Lincoln Electric IM10061 POWER WAVE S350 - Manual (Page 21)

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
PRODUCT SUMMARY
The Power Wave
® S350 is a portable multi-process
power source with high-end functionality capable of
Stick, DC TIG, MIG, Pulsed MIG and Flux-Cored
welding. It is ideal for a wide variety of materials
including aluminum, stainless, and nickel — where arc
performance is critical.
The Power Wave ® S350 is designed to be a very flexi-
ble welding system. Like existing Power Waveʼs ® , the
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 ® S350
which allows for effortless software upgrades through
Powerwavesoftware.com. The Ethernet communica-
tion also gives the Power Wave
® S350 the ability to
run Production Monitoring™ 2. Also a Devicenet
option which will allow the Power Wave
® S350 to be
used in a wide range of configurations. Also, the
Power Wave
® S350 is being designed to be compati-
ble with future advanced welding modules like STT
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES AND
EQUIPMENT
The Power Wave ® S350 is recommended for semiautomatic
welding, and may also be suitable for basic hard automation
applications. The Power Wave
® S350 can be set up in a
number of configurations, some requiring optional equip-
ment or welding programs.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
The Power Wave ® S350 is designed to be compatible
with the current range of Power Feed™ systems
including future versions of ArcLink
® feeders.
RECOMMENDED PROCESSES
The Power Wave S350 is a high speed, multi-process
power source capable of regulating the current, volt-
age, or power of the welding arc. With an output range
of 5 to 350 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
stainless.
PROCESS LIMITATIONS
The software based weld tables of the Power Wave ®
S350 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 perfor-
mance and features will be limited.
POWER WAVE ® S350