Product Description; Recommended Processes And Equipment; Equipment Limitations - Lincoln Electric POWER WAVE C300 CE Operator's Manual

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The POWER WAVE® C300 CE is a high performance
multi-process machine with GMAW, FCAW, SMAW,
DC TIG, and pulse capability. It will offer a premier
welding performance solution for specific areas such
as aluminum, stainless, nickel where size and weight
are an issue.
The POWER WAVE® C300 CE will provide the fol-
lowing:
• Power - 300A @ 40%, 250A @ 100%.
• Multi Input Voltage with no reconnect - 200-600V,
50-60 Hz input.
• Three Phase Power.
• < 95% Power factor – optimizes available electrical
capacity.
• Environmentally Hardened - IP23 rated for operating
in difficult environments.
• Versatile Feeding Options – FastMate Mig guns,
Spool guns, and Push-pull guns.
• Ethernet connectivity – allows access to the Power
Wave utilities software tools.
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND
EQUIPMENT
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
The POWER WAVE® C300 CE is a high speed, multi-
process power source capable of regulating the current,
voltage, or power of the welding arc. With an output range of
5 to 300 amperes, it supports a number of standard
processes including synergic GMAW, GMAW-P, FCAW,
FCAW-SS, SMAW, GTAW and GTAW-P on various materi-
als especially steel, aluminum and stainless steel.
The following capabilities are supported:
• Push-pull (12-pin) connection - Panther™ and Cougar™.
• Spool gun connection (K2490-1 and K2519-1).
• Remote foot pedal (K870) or hand amptrol (K963-3) via a
12-pin connection.
• Standard MIG gun trigger connection, Integrated in Euro
Connector.
• The Gun bushing with Euro Connector installed. Cannot
be changed to other gun bushings.
• Watercooler, Integral CoolArc 50.
• Simple process to switch between different welding
processes.
OPERATION
PROCESS LIMITATIONS
The software based weld tables of the POWER WAVE®
C300 CE limit the process capability within the output range
and the safe limits of the machine. In general the processes
will be limited to .025-.045 solid steel wire, .035-.045 stain-
less wire, .035-.052 cored wire, and .035 and 3/64
Aluminum wire. 1/16 Aluminum wire is not supported.
The following items will not be supported on this product,
but may be supported by other product in the product portfo-
lio:
• STT
• AC welding processes
The POWER WAVE® C300 CE is not recommended for
pipe thawing.
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EQUIPMENT LIMITATIONS

• Maximum gun length is 25 ft (7.6m) for push-only
systems.
• Maximum gun length is 50 ft (15.2) for push-pull
systems.
• Maximum spool size is 12 in (305 mm) diameter.
• Maximum spool weight is 44 lb (20 kg).
• The Fast Mate Adapter is integral to the machine
and cannot be changed to other gun bushings
• Wire welding processes are limited to positive polar-
ity only.
• Does not operate on single phase power
POWER WAVE® C300 CE
WARNING
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