ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,744, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MAUS ITALIA SPA (Bagnolo Cremasco, Italy).
"Orbital welding system for welding the joints of tubes of tube plates of heat exchangers" was invented by Flavio Paladin (Crema, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an orbital welding system for welding the joints of tubes of tube plates of heat exchangers, including: a programmer generator; an orbital welding head; and a first supply line of an inert gas for TIG welding. The orbital welding head includes: a welding torch; a stopping system for the torch against a tube plate; an expandable centring tool for fixing the orbital welding hea...