2-3. Welding Gun Duty Cycle And Overheating
CAUTION
WELDING LONGER THAN RATED DUTY CYCLE can damage gun and void warranty.
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Do not weld at rated load longer than shown below.
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Using gasless flux cored wire reduces gun duty cycle.
Definition
0
10
Minutes
Duty Cycle is percentage of 10
minutes that gun can weld at
rated load without overheating.
2-4. Volt-Ampere Curves
OM-192 440 Page 10
.023 To .045 in (0.6 To 1.1 mm)
Hard Or Flux Cored Wires
100% Duty Cycle At 200 Amperes
Using CO
2
100% Duty Cycle At 150 Amperes
Using Mixed Gases
Continuous Welding
.023 To .045 in (0.6 To 1.1 mm) Hard Or Flux Cored Wires
60% Duty Cycle At 300 Amperes
Using CO
60% Duty Cycle At 200 Amperes
Using Mixed Gases
6 Minutes Welding
Volt-ampere curves show minimum
and maximum voltage and amper-
age output capabilities of unit.
Curves of other settings fall be-
tween curves shown.
warn7.1 8/93
2
4 Minutes Resting
SB1.1 8/93
va_curve1 4/95 – SB-192 436