US 7,525,066 B2
Consumable electrode type welding method
Yasushi Mukai, Osaka (Japan); Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Kawanishi (Japan); Tatsuya Ikeda, Kawanishi (Japan); Hiroyuki Nakata, Osaka (Japan); and Masaru Kowa, Suita (Japan)
Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/568,552
PCT Filed Jun. 27, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/011767
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 17, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/006383, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-201526 (JP), filed on Jul. 08, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0169276 A1, Jul. 17, 2008
Int. Cl. B23K 9/06 (2006.01); B23K 9/28 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 219—124.01  [219/137.2] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A consumable electrode type welding method in which, using a welding system comprising wire feed means for feeding a welding wire to a welding torch, an actuator for holding and moving the welding torch, a control unit for driving and controlling the actuator, and a welding power supply device for applying a welding output into between a member to be welded and the welding wire, the method comprising the steps of:
moving the welding torch by the actuator in a direction parting away from the member to be welded while feeding the welding wire; and
controlling the speed of the welding wire with respect to the member to be welded.