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Noticed a setting on my miller xmt 350 a while ago called pulse mig. I was told by another welder i was working with that buying the pulse unit could be beneficial for what we were doing which was wire feeding solid 0.35 steel wire. Is it worth buying the pulse unit for doing mig steel? does it cut down spatter? im running a 22a feeder. Im doing dump bins. 10 ga with 3/16 channel. mostly. Thanks.
Reply:I had an Optima pulse pendant on my XMT 304, it was interesting to use if you want to experiment.I found it had advantages welding aluminium, where the slightly cooler weld puddle made a better weld, but on steel, I didn't see any advantage. The synergic line wasn't tuned all that well, so at low wirespeeds you had to have the arc length tuned all the way up, and at high wirespeed you had to trim it all the way down. It was just a fiddle.Ultimately on steel, you can get better penetration and no spatter by spending a little more time finetuning on CV, that was my conclusion.I sold the set to my brother, we both love the XMT for its CV performance, still one of the smoothest MIG sets I've ever used. I bought a Lorch S3 which is a much newer and more advanced pulse mig, its a different ballgame and works well on steel and aluminium alike.
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Reply:I have thousands of hours using a 304 and Optima on aluminum. Back in the day it was quite the upgrade vs. straight MIG. I was looking for an Optima to do aluminum a couple of years ago without much luck. On the advice of my welding rep we just went with a Miller 255 pulse and never looked back. I purchased another 255 shortly after so nobody had to fight over it.I have found if you buy equipment to "just get by" your projects will also just get by. I try to buy ahead now and it really pays off. It comes down to hobby or for-profit. |
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发表于 2022-2-9 15:52:02