The invention pertains to a welding apparatus, particularly to a spot sa welding apparatus which utilizes a single welding electrode/torch to weld vertically adjacent metallic sheets or plates together. The apparatus comprises a MAG welding apparatus with a welding torch and shielding inert or semi-inert gases gas source configured to protect the welded working place, an apparatus for creating holes in at least one of the welded metallic sheets and at least one frame part for assembling the MAG welding apparatus and apparatus for creating holes.

The invention pertains to a welding apparatus, particularly to a spot sa welding apparatus which utilizes a single welding electrode/torch to weld vertically adjacent metallic sheets or plates together. The apparatus comprises a MAG welding apparatus with a welding torch and shielding inert or semi-inert gases gas source configured to protect the welded working place, an apparatus for creating holes in at least one of the welded metallic sheets and at least one frame part for assembling the MAG welding apparatus and apparatus for creating holes.

Disclosed are a reverse polarity plasma arc robot additive manufacturing system and an implementation method therefor, the system comprising an industrial robot, an additive manufacturing power source, a wire feeding machine, a machine visual system, an industrial computer, a plasma welding gun, a refrigerating device, a gas device and an auxiliary tool fixture. The industrial robot, the additive manufacturing power source, the wire feeding machine, the refrigerating device, the gas device and the auxiliary tool fixture are all connected to the industrial computer via a CAN bus; the machine visual system is connected to the industrial computer by means of a TCP/IP protocol; the plasma welding gun is connected to the refrigerating device, the additive manufacturing power source, the wire feeding machine, the gas device and the auxiliary tool fixture; and the refrigerating device is further connected to the additive manufacturing power source. The additive manufacturing power source comprises a main-arc power source and a pilot-arc power source, and the main-arc power source and the pilot-arc power source are both connected to the plasma welding gun; and the main-arc power source comprises a main-arc power source main circuit and a main-arc power source control circuit, and the pilot-arc power source comprises a pilot-arc power source main circuit, a pilot-arc power source control circuit and a high-frequency and high-voltage arc ignition circuit. The additive manufacturing power source not only realizes the inverse change of the high-frequency and high-efficiency, but also realizes the integration and digital integration of the pilot-arc power source and the main-arc power source. The main-arc power source and the pilot-arc power source are digitally coordinated by means of a CAN network, and the volume of same is compact, the compatibility is better, the field environment is more adaptable, and the expansion capability is stronger.

A method of forming a golf club head assembly includes aligning a faceplate with a recess of a club head; welding the faceplate to the club head; then, after welding the faceplate, heating the club head and the faceplate to at least a solvus temperature of the faceplate for a predetermined amount of time; and then, after heating the club head and the faceplate, allowing the club head and the faceplate to air cool.

A method of forming a golf club head assembly includes aligning a faceplate with a recess of a club head; welding the faceplate to the club head; then, after welding the faceplate, heating the club head and the faceplate to at least a solvus temperature of the faceplate for a predetermined amount of time; and then, after heating the club head and the faceplate, allowing the club head and the faceplate to air cool.

A consumable cartridge for a plasma arc torch includes a cartridge frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, the second end including a plurality of discrete retaining features. The consumable cartridge includes an electrically conductive contact element secured to the cartridge frame by the plurality of discrete retaining features and translatable up to a predetermined distance within the cartridge frame along the longitudinal axis at the second end, the contact element having a core, a proximal surface, and a distal surface. The proximal surface is shaped to contact a torch plunger of the plasma arc torch upon installation into the plasma arc torch and the distal surface is shaped to contact an electrode of the plasma arc torch during an operation of the plasma arc torch.

A consumable cartridge for a plasma arc torch includes a cartridge frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, the second end including a plurality of discrete retaining features. The consumable cartridge includes an electrically conductive contact element secured to the cartridge frame by the plurality of discrete retaining features and translatable up to a predetermined distance within the cartridge frame along the longitudinal axis at the second end, the contact element having a core, a proximal surface, and a distal surface. The proximal surface is shaped to contact a torch plunger of the plasma arc torch upon installation into the plasma arc torch and the distal surface is shaped to contact an electrode of the plasma arc torch during an operation of the plasma arc torch.

A powder feeding apparatus drops powder from a tank storing the powder to an oblique portion, and accumulates the powder on a plate disposed below the oblique portion. The plate is provided with a flat surface portion and a groove portion which is inverted from the flat surface portion to a lower part. The scraper moves powder which has accumulated to a higher level than a constant height on the flat portion and the groove portion, to an outer-side of the flat portion and smoothes the powder on the flat portion and the groove portion to a constant height. An ejector takes in powder which has accumulated on the groove portion of the plate by a suction opening, disposed at a front side of the scraper, in a relative moving direction of the plate, and discharges the powder from the discharge opening.

A powder feeding apparatus drops powder from a tank storing the powder to an oblique portion, and accumulates the powder on a plate disposed below the oblique portion. The plate is provided with a flat surface portion and a groove portion which is inverted from the flat surface portion to a lower part. The scraper moves powder which has accumulated to a higher level than a constant height on the flat portion and the groove portion, to an outer-side of the flat portion and smoothes the powder on the flat portion and the groove portion to a constant height. An ejector takes in powder which has accumulated on the groove portion of the plate by a suction opening, disposed at a front side of the scraper, in a relative moving direction of the plate, and discharges the powder from the discharge opening.

The present disclosure describes devices and methods directed at an improved system capable of achieving ultra-high deposition rates. In particular, devices and methods are described for implementing a welding system that includes a GMAW welding system and a hot wire welding system in order to achieve ultra-high deposition rates. In general, the welding system includes a consumable cored welding wire that serves as an electrode. The consumable cored welding wire that includes one or more alkaline earth metal elements at a concentration between 0.005% and 10% on the bases of total weight of the consumable cored welding wire. The hot wire welding system includes a consumable hot wire configured to be positioned into a molten weld pool created by the melted consumable cored welding wire.