Abstract: Contact nozzle 1 for electric arc welding with continuous welding wire 30 flowed through by welding current, which nozzle 1 can be connected to a welding torch and comprises an electrically conductive contact tube 10 with a longitudinal through-hole 4,5,6 intended for passage of the welding wire 30 during welding from an inlet end 2 to an outlet end 3 in said longitudinal hole 4,5,6, and also comprises a spring element 20 intended to apply a force to the welding wire in a direction essentially transverse to the feed direction of the wire so as to press the welding wire against the inside of the contact tube. It is characteristic that the spring element has been mounted from the inlet end in the first portion of length of the longitudinal hole, which portion of length 4 has a greater cross-sectional area than a second portion of length 5. There are also claims for an associated spring element 20 and a welding torch with a contact nozzle as above mounted.

Abstract: Contact nozzle 1 for electric arc welding with continuous welding wire 30 flowed through by welding current, which nozzle 1 can be connected to a welding torch and comprises an electrically conductive contact tube 10 with a longitudinal through-hole 4,5,6 intended for passage of the welding wire 30 during welding from an inlet end 2 to an outlet end 3 in said longitudinal hole 4,5,6, and also comprises a spring element 20 intended to apply a force to the welding wire in a direction essentially transverse to the feed direction of the wire so as to press the welding wire against the inside of the contact tube. It is characteristic that the spring element has been mounted from the inlet end in the first portion of length of the longitudinal hole, which portion of length 4 has a greater cross-sectional area than a second portion of length 5. There are also claims for an associated spring element 20 and a welding torch with a contact nozzle as above mounted.