Linde BOC RAPTOR, Operating Manual

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1.0 Recommended Safety Guidelines 4
2.0 Recommended Safety Precautions 5
2.1 Health Hazard Information 5
2.2 Personal Protection 5
2.3 Cylinder Safety 6
2.4 Electrical Shock 7
2.5 User Responsibility 7
Switch on to electrical safety 8
3.0 Package Contents 11
4.0 Connections 12
4.1 Power 12
4.2 Shielding gas 12
4.3 TIG torch connection 12
4.4 MMA operation 12
4.5 TIG welding operation 12
5.0 Control Panel and Display 14
5.1 Control Panel 14
5.2 Display symbols for MMA welding 15
5.3 Display symbols for TIG welding 15
6.0 Installation & Operation TIG welding 16
6.1 Installation for TIG welding 16
6.2 Starting up 17
6.3 Operation for TIG mode 17
6.4 Adjusting parameters 18
6.5 Start welding 19
6.6 DC current in TIG welding 19
7.0 Installation & Operation MMA welding 20
7.1 Installation for MMA welding (DCEP) 20
7.2 Operation for MMA mode 21
7.3 Installing Adjustable Shoulder Strap 22
8.0 Machine Specifications 23
9.0 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Process
(GTAW/TIG) 24
9.1 Introduction 24
9.2 Process 24
9.3 Process variables 25
9.4 Shielding gas selection 26
9.5 Welding wire selection 26
9.6 Tungsten electrode selection 27
9.7 Welding techniques 29
9.8 Torch movement during welding 29
9.9 Positioning torch tungsten for various
weld joints 30
9.10 Joint preparation 31
10.0 TIG welding of materials 33
10.1 Application summary 33
10.2 C-Mn steel 33
10.3 Alloyed steel 34
10.4 Stainless steel 34
10.5 Copper and copper alloys 35
10.6 Welding Parameter for TIG 36
11.0 Manual Metal Arc Welding Process
(MMAW) 37
11.1 Process 37
11.2 Welding Machine 37
11.3 Welding Technique 38
11.4 Electrode Selection 38
11.5 Types of Joints 41
11.6 Fillet Welds 43
11.7 Typical Defects Due to Faulty Technique 46
11.8 Welding Parameter for MMA
49
12.0 Periodic Maintenance 50
12.1 Power Source 50
13.0 Troubleshooting and Fault Finding 51
13.1 Environment 51
13.2 Problems During MMA Welding 51
13.3 Fault Finding 52
14.0 Warranty Information 53
14.1 Terms of Warranty 53
14.2 Limitations on Warranty 53
14.3 Warranty Period 53
14.4 Warranty Replacement 53
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