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6.02.03 Pulse Controls
(Pulse Width)
(Pulse Frequency)
(Peak Current)
(Base)
Background Current
The Pulse controls are used primarily to control heat input. Pulse offers a number of advantages as
follows:
1) Control puddle – size and fluidity (especially out of position).
2) Increase penetration
3) Travel speed control
4) Better consistent quality
5) Distortion on lighter or thinner materials.
Pulse-current provides a system in which the welding current continuously changes between two
levels. During the periods of Peak current heating and fusion takes place and during the background
(base) current periods, cooling and solidification take place. Pulse Width is the time in one cycle the
current stays at the peak current setting. Pulse Frequency measured in Hertz is the number of cycles
per second the current travels between peak and background current settings. It is as if the foot
rheostat were moved up and down to increase and decrease the welding current on a regular basis.
The faster you moved the foot rheostat up and down the faster the frequency.
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