ESAB FABRICATOR 252i
INSTALLATION/SETUP 3-10 Manual 0-5423
Function
Left Display
Right Display
(Factory Default
Values)
Limits
Comments
MIG Operator
Controls
MIG/CNTL
LOCL
LOCL - REMT
LOCL = Local control of the Wirespeed and Voltage with
the machines controls.
REMT = Remote control of the Wirespeed and Voltage
with an accessory device.
Pre Flow (MIG
Setting)
PRE-/FLOW
0.1 S
0.0 – 5 S
Shielding gas flows for the time specified before an arc
is initiated.
Run In
RUN/IN
70%
30 – 150 %
Wirespeed runs as a percentage of preview wirespeed
until an arc is struck.
Post Flow (MIG
Setting)
POST/FLOW
0.5 S
0.0 – 30 S
Shielding gas flows for the time specified after an arc
has extinguished.
Burn Back
BURN/BACK
0.15 S
0.00 – 1.00 S
The time difference between turning the wire feed OFF
before the voltage is turned OFF.
Wire Sharp
WIRE/SHRP
ON
OFF – ON
Wire Sharp adds a burst of current at the end of a weld
to remove the ball at the end of the wire. This improves
the restart of the next weld.
Spot
SPOT
OFF
OFF – ON
Spot is used to weld two thin plates together at a
desired location by melting the top & bottom plates
together to form a nugget between them. The weld
time is set by the Spot Time.
Spot Time
(Only shown/en-
abled if Spot=ON)
SPOT/TIME
2.0 S
0.1 – 20.0 S
Spot Time is the time used for the Spot weld mode.
Stitch
STCH
OFF
OFF – ON
Stitch is used to weld two or more components by
stitch or interval weld together.
The weld time is set by the Stitch Time and the non
weld time is set by the Dwell Time.
Stitch Time
(Only shown/
enabled if
Stitch=ON)
STCH/TIME
2.0 S
0.2 – 4.0 S
Stitch Time is the time used for the weld time in Stitch
weld mode.
Dwell Time
(Only shown/
enabled if
Stitch=ON)
DWEL/TIME
0.5 S
0.1 – 1.0 S
Dwell Time is the time used for the non weld time in
Stitch weld mode.
Arc Type
ARC-/TYPE
AUTO
AUTO – CV-M
Auto is an optimized arc control for dip transfer welding
with minimal spatter on mild steel with mixed shield-
ing gases. CV-M is the traditional constant-voltage arc
control for all other welding.
Wire Feed Speed
Units
WFS/UNIT
IPM
MPM – IPM
MPM provides preview wirespeed in Meters Per Minute.
IPM provides preview wirespeed in Inches Per Minute.
Arc Hour Accumu-
lated Runtime
HR
0.0
0.0 – 9999.9
Provides Arc On Hours that the power source has
welded. The number displayed is in hours and read
only. It will rollover to 0 once 10,000 hours have been
reached.
Restore Factory
Defaults
FACT/DFLT
NO
NO – YES
When YES is selected all the user adjustable values in
this table (except Arc Hour Accumulated Runtime) are
reset to the Factory Default Values.
