Method for separation of a metal substrate on cladding

• Main Authors: GRUEGER, BIRGIT, JANSSEN, WOLFGANG, GUNZELMANN, KARL-HEINZ, FAJARDO-REINA, SCARLETT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.09.2011
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A wire electrode (8) introduced into a narrow indentation (1) on a metallic member (2) is bent by a guide (7) towards an inner wall (3,4) of the indentation. Voltage is applied to the metallic member and wire electrode to generate an arc that melts the wire electrode locally such that the melted wir...