Owner Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

Inventors Sagara, Masayuki; Kondo, Kunio; Oagawa, Kazuhiro; Hirata, Hiroyuki; Amaya, Hisashi

Agent FB Rice

Pub. Number AU-B-2003261962

PCT Number PCT/JP03/11360

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/023478

Filing date 5 September 2003

Wipo publication date 29 March 2005

Acceptance publication date 8 January 2009

B23K 9/00 (2006.01) Electric welding or cutting

B23K 9/028 (2006.01) Electric welding or cutting - for curved planar seams

B23K 9/16 (2006.01) Electric welding or cutting - making use of shielding gas

B23K 9/23 (2006.01) Electric welding or cutting - taking account of the properties of the materials to be welded

C22C 38/00 (2006.01) Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys

C22C 38/02 (2006.01) Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys - containing silicon

C22C 38/04 (2006.01) Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys - containing manganese

C22C 38/40 (2006.01) Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys - with nickel

C22C 38/44 (2006.01) Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys - with molybdenum or tungsten

B23K 35/30 (2006.01) Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting - with the principal constituent melting at less than 1550C