Abstract: An apparatus for electric-arc gas-shielded surfacing by droplets with consumable electrode calls for an electrode to be fed through a current contact tip to the surface of an article being surfaced. An arc is ignited to form a molten droplet on the end of the electrode, and a shielding gas is fed into the melting zone. Subsequently, an accelerating translatory motion is imparted to the current contact tip and the electrode until they reach a speed at which the kinetic energy of the molten droplet exceeds the energy sufficient for detaching the droplet from the electrode, whereafter the tip and the electrode are stopped by a fixed barrier so that inertia causes the droplet to detach from the electrode. The apparatus includes an electrode feeding mechanism, a nozzle, a drive for imparting accelerating translatory motion, a fixed barrier arrester, an electrode holder, clamping members and a pusher.