Citation
(1998), "Powder plasma arc-welding - PPAW", Industrial Robot, Vol. 25 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.1998.04925aad.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
Powder plasma arc-welding - PPAW
Powder plasma arc-welding PPAW
A new innovation by Cloos is powder plasma welding using a 250 A-TIG inverter power source without high frequency ignition on a robot application, which was presented for the first time at the recent Schweissen & Schneiden exhibition in Essen.
Welds similar to TIG cold wire welding can be obtained using the plasma powder welding process. The particular advantage is that the weld metal is fed in powder form through the torch into the weld pool; hence the complicated cold wire feed used for TIG welding is no longer required and optimum access can be guaranteed even with small and narrow joints. This new patented process gives excellent efficiency results in the welding of tubes in the cycle and steel furniture industries, as well as for all tasks where TIG welding with cold wire restricts the robot's freedom of movement. This process is also well suited to manual welding.
Recently
developed plasma powder welding processed for bicycle frames with Cloos Romtat
industrial robot
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