Lincoln Electric IM10133 POWER WAVE R500 - Manual (Page 19)

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
PRODUCT SUMMARY
The POWER WAVE ® R500 is a portable multi-process
power source with high-end functionality capable of
Stick, DC TIG, MIG, Pulsed MIG and Flux-Cored
welding. It is ideal for a wide variety of materials
including aluminum, stainless, and nickel — where arc
performance is critical.
The POWER WAVE ® R500 is designed to be a very
flexible welding system. Like existing Power Waveʼs ® ,
the software based architecture allows for future
upgradeability. One significant change from the cur-
rent range of Power Wave ® units is that the Ethernet
communication feature is standard on the POWER
WAVE ® R500 which allows for effortless software
upgrades through Powerwavesoftware.com. The
Ethernet communication also gives the POWER
WAVE ® R500 the ability to run Production
Monitoring™ 2. A Devicenet option allows the
POWER WAVE ® R500 to be used in a wide range of
configurations and the POWER WAVE ® R500 is
designed to be compatible with advanced welding
modules like STT.
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND
EQUIPMENT
The POWER WAVE ® R500 is recommended for semiauto-
matic welding, and may also be suitable for basic hard
automation applications. The POWER WAVE ® R500 can be
set up in a number of configurations, some requiring option-
al equipment or welding programs.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
The POWER WAVE ® R500 is recommended for robotic
and semiautomatic welding. The POWER WAVE ® R500
can be set up in a number of configurations, some requiring
optional equipment or welding programs.
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
The POWER WAVE ® R500 is a high speed, multi-
process power source capable of regulating the cur-
rent, voltage, or power of the welding arc. With an out-
put range of 5 to 550 amperes, it supports a number
of standard processes including synergic GMAW,
GMAW-P, FCAW, FCAW-SS, SMAW, GTAW and
GTAW-P on various materials especially steel, alu-
minum and stainless.
PROCESS LIMITATIONS
The software based weld tables of the POWER
WAVE ® R500 limit the process capability within the
output range and the safe limits of the machine. In
general the processes will be limited to .030-.052 solid
steel wire, .030 -.045 stainless wire, .035 -1/16 cored
wire, and .035 - 1/16 Aluminum wire.
EQUIPMENT LIMITATIONS
Only ArcLink compatible semiautomatic wire feeders
and users interfaces may be used. If other Lincoln
wire feeders or non-Lincoln wire feeders are used
there will be limited process capability and perfor-
mance and features will be limited.
POWER WAVE ® R500