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US 8,158,906 · App. 12/086,798 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Welding method and welding device

Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent No.
US 8,158,906
App. No.
12/086,798
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Conventional welding methods have the disadvantage of producing worse welded joints at the beginning of the process than in the later course of the method. The method in question uses an initializing plate on which the welding process is begun and then once a consistent quality can be achieved for the welded joint continues onto the points for repair.

Claims (19)

1. A welding method, comprising:

providing a component having a site to be repaired wherein the site to be repaired comprises a start point and an end point; and

supplying a welding material to the site to be repaired wherein welding is initiated at a method start point on a separate precursor plate that rests on the start point,

wherein the welding material is supplied constantly in the form of a powder during welding or introduced into the site in the form of a wire or strip.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a separate follower plate is used that rests on the end point where the welding method ends at a method end point.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the precursor plate is displaced in a welding direction during the method, and thereby shields already welded regions.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a cavity is filled.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the cavity is a crack.

6. A welding device for welding a component, comprising:

a heat source for melting a welding material;

a powder reservoir that stores the welding material;

a powder feed that transports the welding material from the powder reservoir; and

a separate precursor plate, on which the welding material is supplied and melted,

wherein a separate follower plate is provided, on which the welding material is also provided.

7. The welding device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the precursor plate is displaced in a welding direction during the welding method.

8. The welding device as claimed in claim 6 ,

wherein the precursor plate and/or the follower plate forms an acute angle with respect to an edge of an upper surface of the component, and

wherein the precursor plate and/or the follower plate rests on the edge of the upper surface of the component.

9. The welding device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a contact edge of the precursor plate and/or the follower plate with the edge of the upper surface conforms to a curvature of the edge of the upper surface of the component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LADRU, FRANCIS-JURJEN; REICH, GERHARD; REYMANN, HELGE
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 021159/0422 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 05027790 · Dec 19, 2005 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090001065A1 · Jan 1, 2009