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Starting the welding process
• Fit the appropriate
welding shoe (8)
according to requirements.
• Set
potentiometer (3)
to max.
• When the operating temperature has been reached (Status Ready*), welding can begin.
• Press
on/off switch for the drive (2).
• Feed filler rod with a diameter of 3 or 4 mm into the
filler rod insertion point (12).
• The filler rod will be automatically pulled through the
filler rod insertion point (12)
. The rod feed must take place
without resistance.
WARNING!
Always operate device with filler rod, but never feed filler rod into both filler rod insertion points at
the same time.
• Pause the delivery of material with the
on/off switch for the drive (2).
• Direct the
pre-heating nozzle (9)
onto the area to be welded.
• Warm the area to be welded with oscillating movements.
• Attach the device to the prepared welding area and press the
drive on/off switch (2)
again.
• Carry out a test weld according to the welding instruction of the material manufacturer and national standards
or guidelines.
• Check the test weld.
• Adjust temperature settings and output amount according to requirements.
• During a longer period of welding, the
on/off switch for the drive (2)
can be kept in continuous operation
using the
drive locking device (4).
• PVC-U may only be processed in the PVC-U menu. WARNING: Only use PVC-U (not PVC-C).
• To prevent corrosion, if the machine is not going to be used for a longer period of time (more than 2 days) it is
recommended to fill it with HD-PE.
WELDPLAST S2 PVC