UNDERWATER WELDING SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST ONE WELDING WIRE ADVANCING DEVICE AS A WET COMPONENT FOR UNDERWATER OPERATION

摘要

The invention relates to an underwater welding system (10) for gas metal arc welding, comprising a welding torch (13), a welding current source (11), a welding wire supply device (12) and at least one welding wire advancing device (17, 18) forming the components of the underwater welding system, wherein the welding current source (11) and the welding wire supply device (12) are designed as dry components for the operation in a dry region (24) above water and at least one welding wire advancement device (17, 18) is designed as a wet component for underwater operation in a wet region (25).