RUGGED WELDING WIRE FEEDERS
November 1st 2003

Welding wire feeders and controllers are now available from ESAB for use with a variety of different types of welding machine. There is a choice of three alternative feeding mechanisms and nine controllers for use with step-controlled or thyristor-controlled power sources. For wire diameters to 1.2mm, the ESABFeed 30-2 feeder is a two-wheel-drive unit with 30mm diameter feed rollers. While the 30-4 feeder has the same size rollers, it benefits from a four-wheel-drive arrangement that enables wire diameters to 1.6mm to be fed. If wire up to 2.4mm is to be fed, a 48-4 four-wheel-drive feeder has 48mm rollers and a pair of synchronised drive motors. Feeders include features such as two/four stroke, adjustable burn-back time and creep start. In addition, the M13i and M14 control panels have a digital voltage/current meter or 14 preprogrammed synergic lines and crater-filling function.

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