Cycle timer

Cycle timer is a welding function that automatically produces a single weld or multiple welds of predefined duration with a press of the welding gun trigger. For example, this can be used to maintain weld consistency when creating a single weld (A) or an intermittent weld (B), or to easily create clean tack welds with low heat input.

>>  To take Cycle timer in use, go to the Welding parameters view and set Cycle timer to ON.

>>  Once Cycle timer is turned on, the Cycle arc time (the duration of the weld) can be adjusted.

When only the Cycle arc time is set, only one single weld is created. The intermittent weld feature is enabled by setting also the Cycle pause time.

>>  To turn the Cycle timer's intermittent weld feature on, go to the Welding parameters view and set Cycle timer to ON, set also Cycle pause to ON and adjust the Cycle pause time (the pause duration before the next weld).

With Cycle timer, the weld start and stop features such as pre gas, post gas, upslope, hot start, creep start and crater fill, are available for adjustment according to the selected welding process. Note that using these features with Cycle timer also has an effect on the actual weld duration and that the Cycle arc time setting does not include these.