Hey,
I recently bought a new CIGWELD BlueVenom xf252 with PulseMate, specifically for spray/pulse spray transfer on thick (over 10mm) steel and double pulse for aluminium (obviously just pure argon for Al). I know the usual recommendation for spray transfer gas is 90/10 Ar/CO2 or even 98/2 AR/O2 (or Ar/CO2), I believe anything greater than 80ish% Argon is required for Spray.
I had managed to get my little UNIMIG (xcelarc)165 viper to spray maxed out with BOC argoshield universal cut about 1 part to 2 parts pure argon, it just managed it but tended to trip a 20A breaker while doing so, it was just to see if it could be done
. After my experience with the little viper I was pretty sure I would need to move to a higher concentration argon mix but have found the Argoshild universal to work really well so far with my new xf252.
Does anyone have any experience with Argosheild universal and spray transfer? It seems to be working well so far and I can still use it for short circuit and my other machines so its great having only one MIG bottle. Would there be any benefit in moving to one of the more common spray mixes such as 90/10 or 98/2? Also is there any down sides to using a tri mix with spray rather than an Ar/CO2 mix? I was potentially looking at Argoshield light, ArgoSheild FCW, Stainsheild MIG or Specsheild Multi but they only comes in D or G (D=2m3 G=10m3) bottles, I have the argo universal in a VIPRE (10m3) which is easier to move and handle for me, though I have three other gases in G bottles so its not a deal breaker but to do prefer the VIPRE form factor.
If any one has experience with spray/pulse spray MIG with any of the above (or any other for that matter) gases, could you please sure your experience with them, not a huge amount of info on the nitty gritty of spray out there, especially comparing and contrasting different setups.
I have one other gas question related to TIG, if any one has experience using any of the Argon/Hydrogen TIG mixes. I currently have a large bottle of helium that I use to boost my little TIG welders out put for thicker stuff, this has worked pretty well so far for me. While it works well helium is not cheap so I was interested in the argon/hydrogen TIG mixes. Are they only able to be used on stainless? or can they be used on mild steel and aluminum as well? Also I imagine that hydrogen would improve the performance of a purge gas as it would act as a reducer/scavenger, I am quite happy with pure argon as a back purge gas but if the Ar/H mix is the same price would it hurt to use it for purging? Also have a new heat treat oven on the way that I will be hooking up to argon for shielding, would the Ar/H mix be ok in a heat treat oven or just stick to pure Ar. Side note, I pay less for argon than nitrogen so I plan on using it rather than N2 for the purge gas for the oven.
Cheers everyone, I can't wait to see what the hive mind comes up with Also sorry for the wall of text, thought it was probably helpful to have more than less info.
I recently bought a new CIGWELD BlueVenom xf252 with PulseMate, specifically for spray/pulse spray transfer on thick (over 10mm) steel and double pulse for aluminium (obviously just pure argon for Al). I know the usual recommendation for spray transfer gas is 90/10 Ar/CO2 or even 98/2 AR/O2 (or Ar/CO2), I believe anything greater than 80ish% Argon is required for Spray.
I had managed to get my little UNIMIG (xcelarc)165 viper to spray maxed out with BOC argoshield universal cut about 1 part to 2 parts pure argon, it just managed it but tended to trip a 20A breaker while doing so, it was just to see if it could be done
. After my experience with the little viper I was pretty sure I would need to move to a higher concentration argon mix but have found the Argoshild universal to work really well so far with my new xf252.Does anyone have any experience with Argosheild universal and spray transfer? It seems to be working well so far and I can still use it for short circuit and my other machines so its great having only one MIG bottle. Would there be any benefit in moving to one of the more common spray mixes such as 90/10 or 98/2? Also is there any down sides to using a tri mix with spray rather than an Ar/CO2 mix? I was potentially looking at Argoshield light, ArgoSheild FCW, Stainsheild MIG or Specsheild Multi but they only comes in D or G (D=2m3 G=10m3) bottles, I have the argo universal in a VIPRE (10m3) which is easier to move and handle for me, though I have three other gases in G bottles so its not a deal breaker but to do prefer the VIPRE form factor.
If any one has experience with spray/pulse spray MIG with any of the above (or any other for that matter) gases, could you please sure your experience with them, not a huge amount of info on the nitty gritty of spray out there, especially comparing and contrasting different setups.
I have one other gas question related to TIG, if any one has experience using any of the Argon/Hydrogen TIG mixes. I currently have a large bottle of helium that I use to boost my little TIG welders out put for thicker stuff, this has worked pretty well so far for me. While it works well helium is not cheap so I was interested in the argon/hydrogen TIG mixes. Are they only able to be used on stainless? or can they be used on mild steel and aluminum as well? Also I imagine that hydrogen would improve the performance of a purge gas as it would act as a reducer/scavenger, I am quite happy with pure argon as a back purge gas but if the Ar/H mix is the same price would it hurt to use it for purging? Also have a new heat treat oven on the way that I will be hooking up to argon for shielding, would the Ar/H mix be ok in a heat treat oven or just stick to pure Ar. Side note, I pay less for argon than nitrogen so I plan on using it rather than N2 for the purge gas for the oven.
Cheers everyone, I can't wait to see what the hive mind comes up with
Also sorry for the wall of text, thought it was probably helpful to have more than less info.
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