WELDING ENCLOSURE, WELDING APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH WELDING ENCLOSURE AND A METHOD OF WELDING FIRST AND SECOND WELD ELEMENTS USING A WELD ENCLOSURE

摘要

The present application relates to a weld enclosure a welding apparatus (10) including such a weld enclosure and a method of welding. The apparatus (10) has first (12) and second (14) opposed tooling faces adapted to receive and hold respective first (16) and second (18) weld elements. The weld enclosure comprises a housing (22) that allows relative movement between the weld elements (16, 18) and a change in a physical dimension of at least one of the weld elements (16, 18). The weld enclosure also comprises locating means for locating the housing (22) relative to the welding apparatus (10) and includes heating means (20).