Product Description; Product Summary; Recommended Processes And Equipment; Equipment Limitations - Lincoln Electric POWER WAVE S500 Service Manual

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

PRODUCT SUMMARY

The Power Wave S500 is a portable multi-process
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power source with high-end functionality capable of
Stick, DC TIG, MIG, Pulsed MIG and Flux-Cored weld-
ing. It is ideal for a wide variety of materials including
aluminum, stainless and nickel — where arc perfor-
mance is critical.
The Power Wave S500 is designed to be a very flexi-
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ble welding system. Like existing Power Waveʼs
software based architecture allows for future upgrade-
ability. One significant change from the current range
of Power Wave ® units is that the Ethernet communica-
tion feature is standard on the Power Wave
which allows for effortless software upgrades through
Powerwavesoftware.com. The Ethernet communica-
tion also gives the Power Wave
Production Monitoring™ 2. A Devicenet option allows
the Power Wave ® S500 to be used in a wide range of
configurations and the Power Wave
to be compatible with advanced welding modules like
STT.
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND
EQUIPMENT
The Power Wave ® S500 is recommended for semiau-
tomatic welding and may also be suitable for basic
hard automation applications. The Power Wave
can be set up in a number of configurations, some
requiring optional equipment or welding programs.

OPERATION

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RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
The Power Wave S500 is designed to be compatible
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with the current range of Power Feed™ systems
including future versions of ArcLink
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
The Power Wave S500 is a high speed, multi-process
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power source capable of regulating the current, volt-
age or power of the welding arc. With an output range
of 5 to 550 amperes, it supports a number of standard
processes including synergic GMAW, GMAW-P,
FCAW, FCAW-SS, SMAW, GTAW and GTAW-P on
various materials especially steel, aluminum and stain-
less.
PROCESS LIMITATIONS
The software based weld tables of the Power Wave
S500 limit the process capability within the output
range and the safe limits of the machine. In general the
processes will be limited to .030 - .052 solid steel wire,
.030 - .045 stainless wire, .035 - 1/16 cored wire and
.035 - 1/16 Aluminum wire.

EQUIPMENT LIMITATIONS

Only ArcLink compatible semiautomatic wire feeders
and users interfaces may be used. If other Lincoln wire
feeders or non-Lincoln wire feeders are used there will
be limited process capability and performance and fea-
tures will be limited.
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