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GMAW
Rapid Arc Welding Guidelines
The ensuing guidelines provide procedure settings for the use of
R
apid Arc programs available on the Power Wave
®
4
55. Rapid
Arc™ is a higher travel speed GMAW-P program set developed
Diameter, Wires
CTWD Material Wire Feed Speed Travel Speed
Shielding Gas Thickness in/min (M/min.) in/min (M/min.) Trim Volts Amps
1/4” (6.4 mm) 800 (20.3) 30 (0.8) 0.90 24 243
0.035” (0.9 mm) L-56 3/16” (4.8 mm) 800 (20.3) 45 (1.1) 0.85 23 242
5/8” (15.9 mm)
10 Ga. (3.2 mm) 800 (20.3) 55 (1.4) 0.85 23.5 235
90% Ar/10% CO
2 12 Ga. (2.4 mm) 750 (19.1) 60 (1.5) 0.90 23.8 237
14 Ga. (2.0 mm) 615 (15.6) 60 (1.5) 0.90 22.5 210
HORIZONTAL LAP WELD
Diameter, Wires
CTWD Material Wire Feed Speed Travel Speed
Shielding Gas Thickness in/min (M/min.) in/min (M/min.) Trim Volts Amps
1/4” (6.4 mm) 800 (20.3) 40 (1.0) 0.90 24 250
0.035” (0.9 mm) L-56 3/16” (4.8 mm) 780 (19.8) 50 (1.3) 0.90 23.2 240
5/8” (15.9 mm)
10 Ga. (3.2 mm) 740 (18.8) 70 (1.8) 0.90 23 240
90% Ar/10% CO
2 12 Ga. (2.4 mm) 700 (17.8) 80 (2.0) 0.85 21.7 233
14 Ga. (2.0 mm) 615 (15.6) 90 (2.3) 0.85 20.3 210
3 O’CLOCK LAP WELD
Diameter, Wires
CTWD Material Wire Feed Speed Travel Speed
Shielding Gas
Thickness
in/min
(M/min.)
in/min (M/min.) Trim Volts Amps
1/4”
(6.4 mm)
780
(19.8)
35-40
(0.9-1.0)
0.90
24.4
265
0.035” (0.9 mm) L-56 3/16” (4.8 mm) 780 (19.8) 50 (1.3) 0.90 24 245
5/8” (15.9 mm)
10 Ga. (3.2 mm) 650 (16.5) 50 (1.3) 0.90 23 220
90% Ar/10% CO
2 12 Ga. (2.4 mm) 650 (16.5) 60 (1.5) 0.90 23 221
14 Ga. (2.0 mm) 600 (15.2) 70 (1.8) 0.90 22.4 200
VERTICAL DOWN LAP WELD
f
or use with hard automation and robotic applications. It may be
a
pplied to semiautomatic applications, but the travel speeds will
be far less than those employed with automated applications.
Rapid Arc
®
Welding Guidelines
Welding Guidelines for Super Arc
®
L-56 solid wire.