US 11,806,815 B2
Wire welder and method for wire welding
Badgujar Bhushan, Pimple Saudager (IN); and Santosh Hadawale, Maharshtra (IN)
Assigned to NV BEKAERT SA, Zwevegem (BE)
Appl. No. 16/955,297
Filed by NV Bekaert SA, Zwevegem (BE)
PCT Filed Jan. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/050164
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/137856, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201811001442 (IN), filed on Jan. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0406405 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 31/12 (2006.01); B21F 15/08 (2006.01); B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B23K 101/32 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 31/125 (2013.01) [B21F 15/08 (2013.01); B23K 37/0461 (2013.01); B23K 2101/32 (2018.08)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welder comprising
i) a welding part configured to weld a first metal wire to a second metal wire,
ii) one or more tools configured to process and/or test the weld,
wherein each of the one or more tools has a tool indicator configured to indicate a complete or non-complete condition,
wherein the indicator is settable to non-complete before welding,
iii) a clamp configured to clamp the first metal wire before welding and to release the first metal wire after each tool indicator is in the complete condition, and
iv) a controller configured to activate cutting of the first metal wire with a cutter provided with the clamp and then open the clamp upon the activation of an emergency circuit.