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FLUX TANK LOADING
K320 FLUX TANK (OPTIONAL)
Either turn off the incoming air line or remove the quick disconnect if one has been installed. Slightly loosen the tank cap and let the air in the tank escape in the holes in the side of the cap. After pressure has been released, remove the cap from the tank. Using the funnel provided, put 100 pounds of flux in the tank. It is very important that only new or properly reclaimed flux be put in the tank. Coarse particles and/or magnetic particles will stop the flux feeding process. New Lincoln flux is properly screened at the factory. All reclaimed flux must be separately screened through a vibrating screen with 0.065 in. to 0.075 in. openings and be put through a magnetic separator. The K310 vibrated screen and K58 magnetic separator are available for this purpose. The screen in the funnel supplied with the tank has much larger openings and its only purpose is to keep paper and slag out of the tank.
There will always be a small amount of air and possible drops of water coming out of the end of the tube coiled under the tank. This is an automatic disposal system in case the plant air has water and dirt in it.
K310 FLUX SCREEN (OPTIONAL)
The unit was designed to fit the top of either the standard fill funnel or a K58 magnetic separator. The
unit has a steel screen with 0.065 to 0.075 in. openings and an air vibrator attached to the frame. The vibrator can be used with air line pressures ranging from 20 through 100 psi.
For ease of handling, the user should connect the incoming air line to the 1/8 in. pipe elbow with the aid of a quick disconnect type air coupling.
It is very important that reclaimed flux to be used in the continuous flux feeding system be passed through the K310 screen or its equivalent.
K58 MAGNETIC SEPARATOR (OPTIONAL)
The K58 is a permanent magnet type separator designed to fit the top of the standard fill funnel of the continuous flux feeding system.
The purpose of the separator is to remove magnetic materials such as mill scale and any other extraneous magnetic materials which may have been recovered along with the flux to be processed.
It is important to remove these magnetic particles from the flux which is to be used in the continuous flux feeding systems. If the magnetic material is not removed it will gather around the nozzle of the gun and impede or shut off the flux flow when making relatively long welds or welding continuously. The magnetic particles can also cause porosity in the weld.
