Peter Zila master aluminum welder is back to show Klay some more aluminum welding this time with MIG! Listen up and take in the knowledge Peter has to offer! #instawelder #weldernation #aluminumwelding #southcoastweldingacademy #weldtube
I use the exact setup you mentioned every day, and the weld are far superior to anything in this video. Hard to beat Millers profile pulse for beautiful welds!
@@matthewkubik3874 And I hear ya there brother ive got a couple hundred thousand feet under my belt with that rig. Do you hear the hotstart and ramp down in your sleep yet? LMAO
@@powerstroke0459 I too have this setup and am wording if you would have any tips on reducing porosity In the welds? Running synergic pulse with an arc L. Of 46 and a wfs of 410. Argon at 35.
miller 350p is a very well proven and very powerful single pulse machine ! This one here has a few bells and whistles that the miller does not have. And you may or may not need them depends on what you do.
that works really well if it is just "regal spray arc mig" but in this pulse program it is specifically made for 100% argon .... bad things happen if you use helium blends
arc length is too long, if you trim it shorter then other pulse parameters are out of spec .... look for yourself ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o3DG0IPZxr4.html
@@michaelr6392 according to everlast you can not use 75%ar 25%co2 for any pulse welding with the 253DPi.... for aluminum you pretty much always have to use 100% argon
@@michaelr6392 the machine you are looking at will allow you to pass an I-CAR aluminum weld test. how good it will weld for you in real life that is another story. I know Jaguar and landrover have double pulse requirement but I am not sure that you can adjust the machine according ly. what will really help you that in the collision repair industry pretty much no one makes a weld longer than 2 inch on aluminum and then lets it cool down to room temp before making another weld .... as you are able to keep the temperature of your material consistent - you don't necessarily need a remote control. So in that case you are good - if you would be welding on boats or any soft of aluminum trailers ... different story .... I welded with that machine 035 Alu wire 4043 on material that is .040" 1mm thick (or thin) and it did pretty good ... now for I car you have to do that with 3/64. 1.2 mm wire 5554 alloy .... I have not tried that so I cant tell you how pretty it is - I know that guys have passed the test. I guess do your research, try to get some arc time - talk to a guy who uses it in real life for an application similar or identical to what you are doing and determine if the machine is right for you. - if it is buy it - if it is not - dont ... the arc dynamic on that pp300 here is better and the double pulse is much easier to set up .... you can find videos on my channel in detail on all of that - BUT the pp300 is more than twice the $ than the max one you are looking at ... and if you think that the 253 is good enough for what you do - there you go - there is your answer .... I cant tell you what you need or what you should buy ... I have never been to your shop, I dont know exactly what you are planing on doing ... at the end of the day only you can decided what you want to spend your money on .... and in the end hopefully whatever you do - it all works out for you.
sure, what do you want to know ? for material thickness up to and including 3/16 use 035 wire with pulse ... you can use it for 1/4" also if you weld 1/4 and up use 3/64 wire without pulse because you need all the heat you can get .... the 3/64 wire programs in the pp200 do not have hot start or crater fill - go buy a slider that is the best $180 you have ever spend !!!! what other aluminum tip are you looking for ?
@@ZILAwelds I'm just learning the aluminum with the pro pulse 200 do you happen to have a good RU-vid video I'm looking for basic general settings and functions. Thank you
Kyle Brennan you don’t need pulse to run aluminum. The only problem with aluminum is that it’s so soft that generally it’s used with a spool gun to shorten the length of wire going through the machine, unless you have a push/pull machine, where the machine pushes, and the gun pulls. I have a spool gun for my ESAB emp 215, and it works very well, without pulse.
@@kylebrennan7333 there is a limit to how thin you can weld aluminum mig without pulse. physics dictate what that limit is .... aluminum (depending on the alloy) melts at around 1200-1250 F. to completely break through the oxide layer on top of the aluminum you need at least 2800F often as much as 3800F ..... so that being said aluminum has to be welded in a spray transfer - just a hissing, no crackling no bacon frying sound (that is short circuit ). In order to maintain a spray arc you need a certain amount of heat (certain machine settings) .... and those settings are so hot that even with good technique on your end the lower limit on what is weldable is about 1/8". and of course some guy is going to comment and say he can weld material as thin as 0.100" because he is so good. and that is fine but you get the point ..... If you dial the welder down any further and lower the setting you will not have enough power to reliably penetrate though the oxide layer ... what that will do is - it will give you weld defects. In complete penetration. Will you be able to make two pieces stick together ? Yes - will it be a good and strong weld ? with the joint be leak tight? most likely - not depending on how thin your material is. - it for sure won't be good .... so in order to be able to weld thinner material you need pulse. what is pulse? simplified - an interrupted (pulsed) spray arc. It gives you the heat of a spray arc (to break though the oxide layer) but without a crazy amount of addition of very hot material that just burns holes in everything) ..... so on the low end. - pulse is an absolute must have. On thicker material pulse helps with heat input and controlling warpage and distortion - but it is not necessarily a must have .....
ZILA thats not really true. You simply don’t need pulse for aluminum. Is it better? Well, yes, it can be, but that’s true for most welding, specifically stainless in TIG. But it isn’t needed. You’re making it seem as though the hundreds of millions of aluminum welds made over the past 70 years before pulse were all bad. To break through the oxide layer we use around 70/30 for TIG, and that works just fine without pulse. MIG manages it just fine as is. If you need a bit more heat for thicker aluminum, use an argon helium mix. I’ve welded aluminum that way since 1973 without any problems.
I Use the Hobart maxalmig 4943 comes in a 22 lb roll 3/64 diameter. But I know hobart makes it in a 2 lb spool as well in smaller diameter. It is stiffer so it feeds like 5356 but weld clean like 4043. Really smooth arc. All the big aluminum fab shops I know in our area use it religiously. Should be able to find it at any weld supply store.
