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2.1.2 Operating mode 4-cycles
1st cycle --> Press and hold torch button
• Solenoid valve for shielding gas opens
• Weld voltage is applied on wire electrode
• Wire feed starts with reduced speed (inching-in)
• Arc ignites, weld current flows
• Wire feed switches to the preset speed
2nd cycle -->Release torch button
• The start program is executed with the adjusted parameters and then
switches via a programmable time function ("Up-Slope") into the main
program.
3rd cycle --> Press and hold torch button
• Change from main program to the end program via a time function
("Down-Slope").
4th cycle --> Release torch button
• Wire feed stops
• Weld voltage switches off after expiration of the "burnback time“
• Arc extinguishes
• Solenoid valve closes after expiration of the "gas post-flow time“
Torches
Keystroke
Welding time
Start time:
1 sec
Gas pre-flow +
inching in
Wire burnback +
gas post-flow
End crater
filling time:
3 sec
Upslope
3 sec
Downslope
2 sec
Main power
3 s1 s
2 s 3 s