A welding electrode may comprise a welding electrode body and a welding electrode cap that is connected or connectable to the welding electrode body for making contact between the welding electrode and a component for producing a welded connection. The problem of achieving an efficient heating of the sandwich sheet to be welded in a compact layout with the fewest possible modifications of the welding electrodes used heretofore is solved in that an electrically conductive resistance element integrated, or which can be integrated, in the welding electrode and which is connected or connectable in an electrically-conductive manner to the welding electrode body and the welding electrode cap is provided for the heating of the component. Furthermore, a method and a device with the welding electrode and a use are disclosed.

A magnetic-field melting solder that melts by the action of an AC magnetic field is provided. The magnetic-field melting solder includes solder material; and magnetic material composing of ferrite or Ni, a proportion of the magnetic material to the entire magnetic-field melting solder being 0.005% to 5% by weight. A joining method using the magnetic-field melting solder includes providing the magnetic-field melting solder between an electrode on a substrate and an electrode of an electronic component, and joining together the electrode on the substrate and the electrode of the electronic component by generating an AC magnetic field around the substrate and thereby melting the magnetic-field melting solder.

The invention relates to an electrode (16) for a welding torch (17) or a cutting torch, comprising a main body (1) and a tip (3) arranged on an end surface (2) of the main body (1). The main body (1) is designed as a hollow body that is open on at least one side. On a side opposite one of the tips (3), the main body has an opening (4) for introducing a cooling medium into an interior space (7) of the main body (1), and at least two regions (5, 6) in the interior space (7), the two inner diameters of which are different from one another, and a transition region (8) located between the two regions (5, 6) having an inner diameter that decreases in the direction of the tip (3).

An electrically conductive tip member includes: an inner periphery portion including a Cu matrix phase and a second phase that is dispersed in the Cu matrix phase and contains a Cu—Zr-based compound, the inner periphery portion having an alloy composition of Cu-xZr (where x is the atomic percentage of Zr and satisfies 0.5≤x≤16.7); and an outer periphery portion that is present on an outer circumferential side of the inner periphery portion, made of a metal containing Cu, and has higher electrical conductivity than the inner periphery portion.

A composite material includes: an iron-based alloy layer; an intermediate layer provided on the iron-based alloy layer; and a tungsten-containing layer provided on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer is composed of pure nickel or is an alloy that contains at least one selected from a group consisting of copper, cobalt, and iron at more than 0 mass % and less than or equal to 71 mass % in total, and that contains nickel at more than or equal to 29 mass % and less than 100 mass %.

A cap tip assembly for spot welding is disclosed. The cap tip assembly for spot welding is configured to spot-weld a first base material in which a flange is formed and a second base material overlapping the flange in a vertical direction. The cap tip assembly for spot welding includes a tip body provided in a shape of a rectangular block in which a round-shaped welding section is formed on a front side of a top surface, and a collet member coupled to the tip body to guide a conductive tape to the welding section.

A welding electrode apparatus has a base member and a locking ring for clamping a consumable electrode tip to the electrode base. The base and the tip are predominantly made of copper, or a copper alloy. The base member has a first end that is threaded to fit a welding head that supplies electric current; and an electrically conductive second end to which the electrode tip is mounted. The second portion has an externally facing, axially extending cylindrical wall. A circumferential groove is formed in the wall. The locking ring has a quick-disconnect feature in the form of an array of spring-loaded stainless steel ball bearing detents that deflect to ride upon the cylindrical wall, and spring inwardly to seat in the circumferential groove.

A spot welding electrode and a method of using the electrode to resistance spot weld a workpiece stack-up that includes an aluminum workpiece and an adjacent overlapping steel workpiece are disclosed. The spot welding electrode includes a weld face having a multistep conical geometry that includes a series of steps centered on a weld face axis. The series of steps comprises an innermost first step in the form of a central plateau and, additionally, one or more annular steps that surround the central plateau and cascade radially outwardly from the central plateau towards an outer perimeter of the weld face. The weld face has a conical cross-sectional profile in which a periphery of a top plateau surface of the central plateau and a periphery of a top annular step surface of each of the one or more annular steps are contained within a conical sectional area.

A steel sheet assembly includes a plurality of lapped steel sheets which have a tensile strength of 1,470 MPa or less and a thickness of 0.3 mm to 5.0 mm, the steel sheet assembly being formed by applying, in advance, an adhesive and a carbon-supplying agent to a surface of either or both of the steel sheets to be lapped and then welding the steel sheets. A weld of the assembly has a nugget diameter of 2.8√t (mm) or more, where t (mm) denotes the thickness of a thinner one of the steel sheets on both sides of a weld interface, and the amount of C is increased by 0.02 % by mass or more as compared to the steel sheets before being applied with the adhesive and the carbon-supplying agent.

An arc welding apparatus and corresponding method includes a torch, a non-consumable electrode and a consumable electrode both disposed within the torch, a wire feeder configured to feed the consumable electrode in a vicinity of the non-consumable electrode, a first power source and a second power source that provide independent current, respectively, to the non-consumable electrode and the consumable electrode, and a weld process controller to control outputs of the first power source and the second power source such that a concentrated arc is formed, as a heat source, between the non-consumable electrode and a workpiece, and an inter-electrode arc is formed between the consumable electrode and the non-consumable electrode to melt the consumable electrode. The approach is characterized by low heat input, low distortion, low spatter, and the relative high speed or high deposition of laser and laser-MIG hybrid and other forms of multi-wire/multi-electrode welding, cladding, and additive manufacturing.