Product Description; Recommended Processes And Equipment; Equipment Limitations - Lincoln Electric POWER WAVE S500CE IM10123 Operator's Manual

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

PRODUCT SUMMARY
The POWER WAVE S500CE is a portable multi-
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process power source with high-end functionality
capable of Stick, DC TIG, MIG, Pulsed MIG and Flux-
Cored welding. It is ideal for a wide variety of materi-
als including aluminum, stainless, and nickel — where
arc performance is critical.
The POWER WAVE S500CE is designed to be a
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very flexible welding system. Like existing Power
Waveʼs ® , the software based architecture allows for
future upgradeability. One significant change from the
current range of Power Wave
Ethernet communication feature is standard on the
POWER WAVE ® S500CE which allows for effortless
software upgrades through Powerwavesoftware.com.
The Ethernet communication also gives the POWER
WAVE S500CE the ability to run Production
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Monitoring™ 2. A Devicenet option will allow the
POWER WAVE ® S500CE to be used in a wide range
of configurations and the POWER WAVE
being designed to be compatible with future advanced
welding modules like STT
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND
EQUIPMENT
The POWER WAVE ® S500CE is recommended for semiau-
tomatic welding, and may also be suitable for basic hard
automation applications. The POWER WAVE
be set up in a number of configurations, some requiring
optional equipment or welding programs.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
The POWER WAVE S500CE is designed to be com-
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patible with the current range of Power Feed™ sys-
tems including future versions of ArcLink
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
The POWER WAVE ® S500CE is a high speed, multi-
process power source capable of regulating the cur-
rent, voltage, or power of the welding arc. With an out-
put range of 5 to 550 amperes, it supports a number
of standard processes including synergic GMAW,
GMAW-P, FCAW, FCAW-SS, SMAW, GTAW and
GTAW-P on various materials especially steel, alu-
minum and stainless.
OPERATION
PROCESS LIMITATIONS
The software based weld tables of the POWER
WAVE
output range and the safe limits of the machine. In
general the processes will be limited to .030-.052 solid
steel wire, .030 -.045 stainless wire, .035 -1/16 cored
wire, and .035 - 1/16 Aluminum wire.

EQUIPMENT LIMITATIONS

Only ArcLink compatible semiautomatic wire feeders
and users interfaces may be used. If other Lincoln
wire feeders or non-Lincoln wire feeders are used
there will be limited process capability and perfor-
units is that the
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mance and features will be limited.
S500CE is
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S500CE can
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® feeders.
POWER WAVE
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® S500CE limit the process capability within the
S500CE
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