Vorrichtung zur schlupffreien Foerderung von Draht

The description refers to a process for the non-slip conveyance of wire, in particular, wire used as a filler metal for a welding process. The invention is characterized by the fact that wire is taken from a wire drum and is supplied to a wire feed unit, and that a wire loop is maintained within freely settable limits between the wire drum and the wire supply unit acting as a quantity buffer by means of a quantity sensor system and a control unit.