The thesis deals with the optimization of the removal of the insulation protection from the copper wire and the welding of the wire to the contact element in resistance nipple welding. For easier understanding, the basics of nipple welding are presented first. A parametric analysis was made, in which we changed the main parameters when removing the insulation from the wire and later changing the wire to the contact element. The manufactured samples were visually inspected and their electrical resistance measured. By optimizing the parameters, we found that we could successfully remove the insulation from the wire from 0.180 kW of input energy in 450 ms. When welding, we found that the optimal welding parameters for the used wire and contact element are as follows: the pressure force on the wire is 12 N, the welding current is 180 A and the welding time is 440 ms. During welding, no evaporation occurs, but a weld joint is formed, which has the insulation completely removed in the welding area. In addition, it has a measured electrical resistance close to the nominal value of 3.6 Ω
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