Lincoln Electric IM823-A manual Figure B.4 CC Wire Speed Setting

B-9 OPERATION B-9

SETTING ARC SENSING WIRE FEED SPEED FOR CONSTANT CURRENT OPERATION

When using a constant current (formerly variable voltage) power source, welding performance is improved using arc sensing wire feed speed (CC operation). In this wire feed mode the wire speed increases if arc voltage increases, and decreases if arc voltage decreases, but remains con- stant at any specific voltage level.

The LN™-15 permits accurate presetting of the desired wire feed speed, for the desired arc voltage to be used, by setting the Wire Feed Speed in the following manner before welding:

a.Activate press and spin during power up and change to the CC mode. See “Changing the CV/CC mode or WFS units” in this Operation Section.

FIGURE B.4 CC WIRE SPEED SETTING

b. Referring to the graph located above the Mode switch (also shown in Figure B.4):

1.Select the horizontal line representing the DE- SIRED IN/MIN. for the welding procedure. (See example arrow line for 375 in/min.)

2.Select the diagonal line representing the ARC VOLTS to be used for the welding procedure. (See example arrow line for 29 volts.)

3.Determine the vertical line representing the CC WIRE SPEED SETTING where the above two lines cross. (See example arrow line for 450.)

c.Adjust the WFS display to the value determined in Step (3) above (450 for example used).

The wire will feed at the DESIRED IN/MIN speed when the welding power source is set to the arc voltage to be used for the weld procedure (375 in/min. at 29V for example used).

The CC wire speed setting graph is shown in TABLE B.1, giving the Wire Speed dial setting required for the DESIRED IN/MIN and ARC VOLTS used for the welding procedures:

TABLE B.1 CC WIRE SPEED SETTING

				Arc Volts Used
Desired
In/Min	16	18	20		22	24	26	28	30	32	34
50	109	97	88		80	73	67	63	58	55	51
60	131	117	105		95	88	81	75	70	66	62
70	153	136	123		111	102	94	88	82	77	72
80	175	156	140		127	117	108	100	93	88	82
90	197	175	158		143	131	121	113	105	98	93
100	219	194	175		159	146	135	125	117	109	103
110	241	214	193		175	160	148	138	128	120	113
120	263	233	210		191	175	162	150	140	131	124
130	284	253	228		207	190	175	163	152	142	134
140	306	272	245		223	204	188	175	163	153	144
150	328	292	263		239	219	202	188	175	164	154
160	350	311	280		255	233	215	200	187	175	165
170	372	331	298		270	248	229	213	198	186	175
180	394	350	315		286	263	242	225	210	197	185
190	416	369	333		302	277	256	238	222	208	196
200	438	389	350		318	292	269	250	233	219	206
210	459	408	368		334	306	283	263	245	230	216
220	481	428	385		350	321	296	275	257	241	226
230	503	447	403		366	335	310	288	268	252	237
240	525	467	420		382	350	323	300	280	263	247
250	547	486	438		398	365	337	313	292	273	257
260	569	506	455		414	379	350	325	303	284	268
270	591	525	473		430	394	365	338	315	295	278
280	613	544	490		445	408	377	350	327	306	288
290	634	564	508		461	423	390	363	338	317	299
300	656	583	525		477	438	404	375	350	328	309
310	678	603	543		493	452	417	388	362	339	319
320	700	622	560		509	467	431	400	373	350	329
330		642	578		525	481	444	413	385	361	340
340		661	595		541	496	458	425	397	372	350
350		681	613		557	510	471	438	408	383	360
360		700	630		572	526	484	450	420	394	370
380			666		604	554	512	472	444	416	392
400			700		636	584	538	500	466	438	412
420					668	612	566	526	490	460	432
440					700	642	592	550	514	482	452
460						670	620	576	536	504	472
480						700	646	600	560	526	494
500							674	626	584	546	514
520							700	650	606	568	536
540								676	630	590	556
560								700	654	612	576
580									676	634	598
600									700	656	618
620										678	638
640										700	658
660											680
680											700
700

CCSpeed Setting = Desired IPM X 35 Arc Volts

LN™-15 ACROSS THE ARC MODEL & (CE)