Operation – Lincoln Electric IM579 POWER WAVE 450 User Manual
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OPERATION
B-20
B-20
POWER WAVE 450
Trigger
Position
1
GMAW
GMAW
STICK
1
GMAW
GMAW
Pulse
FCAW
Pulse
FCAW
WFS DISPLAY:
WFS DISPLAY:
Wire Feed Speed
Wire Feed Speed
WFS and
WFS and
Preset
VOLTAGE
VOLTAGE
Open
Arc Length Trim
Preset Voltage
Current
DISPLAY:
DISPLAY:
Arc Length Trim
Preset Voltage
WFS,
WFS,
WFS DISPLAY:
WFS DISPLAY:
Actual Arc
Actual Arc
Preset Current,
Wire Feed Speed
Wire Feed Speed
2
Closed
Voltage,
Voltage,
Actual Arc
VOLTAGE
VOLTAGE
Actual Arc
Actual Arc
Voltage, Actual
DISPLAY:
DISPLAY:
Current
Current
Arc Current
Actual Arc Voltage
Actual Arc Voltage
1
In Stick, trigger is on Remote Control Kit K941-1.
2
Arc Current, not wire feed speed, is displayed if a Remote Control Kit is attached to the wire feeder.
Power Wave 450
Wire Feeder
Arc Length Trim
Preset Arc Lenth
0.6
60% of preset length
0.8
80% of preset length
1.0
no change to preset length
1.2
120% of preset length
1.4
140% of preset length
TABLE B.6 – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
SELECTED ARC LENGTH TRIM AND PRESET
ARC LENGTH AS INDICATED BY ARC LENGTH
TRIM, GMAW FCAW ONLY
TABLE B.3 – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
VOLTAGE TRIM AND PRESET VOLTAGE
Voltage Trim
Relationship to Preset Voltage
0.6
60% of preset voltage
0.8
80% of preset voltage
1.0
no change to preset voltage
1.2
120% of preset voltage
1.4
140% of preset voltage
Explanation of Table B.3:
If, for example, the minimum voltage trim is set to 0.8
and the maximum voltage trim is set to 1.4, this
means that the voltage for a given wire feed speed
can be adjusted to be anywhere between 80% and
140% of the preset voltage of that wire feed speed.
Adjustable
GMAW
GMAW
Parameters
Pulse
FCAW
Stick
Wire Feeder
Wire Feed
Wire Feed
—
WFS Display
Speed
Speed
Wire Feeder
Arc Length
Preset
—
Voltage Display
Trim
Voltage
Power Wave 450 Display
(with GMAW Pulse,
Wave
Wave
Wave
GMAW FCAW, Stick
Control
Control
Control
Process Selection Overlay)
(Frequency)
(Inductance)
(Arc Force)
TABLE B.4 – ADJUSTBLE PARAMETERS
TABLE B.5 – DISPLAYS OF THE POWER WAVE AND WIRE FEEDERS
FOR DIFFERENT PROCESSES IN BOTH TRIGGER POSITIONS