what's up guys it's jeff fray feature guest host here with well.com and on today's episode
we're going to be setting up this alpha tig 203
x i with the rapid set function from ahp welding systems so let's get at it
what sets this machine apart from the other tig machines available on the market is the rapid set
function what that means is i can actually input the ac or dc parameters as well as my material
work piece thickness and my tungsten diameter and the machine will actually set the amperage for me
you can actually fine tune the amperages with a dial to suit your needs whether conditions or
welding positions apply let's go through some of the things that come in the box with the ahp alpha
tig 203 x i with the rapid set a nova foot pedal a finger switch a single regulator an argon hose
air cooled tig torch with a swivel head a stinger tig torch consumables and a ground clamp if you
want to weld on a lower 120 circuit you just plug this adapter in there's nothing you need
to do physically on the machine to tell it that it's operating on this circuit when operating on
a 120 circuit your output will be greatly reduced and i've already hooked up the argon so now we're
ready to hook up the rest of the stuff i've got my nova foot pedal here which i like to start
with first the threaded part being the hardest piece to connect so i like to start with that
so those other pieces aren't in my way then we have our torch it's directed to hook all the
leads up in the negative side for welding the tig torch polarity should always be negative
even in ac mode then the gas it snaps in quick connect has become pretty universal across the
machines now with this quick connect fitting for the argon and now the ground flick it on the back
right off rip first thing i notice the display super bright easy to read and interpret even in
the brightest of light everything is pretty intuitive and easy to understand as well
on this display there's a cooler plug equipped on the back of the machine that allows the customers
to utilize the ahp cooler or a similar cooler that operates on a 240 volt supply the duty
cycle on this machine is 60 at 200 amps on the tig function and on stick it's 35 at 180 amps
now that we've got everything hooked up to the machine we're ready to set up our weld parameters
make a couple of welds we're going to be welding on some carbon steel today
so we're going to use the top button here and scroll down to the dc tig function we're also
going to be utilizing the rapid set function but first we're going to set our pre and post flow
as well as you can set your start and your slope amps the tig start button controls how the arc is
initiated we have it set on high freq tick start right there it has the lift start so we're going
to leave it on the high frequency start as well as the remote switch controls from the pedal 2t to 4t
this arrow here is going to jog from the amperage to those settings so right now it controls the
amperage click it once it goes to our pre-flow we've got that set at one second post flow
turn that up to about four seconds now come over here to hit the rapid set function we're gonna
put in our tungsten size this arrow operates this side this arrow is going to operate the material
thickness side we're going to be utilizing the e3 332 tungsten so i inputted 332 on my tungsten size
it does say that the blue two percent lantharated tungsten works best with this machine but
i don't have any of that we're gonna be utilizing the e3 today and the material thickness we're
gonna set at a quarter inch we're all set up ready to make a weld now we're going to be welding this
two by two by quarter inch thick square tube on the rapid set function we've set it with our 332
tungsten electrode as well as the quarter inch base material it set us at 175 amps pretty hot
if you ask me but we're going to go ahead and make the weld give her a shot see how she welds
well that awesome it was really hot glove got a little toasted there
especially for an air cooled torch you could probably use a water cooler
if you're going to be running this hot all the time so you don't cook your lead but really nice
weld actually it wasn't too hot for the material thickness and everything so actually the rapid
set function worked really well i want to demo the stick function of this machine with a rapid
set function as well so i'm going to go ahead hook my stinger up stick welding support 6011
and 70 18 in rapid set mode if using 7014 select 6013 mode dc stick rapid set
click through it'll go through all the rod sizes through the rod type
until we get to 70 18 8 inch material thickness quarter inch it's saying 125 amps so
we'll go with that we got some 70 18 8 inch electrode right here get it going
made it through the world went pretty well toward the end there got a little sporadic i don't know
what was going on i think this rod may be a little older than i think but most of the slag's already
flaking off there i probably could have weaved it to fill the gap up a little more but other than
that for the rapid set function it did exactly what it needed to do burned in there real nice
not super hot didn't cook the slag on there didn't have to beat it off or anything special or take a
grinder to it that wraps it up for today's video on the alpha tig 203 xi with rapid set by ahp
it was a great machine we went through what comes in the box the setup of the machine and we went
through the rapid set function not only with the stick process but exclusively in the tig process
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