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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
1.
Product model: IM-MMA130-IWK
2.
Name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative:
3.
This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer.
4.
Object of the declaration:
Equipment: 130A MMA Welder
Brand name: IMPAX
Model/type: IM-MMA130-IWK
5.
The object of the declaration described above is in conformity with the relevant statutory requirements:
Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Regulations 2012
6.
References to the relevant designated standards used or references to the other technical
specifications in relation to which conformity is declared:
EN IEC 60974-1
BS EN IEC 60974-1
7.
The person authorized to compile the technical file:
Name: Robert Redfern
Address: Nap Brands Ltd. Office 20, Fleming Court Business Centre, Leigh Road, Eastleigh,
Hampshire SO50 9YN
Signed for and on behalf of:
Authorised Representative
Robert Redfern, Technical Manager
03/03/2022
After sales support: Tel: 0344 264 2485 Website: www.impaxpowertools.com
NAP BRANDS LTD. Office 20, Fleming Court Business Centre,
Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9YN
Tel: +44 (0)23 8064 9650. Email: sales@napbrands.co.uk
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  • Page 1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Product model: IM-MMA130-IWK Name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative: NAP BRANDS LTD. Office 20, Fleming Court Business Centre, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9YN Tel: +44 (0)23 8064 9650. Email: sales@napbrands.co.uk This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer.
  • Page 2 130A MMA WELDER IM-MMA130-IWK Always Read Instruction Manual Retain for Future Reference...

  • Page 3: Certificate Of Guarantee

    CERTIFICATE OF GUARANTEE This product is guaranteed for a period of 1 Year, with effect from the date of purchase and applies only to the original purchaser. This guarantee only applies to defects arising from, defective materials and or faulty workmanship that become evident during the guarantee period only and does not include consumable items.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    SAFETY INFORMATION Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER”...
  • Page 5 SAFETY INFORMATION General Welding Safety installed or improperly grounded equipment is a hazard. The Workshop Environment Housekeeping is extremely important to avoid 1. Do not touch live electrical parts. injury from slips, trips and falls, damage to 2. Wear dry, hole-free insulating gloves and equipment and fire.
  • Page 6 SAFETY INFORMATION Shock Prevention Electrode Holders Exposed live conductors or other bare metal in Fully insulated electrode holders should be the welding circuit, or in unearthed, electrically- used. Do NOT use holders with protruding LIVE equipment can fatally shock a person screws or with any form of damage.
  • Page 7 SAFETY INFORMATION Changing Electrodes produced in the arc, such as ozone or oxides of The electrode holder should be isolated when nitrogen, and decomposition products from any changing the electrode, where a work piece is paint or coating which was on the metal earthed.
  • Page 8 SAFETY INFORMATION 5. Work in a confined space only if it is well Avoid paint spray rooms, dip tanks, storage ventilated, or while wearing an air-supplied areas, ventilators. If the work cannot be moved, respirator. move combustibles at least 10M, away out of reach of sparks and heat;...
  • Page 9 SAFETY INFORMATION Cylinders Can Explode If Damaged through small cracks and openings to Shielding gas cylinders contain gas under adjacent areas. high pressure. If damaged, a cylinder can 5. Watch for fire, and keep a fire extinguisher explode. Since gas cylinders are normally nearby.
  • Page 10 SAFETY INFORMATION Sparks Can Cause Battery Gases To Explode Falling Unit Can Cause Injury SPARKS can cause BATTERY 1. Lift unit with handle on top of GASES TO EXPLODE; BATTERY case. ACID can burn eyes and skin. 2. Use handcart or similar device of Batteries contain acid and adequate capacity.
  • Page 11 SAFETY INFORMATION...
  • Page 12 SAFETY INFORMATION H.F. Radiation Can Cause Interference Do not place your body between the 1. High-frequency (H.F.) can electrode and work cables. If the electrode interfere with radio navigation, cable is on your right side, the work cable safety services, computers, should also be on your right side.
  • Page 13 SAFETY INFORMATION Specific Safety Instructions Do not weld on containers or pipes that hold or Use the welding power supply as indicated in have held flammable liquid or gases (danger of the instruction manual. Improper use of this explosion) or on materials cleaned with welding power supply can be dangerous for chlorinated solvents or on varnished surfaces persons, animals or objects.
  • Page 14 If you have a problem with the machine Power disconnect switch must be available contact your local IMPAX dealer. near the welding power source. 10. NEVER use or store in a wet/damp 25. Fully insulated electrode holders should be environment.
  • Page 15 SAFETY INFORMATION The following types of welding operation c) Keep children and bystanders away while must be performed by a qualified coded operating a power tool. Distractions can welder and approved by a qualified welding cause you to lose control. inspector.
  • Page 16 SAFETY INFORMATION c) Avoid accidental starting. Ensure the Power tools are dangerous in the hands of switch is in the off position before untrained users. plugging in. Carrying power tools with your e) Maintain power tools. Check for finger on the switch or plugging in power misalignment or binding of moving parts, tools that have the switch on invites breakage of parts and any other condition...

  • Page 17: Installation

    INSTALLATION Environment Read the section on electromagnetic These units are designed for use in compatibility in this manual. environments with increased hazard of electric • Do not operate in areas with an ambient shock. temperature greater than 40°C. A. Examples of environments with increased Tilting hazard of electric shock are: Place the machine directly on a secure, level...
  • Page 18 Do not touch members radiating antennas. electrically live parts 6. Keep all panels securely in place. The IM-MMA130-IWK Welder requires a 230V All electrical conductors within 50 ft (15.2m) 50Hz supply. of the welder should be enclosed in Connect wires according to national coding.

  • Page 19: Electrical Information

    ELECTRICAL INFORMATION WARNING! THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE • Connect GREEN & YELLOW cord to plug EARTHED terminal marked with a letter “E” or Earth symbol “ ”, or coloured GREEN or GREEN Models Fitted With 13A Plug & YELLOW. Welders fitted with a standard 13 amp BS 1363 plug, should be connected to a to a 230 volt •...
  • Page 20 COMPONENTS Component List 6. Electrode holder 1. Digital display (“E-1” indicates Over current Earth clamp protection and “E-3” indicates over heating 8. Wire brush/chipping hammer protection 9. Electrode holder attachment point (+) 2. Carry handle 10. Regulator knob (A) 3. ON/OFF switch 11.
  • Page 21 UNPACKING Caution! This packaging contains sharp objects. be returned together in their original packaging Take care when unpacking. Remove the to the retailer. machine, together with the accessories Do not throw the packaging away, keep it safe supplied, from the packaging. Check carefully to throughout the guarantee period, then recycle if ensure that the machine is in good condition possible, otherwise dispose of it by the proper...
  • Page 22 MMA ASSEMBLY & OPERATION Assembly Operation Note: Before carrying out any assembly or WARNING! If you have no welding experience, disassembly of the unit please ensure that the we recommend you seek training from an unit is not connected to the electrical supply. experienced person.

  • Page 23: Mma Operation

    MMA OPERATION The chart below is an indicator of the electrode Press the MMA/TIG switch to MMA mode, Fig.6. diameter and the corresponding welding Set the amperage (see Table 1) by adjusting the current. This is intended as a guide only as regulator knob (Fig.7) until the desired setting is results can vary depending on material, work reached.
  • Page 24 MMA OPERATION A Word To Beginners Fig 9 For those who have not yet done any welding, the simplest way to commence is to run beads on a piece of scrap plate. Use mild steel plate about 6.0mm thick and a 3.2mm electrode. Clean any paint, loose scale or grease off the plate and set it firmly on the work bench so that welding can be carried out in the downhand...
  • Page 25 MMA OPERATION If the resultant weld looks messy and irregular, Fig 11 this is an indication of porosity or slag contamination, and you have almost certainly failed to achieve the correct combination. This is a common problem, so do not worry as practice will quickly cure this.
  • Page 26 MMA OPERATION The Manual Metal Arc Process properties. They can be used with AC and DC When an arc is struck between the metal rod power sources and in all positions. The (electrode) and the workpiece, both the rod and electrodes are especially suitable for welding workpiece surface melt to form a weld pool.
  • Page 27 MMA OPERATION Efficiencies as high as 130 to 140% can be The thicker the material being welded, the achieved for rutile and basic electrodes without greater the current required, therefore, the hotter marked deterioration of the arcing the machine will become and the quicker it will characteristics but the arc tends to be less cut out.

  • Page 28: Maintenance

    Power NEVER use any dark filter lens other than that supply must be disconnected from the machine provided by Impax, or one with the same before each maintenance and service. After certified ‘Optical class’ (degree of protection).

  • Page 29: Mma Welding Troubleshooting

    MMA WELDING TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible Cause Remedy Control knob is set at a value that Reduce the control knob until welding Welding current causes the welding current to vary current is reasonably constant while varying. excessively with the arc length. prohibiting the electrode from sticking to the workpiece when you “dig”...
  • Page 30 MMA WELDING TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible Cause Remedy Small electrodes used on heavy Use larger electrodes and preheat the Portions of the weld cold plate. plate. run do not fuse to the surface of the metal or edge of the joint. Welding current is too low.

  • Page 31: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible Cause Remedy Check if the power switch is ON. No input power. Turn on the machine, the fan doesn't work, and no welding output. Turn on the machine, The current potentiometer fails. Replace it. the fan works, but the output current is Loose contact.
  • Page 32 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & SYMBOLS Information for (private householders) for the environmentally responsible disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) This symbol on products and or accompanying documents indicates that used and end of life electrical and electronic equipment should not be disposed of in household waste.
  • Page 33 SYMBOLS Symbols and Technical Data EN 60974-6:2003 European standard relating to Welding Power Supply’s for limited use IM-MMA130-IWK Type ID Single phase transformer Symbol for manual arc welding and covered electrodes 50Hz Nominal mains frequency Ø Diameter of electrodes No load voltage …A/…V to …A/…V Range of output...
  • Page 34 SYMBOLS The rating plate on this product may show symbols. These represent important information about the product or instructions on its use. Conforms to European safety Waste electrical products standards. should not be disposed of with household waste. Please recycle where facilities exist. Check with your Local Conforms to UK safety Authority or retailer for...

  • Page 35: Wiring Diagram

    WIRING DIAGRAM...

  • Page 36: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Product model: IM-MMA130-IWK Name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative: Nuair Ibérica, Lda. Rua da Zona Industrial, 560, 4520-114, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal Tel: +351 256 580 930. Email: sat@nuair.pt This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer.

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