Welcome to our guide on using a handheld welding machine. Proper parameter adjustments are crucial for achieving high-quality welds. This article will provide essential welding principles, a detailed process example, and tips for fine-tuning your machine.
Welding Principles
1.Plate Thickness and Wire Thickness:
●Thicker plates require thicker wires.
●Thicker plates and wires need higher power settings.
●Wire feeding should be slower for thicker materials.
2. Power Settings:
●Lower power settings result in a whiter weld surface.
●Higher power settings can change the weld color from color to black, indicating one-sided forming.
3. Wire Thickness:
●The wire thickness should not exceed the plate thickness.
●Thicker wires can affect the fullness of the weld seam.
●Thinner wires result in a lower scanning width.
4. Laser Brand Variations:
●Different brands of lasers may require fine-tuning.
●Aluminum processes need higher power settings (20%-30% more) compared to stainless steel.
●Focus adjustments might be necessary depending on the machine.
Material
Thickness(mm)
Scanning speed
Scanning width (mm)
Peak Power (W)
Duty cycle
Pulse frequency
Wire feeding speed (cm/S)
Welding wire
Carbon steel
1
300
3
350
100
2000
60
1
2
300
3
700
100
2000
60
1.2
3
300
3
1100
100
2000
60
1.2
4
300
3
1500
100
2000
60
1.6
5
220
3
1800
100
2000
50
1.6
6
220
3
2200
100
2000
50
1.6
8
220
3
3000
100
2000
40
2
Aluminum
1
300
3
500
100
2000
60
ER5356 1.0
2
300
3
800
100
2000
60
ER5356 1.2
3
300
3
1400
100
2000
60
ER5356 1.2
4
300
3
1800
100
2000
60
ER5356 1.6
5
220
3
2000
100
2000
50
ER5356 1.6
6
8
Stainless steel
0.5
300
2
260
100
2000
80
ER304 0.8
0.8
300
2
300
100
2000
80
ER304 0.8
1
300
2
350
100
2000
60
ER304 1.0
2
300
3
700
100
2000
60
ER304 1.0
3
300
3
1100
100
2000
60
ER304 1.2
4
300
3
1500
100
2000
60
ER304 1.2
5
220
3
1800
100
2000
50
ER304 1.6
6
220
3
2200
100
2000
50
ER304 1.6
8
220
3
3000
100
2000
40
ER304 2.0
NOTE: This data is a reference value and is subject to actual welding.
Process Example: 0.5mm Stainless Steel Shaded Corner Welding
Initial Settings:
●Welding Wire: 0.8mm Stainless Steel
●Scanning Speed: 350
●Scanning Width: 2
●Peak Power: 350
●Duty Cycle: 100
●Frequency: 2000
●Result: The outgoing light penetrated the plate and caused significant distortion.
First Adjustment:
●Peak Power: Reduced to 260
●Result: Reduced distortion, but it was still easy to burn through at the beginning of the light out.
Second Adjustment:
●Peak Power: Reduced to 200
●Result: Reduced distortion significantly. Increasing the width to 3 improved the welding effect further.
Visual Results
●Figure 1: Initial welding effect
●Figure 2: Effect after increasing the width to 3.
Conclusion
Fine-tuning your welding parameters is key to achieving optimal results. Use these guidelines as a reference and adjust as needed based on your specific welding tasks. Happy welding!