Patent ID: 7392923
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic welding machine comprising a sonotrode, an anvil and a side shifting device, a tool selected from the group consisting of the sonotrode, the anvil in the form of a backplate electrode, and the side shifting device delimiting a compression chamber and having four working surfaces, which can be selectively aligned with a material to be compressed or welded, and extending transversely with respect to at least one end face of the tool passed through by a longitudinal axis of the tool, the end face resting against an element via which the tool is connected to the ultrasonic welding machine, wherein the tool is constructed and arranged to be rotated 180° around the longitudinal axis, and rotated 180° around a transverse axis perpendicular thereto, to a desired position with respect to the element in order to align one of the working surfaces with the material, and wherein the tool is movable or mountable in a desired position with respect to the element that connects the tool to the ultrasonic welding machine.