Thermal Arc C/W VFE 4C HS III, Operation Manual

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Figure 1 5 .
WARNING
Do not place the Work clamp on the welding machine or gas cylinder as welding
current may conducted via the mains earth and
could cause the primary power cable
to burn out.
Connect the Work clamp tightly to the welding bench or to the work piece.
6.04 How to connect to the mains
Insert the mains plug into a suitable 3x400 V mains socket. The supply fuses or circuit
breaker should correspond to the technical data in section 3.
Switch the machine on by the main switch (Fig. 4, pos. A 1)
The machine will then enter the manual program and on the left display will be the
wire speed in m/min.
6.05 How to fit the wire spool
Open the wire feed compartment lid on the machine or wire-feed case and un-screw
the nut (11) from the wire support coil hub (9) .
Place wire spool on the hub (9) and ensure that the drive dog-pin (8) engages the
mating hole in the wire spool.
Press then release the inch switch
(located on the control panel)
to adjust the
brake (10) , the wire spool should not continue to run on
when the feed motor stops.
Figure 1 6 .
6.06 Inserting the wire
Un-screw the contact tip in the MIG torch
Open the wire feed compartment lid on the machine or wire-feed case.
Cut off the curved or damaged end of welding wire and feed it through the inlet guide
(Fig. 1 7 , pos. 1 4 ). The diameter of the wire should correspond to the diameter of the
feedrolls. The wire size is on the face of the feedrolls.
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