Operation; Safety Precautions; Design Features; Common Welding Abbreviations - Lincoln Electric AutoDrive 19 TANDEM Operator's Manual

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SAFETy PRECAUTIONS

Read this entire section of operating instructions
before operating the machine.
WARNING
ELECTRIC ShOCK can kill.
• Do not touch electrically live parts or
electrodes with your skin or wet
clothing.
• Insulate yourself from the work and
ground.
• Always wear dry insulating gloves.
• Do not use AC welder if your cloth-
ing, gloves or work area is damp or
if working on, under or inside work-
piece.
Use the following equipment:
-DC manual (stick) welder.
-AC welder with reduced voltage
control.
• Do not operate with panels removed.
• Disconnect input power before ser-
vicing.
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ONLy QUALIFIED PERSONS ShOULD INSTALL,
USE OR SERVICE ThIS EQUIPMENT. READ AND
FOLLOW ThE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUC-
TIONS, EMPLOyER'S SAFETy PRACTICES AND
MATERIAL SAFETy DATA ShEETS (MSDS) FOR
CONSUMABLES.
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READ ThIS WARNING, PROTECT yOURSELF AND
OThERS.
FUMES AND GASES can be dangerous.
• Keep your head out of fumes.
• Use ventilation or exhaust at the arc,
or both,to keep fumes and gases
from your breathing zone and gener-
al area.
WELDING SPARKS can cause fire or
explosion.
• Do not weld near flammable material.
• Do not weld on containers which have
held flammable materia
ARC RAyS can burn.
• Wear eye, ear, and body protection.
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OPERATION

DESIGN FEATURES

• Digital communications for accurate and reliable per-
formance.
• PC Boards are potted for environmental protection.
• IP23 Environmental Rating for use in outdoor envi-
ronments.
• Status light for indication of the system condition.
• External I/O Connector for simple input signal con-
nections.

COMMON WELDING ABBREVIATIONS

GMAW
• Gas Metal Arc Welding
GMAW-P
• Pulse Gas Metal Arc Welding
FCAW
• Flux Core Arc Welding
GTAW
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
GRAPhIC SyMBOLS ThAT APPEAR ON
ThIS MAChINE OR IN ThIS MANUAL
®
AutoDrive 19 Tandem
WIRE FEEDER
MAChINE STATUS
rcLink
INPUT CONNECTOR
rcLink
OUTPUT CONNECTOR
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