Method and system for welding railroad rails-1

Method and system for welding railroad rails-1

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A method and system of depositing molten metal from an advancing welding wire to form a root pass of weld metal in the bottom of a gap between first and second metal members having generally flat base elements joined by a metal backing plate extending between said base elements, which method and system includes passing welding current between the welding wire and the metal members from a power supply to create a heat generating welding arc, moving the welding wire in a given direction along selected path over the backing plate, sensing a blow through of the backing plate by the welding arc, reversing said given direction of said welding wire for a short distance when a blow through has been sensed and then, resuming movement of said welding wire in said given direction along the selected path.

The present invention relates to a method and system for welding the spaced ends of rails and more particularly to welding two spaced railroad rails by using an electric arc welding process.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Through the years a tremendous amount of effort has been devoted to joining spaced railroad rails by some type of butt welding process. Assignee of the present application has issued patents Morlock U.S. Pat. No. 5,773,779 and Morlock U.S. Pat. No. 5,877,468, which patents are incorporated by reference herein as showing the background of the invention. These patents relate to an electric arc welding method and system for joining the ends of two spaced rails utilizing a backing between the flat bases of the rails so that the root pass or first welding layer is deposited on the backing plate spanning the gap between the rail ends as the plate is consumed. These two patents disclose in detail the total welding process above the root pass for initially joining the ends of the railroad rails and closing the gap between the rail ends. The details of such welding process do not form a part of the invention need not be repeated.

Date: 2023-04-10     hits: 582    Return