Table of Contents

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	Installation	Section A
	Technical Specifications - POWER WAVE 455M/STT		A-1
	Safety Precautions		A-2
	Select Suitable Location		A-2
	Lifting		A-2
	Stacking		A-2
	Machine Grounding		A-2
	High Frequency Protection		A-2
	Input Connection		A-2
	Input Fuse and Supply Wire Considerations		A-3
	Electrode and Work Cable Connections		A-3
	Cable Inductance, and its Effects on Pulse Welding		A-4
	Negative Electrode Polarity		A-4
	Voltage Sensing		A-4
	Power Wave to Semi-automatic Power Feed Wire Feeder Interconnections		.......A-5
	System Description		A-5
	Configuring the System		A-6
	Alternate Hard Automatic Application		A-7
	Combinaation Hard Automtion Application		A-7
	Dual Head Boom Feeder		A-7
	Welding with Multiple Power Waves		A-8
	Control Cable Specifications		A-8
	Multiple Arc Unsynchronized		A-9
	I / O Receptacle Specifications		A-10
	Dip Switch Settings and Locations		A-10
	Control Board Dip Switch		A-10
	Water Flow Sensor		A-10
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	Operation	Section B
	Safety Precautions		B-1
	Graphic Symbols that appear on this machine or in this manual		B-2
	Definition of Welding Terms		B-3
	General Description		B-4
	Recommended Processes and Equipment		B-4
	Required Equipment		B-4
	Limitations		B-4
	Duty Cycle and Time Period		B-4
	Case Front Controls		B-5
	Nominal Procedures		B-6
	Fringe Procedures		B-6
	Making a Weld		B-6
	Welding Adjustment		B-6
	Constant Voltage Welding		B-7
	Pulse Welding		B-8
	STT Welding		B-9
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	Accessories	Section C
	Optional Equipment		C-1
	Factory Installed		C-1
	Field Installed		C-1
	Compatible Lincoln Equipment		C-1
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	Maintenance	Section D
	Safety Precautions		D-1
	Routine Maintenance		D-1
	Periodic Maintenance		D-1
	Calibration Specification		D-1

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