Operation Manual
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A3 MIG Welder© Kemppi Oy 2018 1826
OPERATING MANUAL
Regular MIG welding parameters
Parameter Display Value range Factory
setting
Description
Pre-gas time
PrG
0.0 ... 9.9 s 0.0 s Pre-gas time in seconds
Post gas time
PoG
0.1 ... 9.9 s,
aut (Aut)
Aut Post gas time in seconds or
automatically according to the welding
current (Aut).
Creep start
level
Cre
10 ... 170 % 50 % Percentage of wire feed speed:
10%-99% = slow start
100% = no creep start
101%-170% = accelerated start.
Start power
sta
-9 … +9 0 Strength of start pulse
Post current
time
PoC
-9 ... +9 0 Post-welding current time
Synergic MIG welding parameters
Parameter Display Value range Factory
setting
Description
Pre-gas time
PrG
0.0 ... 9.9 s,
syn (Syn)
Syn Pre-gas time in seconds or
automatically according to the synergic
welding program (Syn).
Post gas time
PoG
0.1 ... 9.9 s,
syn (Syn)
Syn Post gas time in seconds or
automatically according to the synergic
welding program (Syn).
Creep start
level
Cre
10 ... 170% 50 % Percentage of wire feed speed:
10%-99% = slow start
100% = no creep start
101%-170% = accelerated start.
Hot start
level
Hot
-50 ... 75 % 30 % Percent of welding power: -50% refers
to cold start and +75% to hot start.
Hot start time
h2t
0.0 … 9.9 s 1.2 s The duration of the hot start in
seconds.
Crater ll
start level
crs
Crater ll
end level …
250 %
90 % The welding power at the beginning of
the crater ll stage as a percentage of
the welding power pre-set value.
Crater ll end
level
CrL
10 % ... Crater
ll start level
30 % The welding power at the end of the
crater ll stage as a percentage of the
welding power pre-set value.
Crater ll
time
crt
0.0 … 9.9 s 2.0 s The duration of the crater ll stage in
seconds.
Start power
sta
-9 … +9 0 Strength of the start pulse (not in
WiseRoot or WiseThin processes).
Post current
time
PoC
-9 ... +9 0 Post-welding current time
Synergic MIG
display units
Unl
m/min,
mm, A
m/min In 1-MIG and WiseRoot welding, the
parameter shown in the left-hand
side display: (wire feed speed (m/
min), sheet thickness (mm) or average
current (A).
Common system setup parameters
Parameter Display Value range Factory
setting
Description
Cable
compensation
CAL
-5.0 ... 9.0 V
/100 A
1.0 V/100 A Cable compensation (MIG) for
voltage losses.
Long system
mode
lsy off (O),
on (On)
O Gives optimum welding
characteristics with long welding
cables. Recommended to be used
when the cable length exceeds 40 m.
Code entry
Cod ---, Ent
(Ent)
Entering license code manually. See
page 15 for details.
Scaling
SCA
0 ... 9999 0 A coecient with which the values
in the welding machine are scaled to
the scale used by the robot.
Restore factory
settings
FAC OFF (O),
Pan (Pan),
All (All)
O Restores factory settings if you
select PAN or ALL and exit the menu.
PAN will reset the panel settings
and leave the memory channels
untouched. ALL restores the whole
system to the factory state.