US Patent Issued to ESAB on July 15 for "Dual twin-saw wire cladding" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,066, issued on July 15, was assigned to ESAB AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Dual twin-saw wire cladding" was invented by Rastislav Kubicek (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Zeljko Ackar (Partille, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for dual-twin SAW cladding is disclosed. The method includes arranging a first twin SAW head in close proximity to a second twin SAW head, delivering electroslag flux to a surface of a workpiece to create a layer of electroslag flux atop the workpiece, directing two first consumable wires through the first twin SAW head towards the surface of the workpiece, directing two second consumable wires th...