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7 Inch Button
Press to feed wire without energising the
welding power source. The wire will feed at
the current wirespeed setting.
8 Latch Select Button and Indicator
Press to select and deselect ‘Latch’
mode. When ‘Latch’ mode is selected, the
operator needs to close the gun switch
momentarily only to commence welding,
and again momentarily to end welding.
This can help to reduce operator fatigue
during long welding runs.
9 Creep Select Button and Indicator
‘Creep’ is selected when welding more
difficult materials such as aluminium or
stainless steel. In ‘Creep’ mode, the wire
is fed slowly until contact is detected and
then accelerated to the selected speed.
Because the wire comes into contact
with the work slowly the arc establishes
smoothly.
This is followed by rapid acceleration so
that the arc does not flare up and damage
the tip.
Even if an arc is not established, within one
second of the gun switch being operated
the wire feed accelerates to selected
welding speed.
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Fig 1 Controls on front face of wirefeeder
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