MAINTENANCE
Regular maintenance reduces downtime
• Each time the wire bobbin is changed, the welding hose should be removed
from the Gas cylinder and machine and blown clean with compressed air.
• The wire end must not have sharp edges when it is being inserted in the Wire
Liner, especially PTFE Liner.
TIPS AND NOZZLES
• Remove the gas nozzle, spatter protector, tip adaptor and contact tip.
• Clean any spatter from the gas nozzle, tip adaptor and contact tip so that the
shielding gas can flow freely, thus eliminating the risk of a short-circuit.
• Check and replace if necessary any worn out tips and nozzles.
• Spatter protector must be replaced once its front end has worn thin.
• Select contact tip to suit wire diameter.
• Mount the fittings.
• Anti-spatter spray should be used with caution, as increased presence of the
spray in nozzle diminishes gas protection and increases danger of spark-over.
• The gas nozzle and front parts of torch must be kept free of weld spatter.
Spray anti-spatter agent at an angle into the gas nozzle from two directions.
Use ESAB Anti spatter agent to prevent spatter sticking.
• The contact tip has to be replaced when the hole has become more than twice
the wire diameter. The new tip must be screwed on properly to its base.
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