EP1439041A3 - Apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece with a metal jet - Google Patents

Apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece with a metal jet Download PDF

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EP1439041A3
EP1439041A3 EP04007551A EP04007551A EP1439041A3 EP 1439041 A3 EP1439041 A3 EP 1439041A3 EP 04007551 A EP04007551 A EP 04007551A EP 04007551 A EP04007551 A EP 04007551A EP 1439041 A3 EP1439041 A3 EP 1439041A3
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workpiece
conductive fluid
metal jet
welding
cutting
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Nicholas A. Sanders
Richard W. Couch
Yong Yang
Zhipeng Lu
Robert C. Dean
Kenneth J. Woods
Charles M. Hackett
John Sobr
William J. Connally
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Hypertherm Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/004—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor by means of a fluid jet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/06—Severing by using heat

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Abstract

A metal jet cutting system, which includes a jetting head (9), a heater (30) and a power source (54), is used for modifying a workpiece. The jetting head (9) includes a crucible (11) and an inlet (17c) for receiving a feed stock (87) of a conductive material. The heater (30) melts the conductive material in the crucible (11) to provide a conductive fluid (80), which exits the jetting head (9) via an outlet. The power source (54), which is in electrical communication (50,52) with the conductive fluid (80), increases the temperature of the conductive fluid (80). The conductive fluid (80) is applied to the workpiece (70) to modify the workpiece.
EP04007551A 1999-09-21 2000-09-20 Apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece with a metal jet Expired - Lifetime EP1439041B1 (en)

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US15507899P 1999-09-21 1999-09-21
US155078P 1999-09-21
EP00963648A EP1218152B1 (en) 1999-09-21 2000-09-20 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece

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EP00963648A Division EP1218152B1 (en) 1999-09-21 2000-09-20 Process and apparatus for cutting or welding a workpiece

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EP1439041A2 EP1439041A2 (en) 2004-07-21
EP1439041A3 true EP1439041A3 (en) 2004-07-28
EP1439041B1 EP1439041B1 (en) 2012-08-15

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US5288960A (en) * 1991-04-04 1994-02-22 Dorries Scharmann Gmbh Process and apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces
EP0919317A1 (en) * 1996-07-11 1999-06-02 Alexandr Ivanovich Apunevich Method for the plasmic arc-welding of metals

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US5288960A (en) * 1991-04-04 1994-02-22 Dorries Scharmann Gmbh Process and apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces
EP0919317A1 (en) * 1996-07-11 1999-06-02 Alexandr Ivanovich Apunevich Method for the plasmic arc-welding of metals

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