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Contents
General information 7
About this document ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Function of this document .......................................................................................................................... 9
Explanation of safety symbols .................................................................................................................... 9
Qualied technicians .................................................................................................................................. 9
Copyright .................................................................................................................................................... 9
General .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Principle....................................................................................................................................................10
Device concept and applications .............................................................................................................. 10
Safety 13
Operational reliability and tips for the user .................................................................................................... 15
Proper use ................................................................................................................................................ 15
Foreseeable misuse ................................................................................................................................. 15
Conversions or modications ................................................................................................................... 15
Duty to instruct ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Operating instructions .............................................................................................................................. 16
Personal protective equipment ................................................................................................................. 16
Local regulations ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Spare parts, wearing parts and auxiliary materials .................................................................................. 16
Transportation and storage ...................................................................................................................... 17
Description of the welding carriage 19
Scope of supply ............................................................................................................................................. 21
Basic conguration ................................................................................................................................... 21
Accessories and options .......................................................................................................................... 22
Welding carriage components ....................................................................................................................... 23
Conguration: welding carriage with oscillation unit ................................................................................. 23
Conguration: welding carriage without oscillation unit ............................................................................ 24
Operating elements and connections ............................................................................................................ 25
Connections ............................................................................................................................................. 25
Control box operating elements ............................................................................................................... 26
Welding carriage operating elements ....................................................................................................... 26
Remote control elements ......................................................................................................................... 27
Rails and bridges ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Weights of rails and bridges ..................................................................................................................... 29
Fittings ...................................................................................................................................................... 29
Rigid rails..................................................................................................................................................30
Flexible rails ............................................................................................................................................. 30
Bridge types ............................................................................................................................................. 31
Structure of a bridge ................................................................................................................................. 31
Conguration: rail and guide rings ........................................................................................................... 32
Welding position and weld seam tracking .....................................................................................................34
Possible welding positions ....................................................................................................................... 34
Commissioning 37
Preparing the welding carriage ...................................................................................................................... 39
Installing the welding carriage with oscillation unit ................................................................................... 39
Replacing oscillation unit with adjustment unit ......................................................................................... 40
Preparing and installing rails ......................................................................................................................... 41
Number of bridges required ..................................................................................................................... 41
Installing the bridges ................................................................................................................................ 41
Straight rails ............................................................................................................................................. 42