PrOduCt dEsCrIPtIOn
The POWER WAVE
®
R450 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
®
R450 is designed to be a very flexible welding
system. Like existing Power Wave’s
®
, the software based archi-
tecture allows for future upgradeability. One significant change
from the current range of Power Wave
®
units is that the Ethernet
communication feature is standard on the POWER WAVE
®
R450
which allows for effortless software upgrades through
Powerwavesoftware.com. The Ethernet communication also gives
the POWER WAVE
®
R450 the ability to run Production
Monitoring™ 2. A Devicenet option allows the POWER WAVE
®
R450 to be used in a wide range of configurations and the
POWER WAVE
®
R450 is designed to be compatible with advanced
welding modules like STT.
rECOMMEndEd PrOCEssEs and EQuIPMEnt
The POWER WAVE
®
R450 is recommended for robotic and
semiautomatic welding. The Power Wave
®
R450 can be set up in
a number of configurations, some requiring optional equipment or
welding programs.
Recommended Processes
The POWER WAVE
®
R450 is a high speed, multi-process power
source capable of regulating the current, voltage, or power of the
welding arc. With an output 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, aluminum and stainless.
PrOCEss LIMItatIOns
The software based weld tables of the POWER WAVE
®
R450 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 performance and features will be limited.
The Power Wave R450’s are not compatible with the S-Series user
Interface Kit.
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OPERATION
POWER WAVE
®
R450
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