes, each plasma pulse being produced by applying a voltage pulse exceeding the arc-over voltage between the electrodes to produce each welding spot, the electrodes being kept at a constant distance from the one side of the objects, moving the objects with respect to the electrodes and providing a repetition frequency of the plasma pulses of 5 to 100 Hz.
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