3497 results about "Torch" patented technology

A system and device for welding training. In one example, a welding training system includes a display configured to show welding features related to a training welding operation. The system also includes a training workpiece having a substantially transparent weld joint configured to be placed adjacent to the display during the training welding operation. The system includes a processing device coupled to the display and configured to provide welding data relating to the training welding operation to the display. The system also includes a training torch comprising an optical sensor. The training torch is coupled to the processing device and configured to provide the processing device with data from the optical sensor corresponding to a position of the training torch relative to the training workpiece.

A gooseneck locking mechanism for a robotic GMAW torch having a torch body and a gooseneck includes a connector receiver disposed in the torch body. The connector receiver includes longitudinal ends and a passageway extending between the longitudinal ends. An indexing feature is disposed in the passageway. An elongated connector is mountable on a proximal end of the gooseneck. The connector includes a cooperable indexing feature. The locking mechanism further includes a detent for joining the connector receiver and the elongated connector. The indexing features align the gooseneck relative to the torch body, and the detent secures the connector in the connector receiver for quick release. The locking mechanism may include a plurality of electrical contacts in the connector receiver that are engageable with the connector to provide flow of electrical current through the connector receiver to the gooseneck.

The present invention relates to arc welding torch and a method of extracting fume gas from a welding site. The torch comprises a metal electrode and at least one shield gas port adapted to direct a shield gas curtain around the metal electrode and a welding site. At least one shroud gas port is spaced radially outward from the shield gas port and adapted to impart to an exiting shroud gas a radially outward component of velocity. Fume gas is preferably extracted from a position radially intermediate the shield gas curtain and the shroud gas curtain.

A self-regulating gas generator that, in response to gas demand, supplies and automatically adjusts the amount of gas (e.g., hydrogen or oxygen) catalytically generated in a chemical supply chamber from an appropriate chemical supply, such as a chemical solution, gas dissolved in liquid, or mixture. The gas generator may employ a piston, rotating rod, or other element(s) to expose the chemical supply to the catalyst in controlled amounts. The gas generator may be used to provide gas for various gas consuming devices, such as a fuel cell, torch, or oxygen respiratory devices.

The present invention provides a plasma arc torch that can be used for lean combustion. The plasma arc torch includes a cylindrical vessel, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is (a) aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, (b) extends into the cylindrical vessel, and (c) can be moved along the longitudinal axis, a linear actuator connected to the first electrode to adjust a position of the first electrode, a hollow electrode nozzle connected to the second end of the cylindrical vessel such that the center line of the hollow electrode nozzle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and wherein the tangential inlet and the tangential outlet create a vortex within the cylindrical vessel, and the first electrode and the hollow electrode nozzle crate a plasma the discharges through the hollow electrode nozzle.

A method and apparatus for a gas-cooled plasma arc torch. Components of the torch can include an electrode, nozzle and a shield, each of which can be gas-cooled. The nozzle can be disposed relative to the electrode and can include a generally hollow conductive body and a cooling gas flow channel defined by at least one fin disposed about an exterior surface of the body, the body providing a thermal conductive path that transfers heat between the nozzle to the cooling gas flow channel during operation of the torch. The shield can be disposed relative to the nozzle and can include a generally hollow conductive body and a cooling gas flow channel defined by at least one fin disposed about an exterior surface of the body, the body providing a thermal conductive path that transfers heat between the shield to the cooling gas flow channel during operation of the torch.

A technique for dynamically adjusting an output voltage for a welding or cutting operation is provided. The technique allows for varying output voltage at the welding or cutting torch by manipulating the duty cycles of two forward converter circuits. The present disclosure provides methods and systems for increasing synchronized duty cycles in a pair of forward converter circuits in response to increasing output voltage demand then changing a phase shift between the duty cycles in response to further increases in output voltage demand. The present disclosure provides a controller designed to receive input signals and generate output pulse width modulation signals that control the duty cycle width and phase shift of the outputs of the forward converter circuits in response to these signals. Methods of accommodating for the time needed for the transformer core to reset via leading edge or lagging edge compensation are provided.

To protect the collimator of a transferred plasma arc torch from premature failure due to corrosion, an anti-corrosive covering is applied on the exposed face surface and a portion of the inner exit bore of the collimator. The specification describes several methods for producing the collimator for a plasma torch having an anti-corrosive coating or cladding on the exposed surfaces thereof, including electroplating, electroless plating, flame spraying, plasma spraying, plasma transferred arc, hot isostatic pressing and explosive cladding.

A method and apparatus for controlling a gas supply to a plasma arc torch uses a proportional control solenoid valve positioned adjacent the torch to manipulate the gas flow to the torch, thereby extending electrode life during arc transfer and shutdown. Swirl ring design can be simplified and gas supply and distribution systems become less complicated. The invention also allows manipulation of shield gas flow to reduce divot formation when making interior cuts. The system can be controlled with a digital signal processor utilizing a feedback loop from a sensor.

A system and method for determining settings or parameters for a welding-type power source are provided. By presenting an operator with an interface that is positioned along the path of a weld cable and configured to input weld characteristics, an operator is not required to determine electrical parameters for setting a welding-type power source output at the power source. The interface is presented to the operator at a remote welding-type device, such as a wire feeder, a weld robot, a torch, or the like. From the operator-specified weld characteristics, the system and method determine appropriate settings for the power source. In some embodiments, the system and method may automatically set the power source accordingly.

A weather resistant thick steel plate comprises, by weight, 0.06%-0.9% of C, not more than 0.30% of Si; 1.10%-1.50% of Mn, not more than 0.015% of P, not more than 0.003% of S, 0.035%-0.065% of Als, 0.25%-0.50% of Cu, 0.20%-0.50% of Ni, 0.40%-0.70% of Cr, 0.50%-0.15% of Mo, 0.008%-0.018% of Ti, 0.030%-0.060% of V, 0.015%-0.030% of Nb, not more than 0.0055% of N, 0.001%-0.004% of Ca, 0.0004%-0.0010% of selectively added B, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The manufacturing method includes deep desulfurization of molten iron, converter smelting, LF, RH, continuous casting, on-line finishing of slabs, cut-to-length torch cutting of slabs, heating, TMCP, and slow cooling of steel plates. The obtained weather resistant thick steel plate has balanced strong toughness and strong plasticity, low yield ratio, atmospheric corrosion resistance, excellent weldability and fatigue resistance, and is especially applicable to non-coating high-rise building structures and bridge structures.

A process for the in-flight surface treatment of powders using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Torch operating at atmospheric pressures or soft vacuum conditions is described herein. The process comprising feeding a powder material into the Dielectric Barrier Discharge Torch yielding powder particles exhibiting a reduced powder agglomeration feature; in-flight modifying the surface properties of the particles; and collecting coated powder particles. An apparatus for surface treating micro- and nanoparticles comprising a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Torch operating at atmospheric pressure or soft vacuum conditions is also described herein.

Provided is a device for the microwave-sustained plasma treatment of gases, which comprises a hollow structure forming a waveguide intended to be connected to a microwave generator, and means for making the gas to be treated flow through the said structure in a region in which the amplitude of the electric field associated with the incident wave is high. The means for making the gas flow comprise a plasma torch for producing a plasma in the gas. The torch comprises an injector made of an electrically conducting material mounted on a first large face of the said structure and extending so as to project through an orifice made in a second large face opposite the said first large face. A gap for passage of the incident waves lies around the injector.

The invention relates to a safe and environment-friendly method for protecting storage tanks to mainly solve the problems that in the prior art, the gas consumption of nitrogen protection is excessively large, cost is high, and sulfur-containing gas and other peculiar smell gas are hard to treat. According to the safe and environment-friendly method for protecting the storage tanks, the gas produced by liquid in the storage tanks enters a compressor (18) through a main gas pipe (19) and an inflation pipe (21), the gas is pressurized by the compressor (18) and stored in a buffering tank (5) to serve as one part of positive-pressure protection gas, when the gas stored in the buffering tank (5) cannot meet the positive-pressure protection of all storage tanks, the nitrogen from a nitrogen inlet pipeline (22) is used for performing supplementation, and when the pressure stored in the buffering tank (5) exceeds the designed pressure, the residual gas is sent to a torch or combustion furnace through a torch or combustion furnace leading pipeline (22), the problems are well solved through the technical scheme, and the method can be used in storage tank protection.