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Lincoln Electric POWERTEC i253C STANDARD Operator's Manual

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POWERTEC
POWERTEC
POWERTEC
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
®
i253C & i323C STANDARD
®
i253C & i323C ADVANCED
®
i383C & i453C ADVANCED
Lincoln Electric Bester Sp. z o.o.
ul. Jana III Sobieskiego 19A, 58-263 Bielawa, Poland
www.lincolnelectric.eu
IM3149
08/2020
REV00
ENGLISH

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  • Page 1 IM3149 08/2020 REV00 ® POWERTEC i253C & i323C STANDARD ® POWERTEC i253C & i323C ADVANCED POWERTEC ® i383C & i453C ADVANCED OPERATOR’S MANUAL ENGLISH Lincoln Electric Bester Sp. z o.o. ul. Jana III Sobieskiego 19A, 58-263 Bielawa, Poland www.lincolnelectric.eu...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    12/05 THANK YOU! For choosing the QUALITY of the Lincoln Electric products.  Please check packaging and equipment for damage. Claims for material damaged in shipment must be notified immediately to the dealer.  For ease of use, please enter your product identification data in the table below. Model Name, Code & Serial Number can be found on the machine rating plate.

  • Page 3: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications NAME INDEX POWERTEC ® i253C STANDARD K14284-1 POWERTEC ® i253C ADVANCED K14285-1 POWERTEC ® i323C STANDARD K14286-1 POWERTEC ® i323C ADVANCED K14287-1 POWERTEC ® i383C ADVANCED K14288-1 POWERTEC ® i453C ADVANCED K14289-1 INPUT Input Voltage U EMC Class Frequency i253C STANDARD i253C ADVANCED...
  • Page 4 380A 33,0Vdc GMAW 320A 30,0Vdc 100% 240A 26,0Vdc 380A 33.0Vdc 54Vdc (peak) i383C ADVANCED FCAW 320A 30,0Vdc 48Vdc (RMS) 100% 240A 26,0Vdc 380A 35,2Vdc SMAW 320A 32,8Vdc 100% 240A 29,6Vdc 450A 36,5Vdc GMAW 100% 420A 35,0Vdc 450A 36,5Vdc 60Vdc (peak) i453C ADVANCED FCAW 49Vdc (RMS)
  • Page 5 WIRE FEED SPEED RANGE / WIRE DIAMETER WFS Range Drive Rolls Drive roll diameter i253C STANDARD i253C ADVANCED i323C STANDARD 1.5 ÷ 20,32m/min Ø37 i323C ADVANCED i383C ADVANCED i453C ADVANCED Solid Wires Aluminum Wires Cored Wires i253C STANDARD i253C ADVANCED 0.8 ÷...

  • Page 6: Eco Design Information

    ECO design information The equipment has been designed in order to be compliant with the Directive 2009/125/EC and the Regulation 2019/1784/EU. Efficiency and idle power consumption: Efficiency when max power Index Name Equivalent model consumption / Idle power consumption ® POWERTEC i253C K14284-1...
  • Page 7 Typical gas usage for MIG/MAG equipment: DC electrode positive Wire Wire Feeding Gas flow Material type diameter Shielding Gas Current Voltage [m/min] [l/min] [mm] Carbon, low 0,9 ÷ 1,1 95 ÷ 200 18 ÷ 22 3,5 – 6,5 Ar 75%, CO alloy steel Aluminium 0,8 ÷...

  • Page 8: Electromagnetic Compatibility (Emc)

    If any electromagnetic disturbances are detected the operator must put in place corrective actions to eliminate these disturbances, if necessary with assistance from Lincoln Electric. WARNING Provided that the public low voltage system impedance at the point of common coupling is lower than: ...

  • Page 9: Safety

    Failure to follow the instructions in this manual could cause serious personal injury, loss of life, or equipment damage. Read and understand the following explanations of the warning symbols. Lincoln Electric is not responsible for damages caused by improper installation, improper care or abnormal operation.
  • Page 10 WELDING SPARKS CAN CAUSE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: Remove fire hazards from the welding area and have a fire extinguisher easily accessible. Welding sparks and hot materials from the welding process can easily go through small cracks and openings to adjacent areas. Do not weld on any tanks, drums, containers, or material until the proper steps have been taken to insure that no flammable or toxic vapors will be present.

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Introduction General Description The complete package contains:  Work lead – 3m, The welding machines  Gas hose – 2m, ® POWERTEC i253C STANDARD  Driving roll V1.0/V1.2 for solid wire (mounted in the ® POWERTEC i253C ADVANCED wire feeder). POWERTEC ®...
  • Page 12 Front panel POWERTEC ® i383C&i453C Output Connections Advanced Version Refer to points [2], [3] and [4] of the Figures below. Controls and Operational Features Front panel POWERTEC ® i253C&i323C Standard Version Figure 3 1. Power Switch ON/OFF (I/O): Controls the input power to the machine.
  • Page 13 Rear Panel POWERTEC ® i253C&i323C 18. Gas hose 19. Work Lead ® 20. Cover bracket: To install COOL ARC power supply control cable (see "Accessories Suggested" chapter). 21. Quick Connect Coupling: Coolant inlet (supplies cool coolant to the torch/gun). 22. Quick Connect Coupling: Coolant outlet (takes warm coolant from torch/gun).
  • Page 14 Table 1 LED Light Conditions Standard User Interface (U0) Meaning LED Light Only machines which using CAN Condition protocol for communication Correct operation mode. The power Steady Green source communicates normally with all peripheral equipment. Occurs during a system reset, and indicates that the power source is mapping (identifying)
  • Page 15 Welding process change Quick Access and Configuration Menu It is possible to quick recall of one of the six manual for U0 User Interface welding programs - Table 2. Users have access to the two menu levels:  Quick Access – basic menu related with welding Table 2 Manual Weld Modes: parameters settings Symbol...
  • Page 16 Table 3 The default settings of basic menu Parameter Definition Inductance – controls the arc characteristics when short-arc welding. Increasing Inductance higher than 0.0 provides a crisper arc (more spatter) while decreasing the inductance less than 0.0 provides a softer arc (less spatter). ...
  • Page 17 Advanced menu WARNING To enter the menu (Table 4): To exit from the menu with saved changes, press the left  Press the right [33] and left button [34] simultaneously, [34] and right button [33] simultaneously. to access the menu. ...
  • Page 18 Wire Feed Speed (WFS) unit – enables change of the displayed WFS unit:  CE (factory default) - m/min;  US - in/min. Hot Start - percentage regulation of growth nominal current value during arc start. It cause temporary rise up of output current which makes ignition of the electrode easier.
  • Page 19 Interface Marking Guide Table 5 Symbols description Select Welding Select Welding Process Process SMAW (MMA) Program Process GMAW Recall from the User Process FCAW (MIG/MAG) Memory Save to the User User setup Advanced Setup Memory Configuration Arc Force Hot Start Pinch Preflow Time Postflow Time...
  • Page 20 Video Play Pause Stop Repeat off Repeat on Mute English English...
  • Page 21 43. Left Knob: Sets the value in the top Left corner of the User Interface Advanced (U7) display. Cancel selection. Return to the previous menu. 44. Right Knob: Sets the value in the top Right corner of the display. Confirmation of changes. 45.
  • Page 22 Status bar Select Welding Program To select the Welding Program:  Press the button [45] or right knob [44] to get access of Welding Parameters Bar.  Use the right knob [44] to highlight the icon “Select Welding Process”.   ...
  • Page 23 If user does not know the Welding Program Number, it Support can be choose manually. In that case please follow below To access the Support Menu: guide:  Press the button [45] or right knob [44] to get access of Welding Parameters Bar. ...
  • Page 24 To add parameter or function to the Welding Parameters User setup Bar [52]: To access the User Setup:  Access to the „User Setup” (see the Figure 16.)  Press the button [45] or right knob [44] to get access ...
  • Page 25 To remove selected parameter or function from the Parameters and functions description: Welding Parameters Bar [52]:  Preflow Time – time that shielding gas flows Access to the „User Setup”. after the torch trigger was pressed before prior  Use the right knob [44] to highlight the parameter or to wire feeding.
  • Page 26 Recall from the User Memory - recall the  Confirm selection – press and hold for 3 second right stored programs from the user Memory. To knob [44]. recall the Welding Program from the User Memory: Note: Before using, the Welding Program had to be assigned to the user memory ...
  • Page 27 To save data into USB device:  Create or choose a file in which will be saved data  Connect the USB to welding machine. copies.   Add “USB Memory” icon to the Welding parameters Display shows the Save Data Menu on USB Memory bar [52].
  • Page 28 Load – restore data from the USB Device to Settings, – this option allows you to load the machine memory. Current Welding Settings, Advanced Parameters Configuration Welding Programs stored in memory. To load one of Table 12 Load Menu above: Symbol Description ...
  • Page 29   To confirm and load the data from a USB Memory A list of available video files will be displayed on the Stick, highlight the „Check Mark” icon and then press screen. the right knob [44]. Figure 41 Figure 38 ...
  • Page 30 Limits – it allows the operator to set the limits Settings and Configuration Menu of main welding parameters in selected job. To access the Settings and Configuration Menu: The Operator is able to adjust the parameter  Press the button [45] or right knob [44] to get access value within specified limits.
  • Page 31   Use right knob [44] to choose the parameter which will Press right knob [44]. The “UI look” menu is shown on be changed. the display.  Press right knob [44] to confirm.  Use right knob [44] to change the value. Press right knob [44] to confirm.
  • Page 32 Lock – it allows to set the password.  Press the right knob [44]. Lock function menu is shown on the display. To set the password:  Use the right knob [44] to highlight the function (for  Access to „Configuration” menu. example “Advanced Setup”).
  • Page 33 Enable/ Disable Jobs Save - it allows to WARNING switch off/on save jobs to memory The jobs which are disabled can not be using in “Save memory” function – shown Figure 59 (job 2 is not available).  Access to „Configuration” menu. ...
  • Page 34 Enable/ Disable Jobs Mode or Set the Language – user can choose Select Jobs for Jobs Mode – user interface language (English, Polish, Finnish, has access to operate only with French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, selected jobs. Romanian). To set the language: WARNING: First of all user have to select jobs which can ...
  • Page 35 Green Mode – is a power management Standby – this option allows you to reduce feature that enables welding equipment to energy consumption to the level below 30W switch to low power state and reduce power when the welding equipment is unused. consumption while is not using.
  • Page 36 Date / Time – It allows to setup current date WARNING and time. When machine is under Shutdown mode it is require to To set date and time: switch machine off and on to activates normal operation.  Access to “Configuration” Menu ...
  • Page 37 Restore Factory Setting Advanced Setup This menu enables access to the configuration parameters of the device. To set the configuration parameters: WARNING  Access to “Configuration” menu. After Factory Settings restore, the settings stored in user  Use right knob [44] to highlight the “Advance setup” memory will be deleted.
  • Page 38 Table 18 The Configuration Parameters The Menu Exit Enables exit from menu Wire Feed Speed (WFS) units Enables change WFS units:  "Metric" (factory default) = m/min;  "English" = in/min. Recall Memory with Trigger This option allows a memory to be recalled by quickly pulling and releasing the gun trigger: ...
  • Page 39 P.17 Remote Control Type This option selects the type of analog remote control being used. Digital remote control devices (those with a digital display) are configured automatically.  "Push-Pull Gun" = Use this setting while MIG welding with a push-pull gun that uses a potentiometer for wire feed speed control (this setting is backward compatible with "P.17 Gun Selection"...
  • Page 40 P.28 Display Workpoint as Amps Determines how workpoint is displayed:  Option "No" (factory default) = The workpoint is displayed in the format defined in the weld set.  "Yes" = All workpoint values are displayed as an amperage. Note: This option may not be available on all machines. The power source must support this functionality, or this option will not appear in the menu P.80 Sense From Studs...
  • Page 41 Cooler Menu Service Menu It allows the access to special service functions. WARNING WARNING Service Menu is available when USB storage device is Cooler Menu is available when cooler is connected. connected. Figure 81 Figure 82 Table 19 Cooler Menu Symbol Description Table 21 Service Menu...
  • Page 42 This file can be sent to Lincoln Electric Support to troubleshoot any possible issues that cannot be easily resolved by the user. To obtain a SnapShot:  Make sure that USB device is connected.
  • Page 43 For non-synergic mode can set: Welding GMAW and FCAW Process in  Wire Feed Speed, WFS non-synergic mode  The welding voltage During non-synergic mode wire feed speed and welding  Burnback Time voltage are independent parameters and must be set by ...
  • Page 44 Welding SMAW Process Loading the Electrode Wire ® POWERTEC i253C STANDARD ADVANCED, Depending on the type of wire spool it can be installed POWERTEC ® i323C STANDARD ADVANCED, on the wire spool support without adapter or installed POWERTEC ® i383C ADVANCED, POWERTEC ®...
  • Page 45 Adjusting of Pressure Roll Force Changing Driving Rolls The pressure arm controls the amount of force the drive rolls exert on the wire. Pressure force is adjusted by WARNING turning the adjustment nut clockwise to increase force, Turn the input power off before installation or changing counterclockwise to decrease force.
  • Page 46 Gas Connection Transport & Lifting WARNING WARNING  Falling equipment can cause injury and CYLINDER may explode if damaged.  damage to unit. Always fix the gas cylinder securely in an upright position, against a cylinder wall rack or purpose-made cylinder cart. ...
  • Page 47 We respond to our customers based on the best be lost. information in our possession at that time. Lincoln Electric is not in a position to warrant or guarantee such advice, Any noticeable damage should be reported immediately and assumes no liability, with respect to such information and repaired.
  • Page 48 Error Table 23 Interface Components Interface description 62. Error code 63. Error description. Figure 91 Table 24 shows list of basic errors that can appear. To get full list of error codes, please contact with authorize Lincoln Electric service. Table 24 Error codes Error code Symptoms Cause...

  • Page 49: Weee

    12/05 Part List reading instructions  Do not use this part list for a machine if its code number is not listed. Contact the Lincoln Electric Service Department for any code number not listed.  Use the illustration of assembly page and the table below to determine where the part is located for your particular code machine.

  • Page 50: Accessories

    Accessories K10095-1-15M REMOTE CONTROL K2909-1 6-PIN/12-PIN ADAPTER K14290-1 12PIN REMOTE HARNESS KIT K14175-1 GAS FLOW METER KIT K14176-1 GAS HEATER KIT K14182-1 COOLER COOLARC 26 R-1019-125-1/08R ADAPTER FOR SPOOL S200 K10158-1 ADAPTER FOR SPOOL TYPE B300 K10158 ADAPTER FOR SPOOL 300mm K14091-1 REMOTE MIG LF45PWC300-7M (CS/PP) E/H-300A-50-XM...

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