On Tue, 2014-07-29 at 22:51 +0200, Lars Andersson wrote:
> Yes,
> at full current this machine has 20% intermittence factor, at 75A or 
> less this machine can weld continiously. 75A is fine for what I do.
> For TIG I think you do not need long continious weld times. Might be 
> different if you CNC it though.
> 
> I am not a professional welder and I work mostly in stainless or mild 
> steel, so I have to take it easy and let the work piece cool down. 
> Stainless moves around a lot with heat. Weld a centimetre in one place, 
> move to another part of the joint and weld some there etc.
> 
> The CNC thing I tried was to automate pipe welding by putting the pipes 
> on a rotating axis and then rigidly place  the torch over the joint to be.
> The result was not very exciting so I put this project aside. (Like most 
> of my projects)
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi
> > someone say that all welders - can work - continuously only 1-2-3 minute
> > and than need about 10 minute to cool down.
> > is this right?
> > also when deposit part with welding - should it have cool down time ?
> > because it will get super hot and it may result in warping -deformation?
> > did you find those problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Lars Andersson <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In this case I did blindly control the weld current via the PWM output.
> >> The TIG machine is a current regulating controller, it keeps the current
> >> to what is commanded.
> >> The unit I controlled was an Kemppi Mastertig 1500
> >>
> >> I did initially measure the current with a clamp on toroidal DC probe on
> >> the return lead. You might think that the arc-start spark voltage is a
> >> problem, but it worked quite well for me.
> >>> Hi
> >>> Lars
> >>> ---I am doing something similar with a TIG welder where 0 - 5V
> >> corresponds
> >>> ---to 0 - 160A welding current.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> what kind sensor-device do you use to read 160A current ?
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>> aram
> >>>
Me thinks there are water cooled TIG torches for a reason. On the
missile sites ( Atlas and Titan I) they used Hobart 300 amp welders. 
Unfortunately we never got to see them weld as we arrived at the end of
their shift to do X-ray. The pipe was schedule 40 thru XX in diameters
between an inch and 1.75 inches. But that was > 50 years ago so who
knows if I remember correctly. 

For heavy use there are two issues here. The duty factor of the welder
and the duty factor of the torch. 

As an aside I keep wondering how you are going to feed filler rod?

Dave
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