Lincoln Electric POWER FEED IM916 - Manual (Page 20)

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POWER FEED™ 10M DUAL WIRE FEEDER
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Power Feed™ 10M Dual Wire Feeder unit con-
sists of a user interface and two wire drives. This unit
will be available as a bench model or a boom model.
The Power Feed™ 10M Dual Wire Feeder is a high
performance, digitally controlled, modular wire feeder.
Properly equipped, it can support the GMAW, GMAW-
P, FCAW, SMAW, GTAW, and STT processes. The
Power Feed™ 10M Dual Wire Feeder is designed to
be a part of a modular, multi process welding system.
The Power Feed™ 10M Dual Wire Feeder is a Semi-
Automatic unit that is designed to interface with the
Power Wave M family of welding machines. It consists
of a user interface (UI) and wire drive (WD) that oper-
ate on 40VDC input power. The user interface is
designed to act as a means to access the functionality
(weld mode, run-in, volts, current etc.) of the welding
system. The wire drive unit is a 4 driven roll feeder
that can "push" various types of welding wire.
Each component in the system has special circuitry to
"talk with" the other system components, so each
component (power source, wire feeder, electrical
accessories) knows what the other is doing at all
times. This shared information lays the groundwork for
a system with superior welding performance.
DUAL HEAD UNIT
Two Control PC boards: one board supports user
interface and wire drive functions and second board
supports second wire drive functions.
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND
EQUIPMENT
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
The Power Feed™ 10M Dual Wire Feeder can be set
up in a number of configurations. They are designed
to be used for GMAW, GMAW-P, FCAW and STT
processes for a variety of materials, including mild
steel, stainless steel, and cored wires. Other process-
es such as STT, SMAW and GTAW can be controlled
using the user interface portion of the unit. (See
Accessories Section for Part numbers and connec-
tions.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
The Power Feed™ 10M Dual Wire Feeder must be
used with communication compatible welding equip-
ment. That is, the communication protocol that is used
in the welding system must be capable of communi-
cating with the wire feeder. This would be any power
source that has the Arclink receptacle available and
is operating with LincNet or Arclink software.