General Description; Duty Cycle; Equipment Limitations; Recommended Power Sources - Lincoln Electric POWER FEED 25M Operator's Manual

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POWER FEED 25M & 25M ALUMINUM

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

General Physical Description
The POWER FEED ® 25M is a premium portable wire feeder for
use with the Power Wave products. The wire feeder features a 2
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roll MAXtrac drive coupled to a powerful motor for driving wire
through difficult situations. The easy-to-use, user interface
provides ready access to all welding modes in the Power Wave.
Built in memories are included with the POWER FEED
allows quick recall of favorite weld procedures. Two cases are
available: an engineered aluminum case with replaceable skids,
or an impact resistant polycarbonate plastic case.
The heart of the POWER FEED
patented features on the wire drive offer tool-less changing of
the drive rolls and the wire guides for quick spool changes.
Plus, the drive can be configured for extra torque when feeding
large diameter flux cored electrodes.
The POWER FEED ® 25M continues Lincoln's lead role of
environmental protection for electronics. P.C. boards are potted
in epoxy and electrical connections are protected with dielectric
grease. Noise suppression components protect the POWER
FEED ® 25M from stray signals and keep the feeder from
interfering with other digital equipment.
General Functional Description
The POWER FEED ® 25M is best suited for applications were quality
welds are expected. Combined with a Power Wave power source,
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the POWER FEED 25M is great for aluminum, nickel, alloy and
other difficult to weld materials. Easy to use controls make it a
great feeder for consistent results with mild steel applications too.

DUTY CYCLE

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The POWER FEED 25M is rated for 500 amps, 60% duty cycle.
The duty cycle is based on a 10 minute cycle.
For example, when welding at 500 amps, the POWER FEED
25M may run continuously for 6 minutes and then must sit idle
for 4 minutes.
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® 25M is the MAXtrac ® drive. The
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RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
• GMAW (CV, Synergic CV, Pulse, STT
Push-Pull)
• FCAW
• SMAW
• GTAW (Lift Start only)
• Solid wires .025" to 1/16"
• Cored wires .035" to 5/64"
• Cored wires .035" to 3/32" when configured for "extra torque"

EQUIPMENT LIMITATIONS

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• Works only on ArcLink
• Maximum gun length is 25ft.(7.6m) for push-only systems.
• Maximum gun length is 50ft.(15.2m) for push-pull systems.
• A remote control/foot amptrol and a push-pull gun may not be
connected to the POWER FEED
• Maximum spool size is 12 in. (305 mm) diameter
• Maximum spool weight is 44 lb (20 kg).
• Maximum control cable length is 200 ft (61 m).
• Other gun bushings are required for welding guns that do not
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have a Magnum (Tweco #2-#4 compatible) back end.
• No more than 2 wire feeders may be connected to one ArcLink
power source at a time.

RECOMMENDED POWER SOURCES

• Power Wave ® 355M
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• Power Wave 455M
• Power Wave ® 455M/STT
• Power Wave ® 655/R
• Power Wave ® S350
• Power Wave ® R350
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• Power Wave i400
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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Power Wave power sources.
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