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CONTROL DIAL FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
AMPS:
0ROVIDESADJUSTMENTAND
CONTROLOFTHEMAINWELDINGCURRENT
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6 n!MPS6
A
B
E
F
C
D
A
B
C
D
E
F
PULSE FREQUENCY:
0ROVIDES
ADJUSTMENTANDSETTINGOFTHEPULSE
FREQUENCYWHENTHEMACHINEISSET
IN0ULSEMODE)TADJUSTSTHEAMOUNT
OFTIMESPERSECOND(Z THEOUTPUT
CURRENTSWITCHESFROMTHEPEAKCURRENT
SETTINGTOBACKGROUNDCURRENTSETTING
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AC FREQUENCY:
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OUTPUTFREQUENCYTOCONTROLTHEARC
CONEWIDTHANDIMPROVEDIRECTIONAL
CONTROLOFTHEARC!DJUSTMENTRANGE
n(Z
AC BALANCE:
4OUNDERSTANDHOWBALANCE
CONTROLWORKSYOUlRSTNEEDTOUNDERSTAND
WHYALUMINUMANDMAGNESIUMREQUIRE
AN!#WELDINGOUTPUT4HESEMATERIALS
HAVEANINSULATINGSURFACEOXIDELAYERTHAT
MELTSATAHIGHERTEMPERATURETHANTHE
BASEMETALMAKINGITDIFlCULTTOWELDTHE
BASEMETALIFTHEOXIDESARENOTREMOVED
!#WELDINGCURRENTISIDEALBECAUSETHE
NATUREOFTHE!#OUTPUTASSISTSINBREAKING
THESURFACEOXIDELAYER4HE!#"ALANCE
DIALISFORADJUSTINGTHECURRENTmOWTIME
BETWEENPOSITIVE ANDNEGATIVE
7HENSETATTHE-AX#LEANINGPOSITION
THETIMETHATTHETUNGSTENISPOSITIVE
ISWHICHPROMOTESANAGGRESSIVE
CLEANINGACTIONOFTHEOXIDElLMFROM
THEMATERIALSURFACE7HENSETATTHE
-AX0ENETRATIONPOSITIONTHETIMETHAT
THETUNGSTENISPOSITIVE ISWHICH
TIGHTENSTHEARCANDPROVIDESDEEPER
PENETRATION
POST GAS FLOW:
0ROVIDESADJUSTMENT
ANDCONTROLOFGASmOWAFTERTHE
WELDINGARCISEXTINGUISHED0OSTGAS
mOWPREVENTSCONTAMINATIONOFTHE
WELDPOOLDURINGITSCOOLDOWNPERIOD
FROMMOLTENSTATETOSOLIDATTHEWELD
lNISHANDKEEPSTHETUNGSTENELECTRODE
PROTECTEDFROMOXIDIZINGATMOSPHERE
DURINGTHECOOLDOWNCYCLE4HE0OST
'ASmOWTIMEWILLDEPENDONTHE
TUNGSTENSIZEANDWELDINGCURRENTTHAT
ISBEINGUSEDWHENTHE0OST'ASmOWIS
SETCORRECTLYTHETUNGSTENELECTRODEWILL
HAVEACLEANSHINYlNISH!DJUSTMENT
nSECONDS
BACKGROUND AMPS:
0ROVIDES
ADJUSTMENTANDCONTROLOFTHE
BACKGROUNDWELDINGCURRENTDURING
PULSEWELDING3ETTINGSREPRESENT
APERCENTAGEOFTHEPEAKWELDING
CURRENT&OREXAMPLEPEAKCURRENT
SETATAMPSWITHBACKGROUND
CURRENTSETATAMPS ITMEANS
THEOUTPUTCURRENTDURINGTHEPULSE
CYCLEWILLGOFROMAMPSDOWN
TOAMPSDURINGEACHPULSECYCLE
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The blue zones
on the control
dial indicators are
standard starting
positions for
most TIG welding
operations.