Lincoln Electric POWER WAVE S500 CE Operator's Manual page 6

Excessive extension of the duty cycle will cause the
thermal protection circuit to activate.
Minutes
Preparation for Work
Input and Ground Connections
WARNING
Only a qualified electrician should connect the input
leads to the POWER WAVE
Connections should be made in accordance with all local
and national electrical codes and the connection
diagram located on the inside of the reconnect access
door of the machine. Failure to do so may result in bodily
injury or death.
Machine Grounding
The frame of the welder must be grounded. A ground
terminal marked with a ground symbol is located next to
the input power connection block. See your local and
national electrical codes for proper grounding methods.
High Frequency Protection
The EMC classification of the POWER WAVE
S350/S500 CE are Industrial, Scientific and Medical
(ISM) group 2, class A. The POWER WAVE
CE is for industrial use only (see Electromagnetic
Compatibility EMC Safety Section).
Locate the POWER WAVE
radio controlled machinery. The normal operation of the
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POWER WAVE S350/S500 CE may adversely affect
the operation of RF controlled equipment, which may
result in bodily injury or damage to the equipment.
Input Connection
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4.6m power cord is provided and wired into the
machine.
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Single Phase Input - Not supported.
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Three Phase Input - Connect green/yellow lead to
ground per National Electric Code. Connect grey,
brown and black leads to power.
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The POWER WAVE
adjusts to work with different input voltages. No
reconnect switches settings are required.
WARNING
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The POWER WAVE S350/S500 CE ON/OFF switch is
not intended as a service disconnect for this equipment.
Power Cord Replacement
If the input power cord is damaged or needs to be
replaced an input power connection block is located in
the access panel under the wire spool.
WARNING
ALWAYS CONNECT THE POWER WAVE
GROUNDING LUG (LOCATED INSIDE THE ACCESS
PANEL) TO A PROPER SAFETY (EARTH) GROUND.
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Duty Cycle
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S350/S500 CE.
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S350/S500 CE away from
S350/S500 CE automatically
Operation – General
Power-up Sequence
When the POWER WAVE
can take as long as 30 seconds for the machine to be
ready to weld. During this time period the user interface
will not be active.
Product Description
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The POWER WAVE
performance multi-process machine with GMAW,
FCAW, SMAW, DC TIG, and pulse capability. It will offer
a premier welding performance solution for specific
areas such as aluminum, stainless, nickel where size
and weight are an issue.
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The POWER WAVE
following:
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Power – S350 CE: 350A @ 40%, 300A @ 100%,
S500 CE: 500A @ 60%, 450A @ 100%
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Multi Input Voltage with no reconnect - 208-575V,
50-60 Hz input, 3Phase Power.
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< 95% Power factor – optimizes available electrical
capacity.
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Ethernet connectivity – allows access to the Power
Wave utilities software tools.
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Line Voltage Compensation.
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ArcLink platform.
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Electronic over current protection.
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Input over voltage protection.
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F.A.N. (fan as needed). Cooling fan runs when the
output is energized 15 seconds following the strike of
the welding arc and will continue to run 5 minutes
following the end of the weld.
The following capabilities are supported:
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Water cooler CoolArc 50.
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Wire Feeders: LF45, LF45S, Power Feed™ systems
including future versions of ArcLink
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Production Monitoring™ 2.2 & Checkpoint
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STT module.
Welding Cables Connections
Connect the electrode and work cables between the
appropriate output studs of the Power
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Wave S350/S500CE per the following guidelines:
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Most welding applications run with the electrode
being positive (+). For those applications, connect
the electrode cable between the wire drive feed plate
and the positive (+) output stud on the power source.
Connect a work lead from the negative (-) power
source output stud to the work piece.
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When negative electrode polarity is required, such as
in some Innershield applications, reverse the output
connections at the power source (electrode cable to
the negative (-) stud, and work cable to the positive
(+) stud). Negative electrode polarity operation
WITHOUT use of a remote work sense lead requires
the Negative Electrode Polarity attribute to be set.
Voltage Sensing Overview
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The Power Wave S350/S500CE has the ability to
automatically sense when remote sense leads are
connected.
With this feature there are no requirements for setting up
the machine to use remote sense leads. This feature can
be disabled through the Weld Manager Utility (available
at www.powerwavesoftware.com) or through the set up
menu (if a user interface is installed into the power
source).
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S350/S500 CE is powered it
S350/S500 CE is a high
S350/S500 CE will provide the
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feeders.
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