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Make sure safety glasses with side shields are worn when handling or changing wire, or clip ping
wire o at the spool or at the end of the gun-serious eye injury can result due to the springiness of
the wire which quickly unravels, or a cut wire end which may shoot across the room.
C. SHIELDING GAS FLOW RATE
Actuate the gas purge switch and set gas ow rate at the shielding gas regulator-owmeter to 35 to 40 cfh. Maintain ow
for at least 15 seconds to insure adequate purging of gas hose and gun. If preow/postow option has been installed, set
its control knobs for the desired preow and postow intervals.
D. SLOW RUN-IN SWITCH
Set the Slow Run-in switch to the "ON" position if a slow run-in of the weld wire is desired. The wire feed speed will then be
at 1/2 the preset wire feed rate when the gun trigger is pulled until the arc is struck. The wire speed will then increase to
the preset speed for welding. This functions gives smoother arc starting for some weld applications.
E. MAKING THE WELD
Start to weld by pressing the gun trigger lever. This closes the welding contactor, and starts gas ow and wire feed. When
the welding wire touches the workpiece an arc will be established. The trigger switch lever must be depressed for the dura-
tion of the weld (unless the trigger latch option has been installed and set in the trigger latch position). Welding action will
be stopped and all services discontinued when the trigger switch lever is released and returns to its original position. If the
gun is withdrawn from the workpiece during welding, the arc will be interrupted, but shielding gas ow and welding wire
feed will continue until the switch lever is released.
F. CHANGING WIRE FEED MOTOR SPEED RANGE
The DuraDrive 4-30 wire feeder is shipped from the factory set for the 50 to 700 ipm (inches per minute) speed range. If
your typical wire feed speeds are close to the 600 to 700 ipm range, switching to the 350 to 999 ipm rate will provide better
resolution of the speed control knob and less sensitivity when setting welding parameters or adjusting arc length.
SECTION 3 OPERATION
NOTE
If the Trigger Lock option has been installed and set to the "ON" position, the trigger switch lever can be
released when the arc has been struck. Depress the trigger lever a second time to stop the arc. If the gun
is withdrawn from the workpiece during welding, the arc will be interrupted and wire feeding will stop
automatically. Dual schedule parameter switching from the gum trigger is disabled when TRIGGER LOCK
is turned "ON".
A. CONTROL SETTINGS
1. TurntheMainPowerSwitchonthefrontpaneltothe“ON”position.
2. Set the wire feed rate by adjusting the WIRE SPEED con trol knob on the MMI panel. The wire feed rate, in turn,
controls the current furnished by the CV power source.
3. Set the Burnback control on the rear panel to the de sired setting depending on the amount of burnback de sired.
The higher the setting, the greater the amount of time that the contactor is held in to allow the wire to burn back
out of the puddle, after releasing the gun trigger switch.
B. FEEDING WIRE
If wire has been threaded through gun and contact tip as directed in Sec. IV-D-5, simply operate the jog switch or cut o
wire, as required, so that the wire extends about 1/2 in. beyond the end of the gun nozzle.
3.0 ADJUSTMENTS AND OPERATION
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