MACHINE FOR WELDING WIRE MESH

摘要

PCT No. PCT/AT90/00049 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 10, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 10, 1991 PCT Filed May 23, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/14181 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 29, 1990.A welding machine for manufacturing wire nets from mutually perpendicular longitudinal and transverse wires welded at the points of intersection comprises a device for feeding the longitudinal wires in a horizontal welding plane, two devices for simultaneously inserting two transverse wires (Q,Q'), arranged at equal distances on either side of insertion lines (K,K'), a welding electrode arrangement for carrying out two-point welding in the direction of the longitudinal wires, and two feeder arms (8,9) for transferring the transverse wires from the insertion lines to the welding lines (S, S'). The feeder arms are fitted with clamping devices (11,12) for the transverse wires and can be moved together back and forth between the insertion lines and the welding lines along predetermined tracks (U, U'; O, O'). At least one of the feeder arms can be moved by means of a mechanical drive (22) in order to prestress both transverse wires relative to the other feeder arm in the direction of the transverse wires, and the transverse wires are positioned precisely in accordance with the predetermined distribution of the transverse wires by means of pivotable positioning elements (17,17' ) provided in the region of the welding lines.