A WELDING MACHINE AND RELATED METHOD

• Main Authors: TRINCO, Andrea, TOMAT, Claudio
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.06.2023
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; ROLLING OF METAL; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A welding machine for welding together the tail of a billet to the head of a second billet along a feeding direction, the machine comprising a carriage (1) adapted to slide along the feeding direction, said carriage (1) supporting a first structure integrally fixed to said carriage (1); first clamping means, provided on said first structure, for clamping the head of the second billet; a second structure (5) connected to the first structure and sliding, parallel to the feeding direction, with respect to both the first structure and the carriage (1); second clamping means (6, 7), provided on said second structure (5), for clamping the tail of the first billet; wherein first adjustment means are provided for adjusting the position of the second structure (5) with respect to the first structure along said feeding direction; and second adjustment means 20 are provided for adjusting the position of the second structure (5) with respect to the first structure on a plane transversal to the feeding direction, so as to align the second clamping means (6, 7) with the first clamping means along said feeding direction.