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Contents
Safety rules ................................................................................................................................................
General .................................................................................................................................................
Proper use ............................................................................................................................................
Environmental conditions......................................................................................................................
Obligations of the operator....................................................................................................................
Obligations of personnel .......................................................................................................................
Mains connection..................................................................................................................................
Protecting yourself and others ..............................................................................................................
Danger from toxic gases and vapours ..................................................................................................
Danger from flying sparks..................................................................................................................... 10
Risks from mains current and welding current...................................................................................... 10
Meandering welding currents................................................................................................................ 11
EMC Device Classifications.................................................................................................................. 11
EMC measures ..................................................................................................................................... 11
EMF measures...................................................................................................................................... 12
Specific hazards.................................................................................................................................... 12
Requirement for the shielding gas ........................................................................................................ 13
Danger from shielding gas cylinders..................................................................................................... 13
Danger from escaping shielding gas..................................................................................................... 14
Safety measures at the installation location and during transport ........................................................ 14
Safety measures in normal operation ................................................................................................... 15
Commissioning, maintenance and repair.............................................................................................. 15
Safety inspection................................................................................................................................... 16
Disposal ................................................................................................................................................ 16
Safety symbols...................................................................................................................................... 16
Data protection...................................................................................................................................... 16
Copyright............................................................................................................................................... 16
General ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Safety.................................................................................................................................................... 17
Machine concept................................................................................................................................... 17
Overview............................................................................................................................................... 17
Areas of utilisation................................................................................................................................. 17
System requirements............................................................................................................................ 18
Applicational example: VR 1530-22 used as an unreeling-type wirefeeder.......................................... 18
Applicational example: VR 1530-11/-12/-30 used as an unreeling-type wirefeeder ............................. 19
Warning notices affixed to the machine................................................................................................ 20
Control elements and connections............................................................................................................. 21
Safety.................................................................................................................................................... 21
VR 1530 -11 / -12 / -22 / - 30 ................................................................................................................ 21
VR 1530-KD.......................................................................................................................................... 22
Wire-inching sequence when the welder presses and holds the feeder inching button ....................... 23
Start-up ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Safety.................................................................................................................................................... 24
Utilisation for intended purpose only..................................................................................................... 24
Machine set-up regulations................................................................................................................... 24
Ready-drilled holes ............................................................................................................................... 25
Space for tilting up the lid of the wirefeeder.......................................................................................... 26
Mounting the wirefeed hoses ..................................................................................................................... 27
Safety.................................................................................................................................................... 27
Mounting the wirefeed hoses................................................................................................................ 27
Inserting/replacing feed rollers................................................................................................................... 28
General remarks ................................................................................................................................... 28
USA wirefeeders................................................................................................................................... 28
inserting/replacing feed rollers.............................................................................................................. 28
Feeding in the wire electrode..................................................................................................................... 29
Insulated routing of wire electrode to wire-feed unit ............................................................................. 29
Safety.................................................................................................................................................... 29
Preparations.......................................................................................................................................... 29
Feeding in the welding wire .................................................................................................................. 29
Set the contact pressure....................................................................................................................... 31