Tig Comfort-Stop Function - Fronius TransPocket 1500 Operating Instructions Manual

Setting the
a) Place gas nozzle on workpiece
welding
amperage,
igniting the arc
(continued)
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The "TIG comfort-stop" function is only available on the TP 1500 TIG power source.
Important! The default setting is that the TIG comfort-stop function (see section headed
"TIG comfort-stop function") is deactivated.
If the TIG comfort-stop function is deactivated, end-crater filling by downslope is not
possible and there is no gas shielding of the end crater.
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TIG comfort-stop The "TIG comfort-stop" function is only available on the TP 1500 TIG power source.
function
Important! For details on how to activate and set up the TIG comfort-stop, please see
the section headed "The set-up menu".
(1) Welding
(2) Raise the welding torch, during the welding procedure
(3) Lower the welding torch
(4) Keep the torch at this same height
(5) Wait until the end of the gas post-flow time and lift the torch off the workpiece
Torch tilt angle
Stop welding (this applies when the TIG comfort-stop function is deactivated)
- Lift the torch off the workpiece until the arc goes out
Stop welding (this applies when the TIG comfort-stop function is activated)
- See the section headed "TIG comfort-stop function"
- The arc becomes visibly longer
- The arc becomes visibly shorter
- The TIG comfort-stop function is initiated
- The welding current is reduced along the downslope towards the minimum
welding amperage (10 A)
- The minimum welding current is kept constant for 0.2 seconds
- The arc goes out
b) Touch down tungsten tip to ignite
arc
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c) Arc is ignited