Abstract: A manual torch for TIG welding comprising an insulating handle, one head provided with an insulating casing supporting an orientable tungsten electrode surrounded by a ceramic nozzle, and further comprising supply and exhaust means for a refrigerating fluid, and means for supplying a flow of protective gas.

Abstract: A machine for automatic weld of abutting pipes or accessories for ducts, or generally of circular solids, by the TIG or PLASMA process, with or without weld metal, comprising a control unit for programming the weld parameters according to cycles suitable to the different types of welds, and a stationary body which can be tightened on the pipes to be welded, supporting a welding torch capable of performing a multiplicity of revolutions about the pieces to be welded, comprising means for tightening said machine on the ends of the pipes to be welded, comprising an element fixed to the body of the machine, and an element movable with respect to the stationary element; means for positioning the welding torch with respect to the ends of the pipes to be welded; means for rotating in a controlled way said torch with respect to the ends of the pipes to be welded, so as to render possible to change several times, even during the same revolution, besides between one revolution and the next one, the welding parameters (s

Abstract: A machine for the automatic butt welding of pipes on tube plates by TIG or plasma process with or without weld metal, or of abutting pipes with TIG or plasma process with internal torch, comprising a control unit for programming the welding parameters according to cycles suitable to the different welding types and a gun which will be centered on the pipes to be welded, supporting a torch which can effect more sequential revolutions, wherein the supplies of the fluids (inert gas, cooling fluid, etc.