公开(公告)号：US20220402063A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17841754

申请日：2022-06-16

申请人： EL Cooper Properties LLC

发明人： Edward L. Cooper ,  Steven J. Hayes

IPC分类号： B23K9/133 ,  B23K9/28

摘要： An orientation and guide mechanism for a welding system includes a pair of opposed guide members. A weld wire having a non-round cross-section is fed through a guide passageway formed between the guide members, each of which have recessed channels that combine to define the guide passageway. The guide passageway has a non-round shape corresponding to the non-round shape of the wire. The orientation mechanism and the guide members thereof is adjustable relative to a welding device of the weld system, such that the orientation of the wire can be controlled and maintained by adjusting the orientation mechanism. The wide side of the wire may be adjusted to be presented to a radiant energy source, and/or the non-round wire may be adjusted relative to the desired weld seam.