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General Manual for UN35 Butt Welder
Westken,
190 van Eden crescent, Rosslyn, Pretoria, South Africa.
www.westken.co.za (Tel; 0027 12 541 6064/6065 fax; 0027 12 541 8086)
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Chapter one
The layout and walk around of a UN35 Butt welder.
(UN35 Butt welder)
1)
Front side of the machine
2)
Right Hand side of the machine.
3)
Rear of the machine
4)
Left Hand side of the machine
5)
Top of the machine.
6)
Electrodes and electrode clamps
7)
Welding timers & Thyristors
8)
Machine weights and foot prints
These machines are free standing welders. The UN35 machines use 380volt @ 50hz
supply. All machines use water for cooling the transformer and thyristor.
(1)
Front side of the machine.
Looking from the front of the machines you will see left hand and right hand clamping
jaws, foot switch on the floor, and the upsetting cylinder on the right hand front. The
timer control is located on the right hand side cover. There are two hinged doors that
allow access to the transformer.
The upper jaws have adjuster bolts which allow height adjustable for different material
sizes. These machines have the lower electrodes fixed to the machine frame where there
is adjusts for leveling lower electrodes. There is also visible the upsetting cylinder
adjuster nut for fine tuning the upsetting travel but this is normally factory set to the
clients specification.
Upper and lower basic electrode dimensions,
1)
Upper electrodes
40mm high x 35mm wide x 25mm thick
2)
Lower electrode
40mm high x 35mm wide x 25mm thick
(2)
Right Hand side of the machine.
Moving around the machine to the right side you will find the timer control system and
the factory fitted program select switch. On the lower side cover you will find the water
inlet and outlet, earthing connection point and the electrical supply access point. The foot
switch plug in connect can be seen below the welding timer.
Welding timer standard on a UN35 butt welder;
1)
Six stage Vertical mount
