Patent ID: 8480344
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B21C,B21D,B23K,B65G

Abstract:
1. A welding apparatus for container bodies comprising: a rounding station for said bodies, a welding station having calibration tools and driven welding rollers, and a conveying apparatus for conveying said bodies from said rounding station into said welding station, wherein said conveying apparatus comprises a first controllable conveyor T wherein said conveying paths overlap partly in an overlapping zone, wherein a container body conveyed by said first controllable conveyor is taken over by said second controllable conveyor at a take over position in the overlapping zone, and wherein said take over position is determined by said control unit or determined externally, and wherein said control unit is configured and operable to effect said take over at said take over position during an operation of said welding apparatus.