摘要 |
A transport drum is located adjacent two positions, one being a severing position in which a severing punch is located adjacent the drum to punch out contact plates in the order of at most 3 mm surface area from a strip of contact material, and place the punched-out plates in suitable openings formed at the circumference of the drum which, upon indexing rotation to the welding position, transports the plates thereto. Punch elements and welding electrodes have one portion of the elements located inside the drum, the other outside the drum adjacent the respective position. The contact carrier, for example in strip form, is fed to the drum, preferably tangentially, the contact plate being welded on the carrier at the welding position. Preferably, and simultaneously with the severing operation, the contact strip is deformed in advance of the severing so that the next subsequent severing operation will already accept a deformed element to provide a welding bump for concentrated application of spot welding current.
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