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Title:
WELDING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/251267
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A welding apparatus that generates an arc by applying an AC voltage between an electrode (TE) and a workpiece (W) is provided with a capacitor (31), a charging circuit (34) that charges the capacitor (31), a discharging circuit (35) that performs a discharge operation of increasing a current that flows from the tungsten electrode (TE) to the workpiece (W) due to arc discharge by the discharge of the capacitor (31), and a control device (40) that causes the discharging circuit (35) to perform the discharge operation continuously within a discharge period of 5% or less of the cycle of the AC voltage when switching the polarity of the AC voltage from a positive polarity to the reversed polarity.

Inventors:
TAMAGAWA KENTA
HORIE KOTA
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/021210
Publication Date:
December 16, 2021
Filing Date:
June 03, 2021
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Assignee:
PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B23K9/073
Foreign References:
JP2010046692A2010-03-04
JP2019084576A2019-06-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAMATA Kenji et al. (JP)
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