ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,596, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).
"Hybrid projected and streaming pulse welding" was invented by Matthew A. Albright (Thompson, Ohio), Steven R. Peters (Huntsburg, Ohio) and Thomas Rastatter (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc welding or additive manufacturing system includes a wire feeder, a torch, a wire electrode driven through the torch by the wire feeder, and an arc generation power supply operatively connected to the torch to deliver a pulse waveform to the wire electrode during a deposition operation. The pulse waveform includes a series of current ...