WELDING SYSTEM - MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD

Title:

WELDING SYSTEM

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2001/076806

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A butt welding system for welding materials to be welded which are steel sheets mounted on the tope surface of a table in a welding stage, with their end surfaces abutting against each other, wherein a welding head is a combination laser/arc welding head for welding materials to be welded by concurrent laser beam irradiating and arc discharging performed on the materials (38) to be welded, and the vertical position of its arc electrode (40) with respect to the materials (38), its position with respect to a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the laser beam (32) applied to the materials (38), and its inclination angle with respect to the optical axis of the laser beam (32) are made adjustable.

Inventors:

WATANABE MASAO (JP)
SAKASHITA HIDESHI (JP)
NAGASHIMA TADASHI (JP)
ISHIDE TAKASHI (JP)
NISHIKAWA KENJI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2001/003062

Publication Date:

October 18, 2001

Filing Date:

April 10, 2001

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
WATANABE MASAO (JP)
SAKASHITA HIDESHI (JP)
NAGASHIMA TADASHI (JP)
ISHIDE TAKASHI (JP)
NISHIKAWA KENJI (JP)

International Classes:

B23K9/00; B23K9/025; B23K26/067; B23K26/14; B23K28/02; B23K37/04; (IPC1-7): B23K26/20

Foreign References:

JPH10137956A	1998-05-26
JPS61185590U	1986-11-19
JP2000024788A	2000-01-25
JPS60106688A	1985-06-12
JPH01241392A	1989-09-26
JPH10244369A	1998-09-14
US5859402A	1999-01-12
JPH10137980A	1998-05-26

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