Electric heating – Metal heating – By arc
Patent
1988-06-02
1989-06-06
Shaw, Clifford C.
Electric heating
Metal heating
By arc
219 60R, 219 61, 219136, B23K 9225
Patent
active
048374199
ABSTRACT:
A welding apparatus has a welding chamber with an access opening allowing passage of a cladding tube end fitted with an end plug to a welding position therein. A rotatable end plug stop assembly disposed in the chamber and axially aligned with the access opening is adapted to engage the end plug when inserted in the welding chamber. An end of a electrode of a girth welding assembly disposed in the welding chamber adjacent to the rotatable end plug and tube end and in generally orthogonal relation thereto is operable to form a girth weld circumferentially joining the end plug and cladding tube end. An end seal welding assembly mounted to the end plug stop assembly and having an electrode with an end disposed adjacent to and in axial alignment with an axial bore of the end plug is operable to form an end seal weld therein. The end seal welding assembly also defines a path for flow of a fill gas along the electrode and both into the welding chamber and the end plug axial bore before formation of the end seal weld therein. The end plug stop assembly includes an end stop which receives an end seal welding electrode and flow of fill gas along the electrode, and an end plug-engaging insert adapted to fit in the end stop and engage the end plug leading end portion.
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Boatwright David A.
Duncan Robert
Klapper Kenneth K.
Shaw Clifford C.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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