WIRE FEED LIMITER

A wire conveying mechanism, preferably for a welding, cladding or additive manufacturing apparatus, with a slip clutch mechanism (42) connectable to a motor.The slip clutch (42) includes a gear (40) and a rotating shaft (44) that is driven by a motor. Secured to the rotating shaft (44) is a first mo...

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Main Authors MILLER, Erik, GIESE, William
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.11.2020
Subjects
BLASTING
BRAKES
CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING
CLUTCHES
COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION
CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS
GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINE TOOLS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING
THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
WELDING
WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Summary:A wire conveying mechanism, preferably for a welding, cladding or additive manufacturing apparatus, with a slip clutch mechanism (42) connectable to a motor.The slip clutch (42) includes a gear (40) and a rotating shaft (44) that is driven by a motor. Secured to the rotating shaft (44) is a first moving part (46) that includes a driving disc (48) that includes a keyway (49) that accommodates a key (44a) on the shaft (44) so that the driving disc (48) rotates with the shaft. A second moving part (52) is also received on the rotating shaft (42). Secured to the gear (40) is a clutch pad part (54) that includes three friction material shoes or pads (56a-56c) mounted on brackets (58a-58c).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160189481