Electric heating – Metal heating – By arc
Patent
1996-06-21
1998-06-02
Shaw, Clifford C.
Electric heating
Metal heating
By arc
B23K 906
Patent
active
057603723
ABSTRACT:
An arc welder includes an inverter for converting a DC voltage to a RF voltage which, then, is rectified by a rectifier. The output of the rectifier is smoothed by a DC reactor. A RF generator provides RF current to flow between a workpiece and a main electrode of the welder forming a welder load, which initiates arcing between the workpiece and the main electrode. Initiation of arcing causes output current from the DC reactor to be supplied to the welder load, so that steady-state arcing is established. The DC reactor has a relatively small inductance which permit the output current from the DC reactor to reach a value required for establishing the steady-state arcing within a time period during which the RF generator provides RF current. The RF voltage from the inverter has a relatively high frequency so that the output current from the DC reactor can sustain the steady-state arcing.
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Danjo Kenzo
Fujiyoshi Toshikazu
Karino Kunio
Kinoshita Atushi
Moriguchi Haruo
Sansha Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
Shaw Clifford C.
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