WIRE SHAPING DEVICE FOR BULK PACKAGED WELDING WIRE.

摘要

A wire shaping device for shaping a welding wire stored in a bulked storage container is disclosed. The wire shaping device shapes the welding wire by flexing the wire as it is drawn around a plurality of sheaves. In addition, the wire shaping device may be located immediately adjacent to a wire feeding device of the welder. In use, the wire shaping device may include an inlet port for receiving the wire, a first rotatable sheave rotatable in a first direction; a second rotatable sheave rotatable in a second direction opposite of the first direction; and an outlet port. The wire shaping device may also include a mounting plate and first and second rollers operatively associated with the first and second sheaves, respectively.