6.10.5 Inching The Wire Electrode - EWM WEGA 351 Operating Instructions Manual

Commissioning
Inserting the wire electrode

6.10.5 Inching the wire electrode

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• Extend and lay out the torch tube package.
• Unfasten pressure units and fold out (clamping units and counter-pressure rollers will automatically flip
upwards).
• Unwind welding wire carefully from the wire spool and insert through the wire inlet nipple over the drive
roller grooves and the guide pipe into the capillary tube and Teflon core using guide pipe.
• Press the clamping element with the counter-roller back downwards and fold the wire units back up
again (wire electrode should in the groove on the drive roller).
The clamping pressure must be set on the adjusting nuts of the pressure units so that the wire
electrode is conveyed but will still slip through if the wire spool jams.
• Press the wire inching button until the wire electrode projects out of the welding torch.
Caution, risk of injury!
Never point a welding torch at people or animals!
For machines with M2.40 or M2.20 control, the inching process is started on the control by
pressing the
For machines with M1.01 or M1.02 control, the inching process is started on the inner operating
elements by pressing the
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Pressure units
Clamping units
Wire inlet nipple
Guide tube
Capillary tube or Teflon core
button.
button.
Figure 6-8
Item No.: 099-004934-EWM01