EN - 18
BAL.0415.0 • 2018-10-22
6 Putting into operation
TIG cold-wire feeder
6.4.5 Feeding in the wire
The wire can be fed in using buttons (8) and (9) on the front panel
Fig. 6 Function type selection on page EN-12
or the rocker. As a prerequisite, function
F5
must be preset to
A
or
C
. The wire feed-in rate on the welding torch handle is set
using function
F4
.
If feeding in the wire using a soft start, function
F3
must be set. The wire feed then starts slowly at a rate of 0.5 m/min. After
two seconds, the feed rate increases to the rate set in
F4
.
The applicable parameter settings can be found in the following table:
Function
Description
Explanation of the setting process
T2
Rocker
Switch the wire feed on or off
F3
Soft start for wire feed
Tab. 10 Display indicators for advanced functions on page EN-13
F4
Wire feed rate
Tab. 10 Display indicators for advanced functions on page EN-13
Tab. 16
Wire feed settings
Fig. 13
Feeding in the wire
m/min
Motor
m/min
Motor
Button
Torch
F3=OFF
F3=ON
or
T1
T3
h (m/min)=F4
h (m/min)=F4
OFF
ON
t=2 sec
h=0.5 m/min
t (sec)=1.5*F4
