Operation – Lincoln Electric IM812-A User Manual

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B-4

OPERATION

B-4

LN-35

PRESETTING WIRE FEED SPEED

The LN-35 permits accurate presetting of the desired
wire feed speed, before welding, in both CV and CC
wire feed modes.

SETTING CONSTANT WIRE FEED SPEED (CV
MODE)

a. Set Wire Feed Mode switch to CV position.

b. Set Wire Feed dial to the desired wire feed

speed on the selected calibrated dial range.

The wire speed will remain constant at the value set,
independent of arc voltage changes, as long as the
arc voltage does not drop below the value per the
chart below for the max. wire feed speed shown:

Maximum Speed

Minimum Arc Volts

250 IPM

15V

280 IPM

17V

350 IPM

21V

SETTING ARC SENSING WIRE FEED SPEED
(VV [CC] MODE)

When using a constant current (formerly variable
voltage) power source, welding performance is im-
proved using arc sensing wire feed speed (VV [CC]
mode). In this wire feed mode the wire speed
increases if arc voltage increases, and decreases if
arc voltage decreases, but remains constant at any
specific voltage level.

The LN-35 permits accurate VV (CC) mode
presetting of the desired wire feed speed, for the
desired arc voltage to be used, by setting the Wire
Speed dial in the following manner before welding:

a. Set Wire Feed Mode switch to VV (CC) position.

FIGURE B.3 CC WIRE SPEED SETTING

b. Referring to the graph shown in Figure B.3:

1. Select the horizontal line representing the DE-

SIRED IN/MIN. for the welding procedure. (See
example arrow line for 375 in/min.)

2. Select the diagonal line representing the ARC

VOLTS to be used for the welding procedure.
(See example arrow line for 29 volts.)

3. Determine the vertical line representing the CC

WIRE SPEED SETTING where the above two
lines cross. (See example arrow line for 450.)

c. Set the Wire Speed dial to the value determined

in Step (3) above (450 for example used).

The wire will feed at the DESIRED IN/MIN speed

when the welding power source is set to the arc
voltage to be used for the weld procedure (375
in/min. at 29V for example used).

A chart representation of the VV (CC) wire speed
setting graph is shown in Figure B.4, giving the Wire
Speed dial setting required for the DESIRED IN/MIN
and ARC VOLTS used for the welding procedures:

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