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OPERATION

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SMAW (STICK) WELDING

SMAW is most often used for outdoor construction,
pipe welding and general repairs. The wire feeder
controls Amperage, Output Control and Arc Force dur-
ing SMAW welding.
During SMAW welding the wire drive remains idle.
NOTE: When a remote control pot such as a K936-1
or -2 Hand Amptrol is connected, the left
Control Knob adjusts the maximum arc amper-
age while the remote pot adjusts the actual arc
amperage from minimum to the preset maxi-
mum.
POWER WAVE® C300
START OPTIONS
END OPTIONS
SETUP
EFFECT / RANGE
ARC FORCE
(Soft)-10.0 to
(Crisp)+10.0
DESCRIPTION
Arc Force adjusts the short cir-
cuit current for a soft arc, or for
a forceful, driving arc. It helps
to prevent sticking and shorting
of organic coated electrodes,
par-
ticularity globular transfer types
such as stainless and low
hydrogen. Arc Force is espe-
cially effective for root pass on
pipe with stainless electrode
and helps to minimize spatter
for certain electrodes and pro-
cedure as with low hydrogen,
etc.
No arc ending options are active for
SMAW (Stick)welding modes.
END OPTIONS
UltimArc™ Control
WELD MODE
UltimArc™ Control
PROCESS
Stick Soft(7018)
Stick Crisp(6010)
MODE
1
2
CC STICK MODES
Stick Crisp
2
LESS
AMPS
MORE
AMPS
OUTPUT
OFF
OUTPUT
ON
++
1940
AMPS
WFSVOLTS
TRIM
n
No arc starting
options are active for
SMAW (Stick)welding modes.
START OPTIONS
START OPTIONS
END OPTIONS
SETUP
EFFECT / RANGE
ARC FORCE
(Soft)-10.0 to
(Crisp)+10.0
DESCRIPTION
Arc Force adjusts the short cir-
cuit current for a soft arc, or for
a forceful, driving arc. I t helps
to prevent sticking and shorting
of organic coated electrodes,
par-
ticularity globular transfer types
such as s tain les s an d low
hydrogen. Arc Force is espe-
cially effective for root pass on
pipe with stai nless elec trode
and helps to minimize spatter
for certain electrodes and pro-
cedure as wit h low hydroge n,
etc.
No arc ending options are active for
SMAW (Stick)welding modes.
END OPTIONS
UltimArc™ Control
WELD MODE
UltimArc™ Control
PROCESS
Stick Soft(7018)
Stick Crisp(6010)
MODE
1
2
CC STICK MODES
Stick Crisp
2
LESS
AMPS
MORE
AMPS
OUTPUT
OFF
OUTPUT
ON
++
194 0
AMPS
WFS VOLTS
TRIM
n
No arc starting
options are active for
SMAW (Stick)welding modes.
START OPTIONS
bASIC OPERATION
CONTROL OPTIONS