Attachment 35939
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Set up a couple of digital generators to my old analogue TIG welder this spring, in an attempt to optimize its wave forms of welding current, to help my self when I make some butt-welding to thinner aluminium sheets.
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Attachment 35939
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Set up a couple of digital generators to my old analogue TIG welder this spring, in an attempt to optimize its wave forms of welding current, to help my self when I make some butt-welding to thinner aluminium sheets.
Here showing my old TIG welder;
Attachment 35940
The digital unit above is set up on the front panel;
Attachment 35941
Several logic-chips are placed on a small additional board, and is placed on the main circuit board of the welder;
Attachment 35942
The default setting only provides the minimum duty ratio of welding pulse as 12.5%
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Attachment 35943
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but I wanted smaller duty as small as down to 1.0% for each welding pulse frequency,
showing one sample I got after this retrofit;
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Attachment 35944
This old welder has a pulse-range from nearly 0.5Hz up to 500Hz done by analogue frequency generator by default. This old set-up of analogue pulse is not replaced with the new, it can be used if I want.
One of the features I love is that this new set-up can provide higher pulse frequency from 500Hz up to 900Hz, which I found useful in welding thinner steel sheet.
The arc sometimes wonders when the welding amperage is set low, like 30A for welding current and 5A for base current.
But I feel like this problem has nearly gone since I added this new digital generator by applying DC welding pulse frequency higher than 750Hz;
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Attachment 35945
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with this frequency the arc shows somewhat better stability to the aimed point.
Below is a default wave form of Alternative Current welding, aluminium for example, showing the minus peak as 45A besides overshoot.
Output power is set to 50A for welding;
Attachment 35947
This shows the real welding power is a tad lower than the setting value.
Here is another wave form attained with the same setting but the output power was set to 30A;
Attachment 35948
Now I'm going to replace the rectangular wave forms of the both sides (of plus and minus domains), with a couple of pulses of arbitrary frequencies given by this new addition;
Attachment 35949
Replaced the rectangular wave with 650Hz pulses, setting power 150A for welding.
Attachment 35951
also with 700Hz pulses, setting power 170A.
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As far the schematic, I am thinking of asking a buddy who guides me to attain this job with a lot of information on welding machines if he gives me permission to open his schematic design of this unit.
A nice addition to your old welder. A You have indeed created a much easier to use welder for thinner materials. How does the overshoot work? I'm guessing that your initial arc will be a little bit easier to strike with your settings.