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PHOENIX 401 BASIC PULS forceArc
Item No.: 099-004838-PRA01 5
1 Contents
1 Contents..................................................................................................................................................5
2 Safety instructions.................................................................................................................................7
3 Technical data ......................................................................................................................................10
3.1 PHOENIX 401 BASIC PULS forceArc.........................................................................................10
3.2 PHOENIX BASIC DRIVE 4 / 4L...................................................................................................11
4 Machine description ............................................................................................................................12
4.1 PHOENIX 401 BASIC PULS forceArc.........................................................................................12
4.1.1 Front view .....................................................................................................................12
4.1.2 Rear view......................................................................................................................14
4.2 PHOENIX BASIC DRIVE 4L........................................................................................................16
4.2.1 Front view .....................................................................................................................16
4.2.2 Rear view......................................................................................................................18
5 Functional characteristics...................................................................................................................20
5.1 Machine control – Operating elements........................................................................................20
5.1.1 Wire feed machine control............................................................................................20
5.1.1.1 Covered operating elements.........................................................................22
5.1.1.2 JOB list..........................................................................................................24
5.1.2 Operating elements in the machine..............................................................................25
5.2 MIG/MAG welding........................................................................................................................26
5.2.1 Definition of MIG/MAG welding tasks...........................................................................26
5.2.2 Selecting MIG/MAG welding tasks...............................................................................26
5.2.2.1 Basic welding parameters.............................................................................26
5.2.2.2 Operating mode ............................................................................................26
5.2.2.3 Welding type .................................................................................................26
5.2.2.4 Choke effect / dynamics................................................................................27
5.2.2.5 Superpulses ..................................................................................................27
5.2.2.6 Wire burn-back..............................................................................................27
5.2.3 MIG/MAG functional sequences / operating modes.....................................................28
5.2.3.1 Explanation of signs and functions ...............................................................28
5.2.3.2 Non-latched mode.........................................................................................29
5.2.3.3 Non-latched operation with superpulse.........................................................30
5.2.3.4 Special, non-latched......................................................................................31
5.2.3.5 Spots .............................................................................................................32
5.2.3.6 Special, non-latched with superpulse ...........................................................33
5.2.3.7 Latched mode ...............................................................................................34
5.2.3.8 Latched mode with superpulse .....................................................................35
5.2.3.9 Latched special .............................................................................................36
5.2.3.10 Special, latched with superpulse.................................................................37
5.2.4 MIG/MAG automatic cut-out.........................................................................................38
5.2.5 Standard MIG/MAG torch.............................................................................................38
5.2.6 Special parameter, “DRIVE 4 P wire feed units”..........................................................39
5.2.6.1 Special parameters list..................................................................................39
5.2.6.2 Selecting, changing and saving parameters.................................................39
5.2.6.3 Reset to factory settings ...............................................................................40
5.2.6.4 Ramp time for wire creep (P1)......................................................................40
5.2.6.5 Program "0", releasing the program block (P2) ............................................40
5.2.6.6 Display mode torch power control (P3).........................................................40
5.2.6.7 Program limit (P4) .........................................................................................40
5.2.6.8 Special cycle in the operating modes special latched and non-latched
(P5).....................................................................................................................
40
5.2.6.9 Enabling special JOBs SP1 to SP3 (P6).......................................................40
5.2.6.10 Correction operation, threshold value setting (P7) .....................................41
5.2.6.11 Program changeover with standard torch (P8)...........................................42
5.2.7 Interfaces......................................................................................................................43
5.2.7.1 PC interfaces.................................................................................................43