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- Page 1 HTP MIG 130 Owner’s Manual HTP America, Inc • 3200 Nordic Road • Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4729 1-800-USA-WELD • 847-357-0700 • FAX: 847-357-0744 • www.usaweld.com...
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Page 2: Warranty
Manufacturer’s Warranty against defective materials or workmanship as follows: HTP America, Inc. warrants each new HTP Mig 130 to be free from defects in material and work- manship under normal use and service for three years after delivery to the original purchase. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Warranty ................2 Set the Wire Drive Tension..........16 Introduction................3 Installing Aluminium Wire ..........16 Safety Summary..............4 Change Polarity ..............16 Safety Information ............4 Operation ................18 Shock Hazards ..............5 Controls and Indicators ..........18 Flash Hazards ..............5 Power Switch ..............18 Fire Hazards................6 Voltage Selector............18 Fume Hazards..............7 Wire Speed Control............18... -
Page 4: Safety Summary
TABLE OF CONTENTS here, be alert to the possibility of personal SAFETY SUMMARY injury and carefully read the message that Every welder respects the tools with which follows. they work. They know that the tools repre- sent years of constantly improved designs This symbol indicates that the pos- and developments. -
Page 5: Shock Hazards
SHOCK HAZARD • Do not attempt to plug the welder into the power source if the ground prong on power cord plug is bent over, broken off, or missing. WARNING • Do not allow the welder to be connected to the power source or attempt to weld if the welder, welding cables, welding site, ELECTRIC SHOCK CAN KILL! To reduce the or welder power cord are exposed to any... -
Page 6: Fire Hazards
• Do not wear a cracked or broken contains oil, grease, or other flammable helmet and replace any cracked or broken substances. filter lenses IMMEDIATELY. • Do not wear flammable hair preparations. • Do not allow the uninsulated portion • Do not weld in an area until it is checked of the wire feed gun to touch the ground and cleared of combustible and/or flam-... -
Page 7: Fume Hazards
not tiled, carpeted, or made of any other can cause PHOSGENE, a HIGHLY TOXIC gas flammable material. to form, along with other lung and eye-irri- • Protect flammable walls, ceilings, and tating gasses. Do not weld or cut where floors with heat resistant covers or these solvent vapors can be drawn into the shields. -
Page 8: Additional Safety Information
• Do not use a cylinder or its contents for ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION anything other than its intended use. Do For additional information concerning weld- not use as a support or roller. ing safety, refer to the following standards • Do not locate cylinders in passageways or and comply with them as applicable. -
Page 9: Welder Specifications
Table 2. Duty Cycle Ratings WELDER SPECIFICATIONS DESCRIPTION Duty Maximum Required Cycle Welding Resting Your new MIG (GMAW) flux core (FCAW) wire Rating Time Time feed welder is designed for maintenance and sheet metal fabrication. The welder consists 2 minutes 8 minutes of a single-phase power transformer, stabiliz- 4 minutes... -
Page 10: Know Your Welder
Gun Cable Welding Ground Cable – The ground cable connects the ground clamp to the internal workings of Figure 1. Model HTP MIG 130 the welder. Welding Gun and Cable – The welding gun Handle – Rugged, top mounted handle controls the delivery of the welding wire to allows for easy transport of your welder. -
Page 11: Welder Installation
puddle. tacle and the welder power cord without the WELDER INSTALLATION use of adapters. Make certain that the extension is properly wired and in good electrical condi- POWER SOURCE CONNECTION tion. Extension cords must be a #12 gauge cord at the smallest. Do not use an extension cord POWER REQUIREMENTS over 25 ft. -
Page 12: Installing The Feet
tures available for MIG welding, the following recommendations are based on the electrical output characteristics and metal thickness capabilities of this specific MIG welder. Gas Selection For Steel Welding With Steel Wire For either mild or low carbon (High Strength Figure 2. -
Page 13: Check The Gas Flow
turing. Read, understand, and follow all the 1. Slowly crack open the cylinder valve, then COMPRESSED GASSES AND EQUIPMENT HAZ- turn open ALL THE WAY. ARDS in the SAFETY SUMMARY at the front of 2. Pull the trigger on the gun to allow the gas this manual. -
Page 14: Install The Welding Wire
Note: The drive roller has two wire size grooves leading end of the wire (it goes through a built into it. When installing the drive roller the hole in the outer edge of the spool and is number stamped on the drive roller for the bent over the spool edge to prevent the wire size you are using should be facing away wire from unspooling), BUT DO NOT... - Page 15 6. Once the drive brake hardware is installed, 14. Let go of the wire. set the spool tension. With one hand, turn 15. Connect the welder power cord to the ac the wire spool and continue turning it power source. Turn the welder ON by set- while adjusting the tension on the spool.
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Page 16: Set The Wire Drive Tension
SET THE WIRE DRIVE TENSION CHANGE POLARITY This welder allows you to change the welding WARNING current polarity. Select Straight Polarity for welding with Flux Core Wire (FCAW). Select Reverse Polarity for MIG welding (GMAW) when using mild steel, stainless steel or sili- To reduce the risk of arc flash, make certain con bronze wire. - Page 17 2. Attach the ground clamp to the work piece, making sure that it is cleaned of dirt, oil, rust, scale, oxidation, and paint at the point of connection. Note: It is best to connect the ground clamp directly to the work piece and as close to the weld as possible.
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Page 18: Operation
3. Hold the gun in one hand, allowing the OPERATION nozzle to rest on the edge of the workpiece Operation of this welder consists of selecting farthest away from you, and at an angle and adjusting operating controls for opti- similar to that which will be used when mum voltage (welding heat) and wire speed welding. -
Page 19: Holding The Gun
wire electrode (the welding wire) and the angle A is decreased, penetration will work piece. An inert shielding gas is used to decrease also. protect the weld puddle from contamination and enhance the welding capabilities of the electrical arc. Whether you have welded before or not, it is important that you become familiar with your new welder, its controls, and the results achieved at different settings. -
Page 20: Welding Techniques
operator to actually rest the nozzle on the For most welding jobs you will pull the work piece and drag it along while welding. gun along the weld joint to take advan- This can be very helpful to beginning welders tage of the greater weld puddle visibility. -
Page 21: Welding Positions
angle B (see HOLDING THE GUN - p.19) is such that the wire, and therefore the arc force, is directed more toward the metal above the weld joint. This is to help prevent the weld puddle from running downward while still allowing slow enough travel speed to achieve good penetration. -
Page 22: Multiple Pass Welding
sequence for laying multiple pass beads into a single V butt joint. WARNING NOTE: WHEN USING SELF-SHIELDING FLUX- CORE WIRE it is very important to thoroughly chip and brush the slag off each completed weld bead before making another pass or the Hot slag can cause fires and serious injury next pass will be of poor quality. -
Page 23: Special Welding Methods
SPECIAL WELDING METHODS the top piece of metal and the arc is direct- ed through the hole to penetrate into the SPOT WELDING bottom piece. The puddle is allowed to fill up the hole leaving a spot weld that is The purpose of a spot weld is to join pieces of smooth and flush with the surface of the metal together with a spot of weld instead of... -
Page 24: Maintenance
Always use a contact tip stamped with the MAINTENANCE same diameter as the wire it will be used with. GENERAL Note: Due to inherent variances in flux-cored This welder has been engineered to give many years of trouble-free service providing welding wire, it may be necessary to use a contact tip one size larger than your flux core that a few very simple steps are taken to... -
Page 25: Testing For A Shorted Nozzle
Failure to keep the nozzle adequately cleaned out in front of unit. can result in the following problems: 6. Remove gun liner holding clamp by A SHORTED nozzle results when spatter removing two self tapping screws and buildup bridges the insulation in the nozzle, two screws M4. -
Page 26: Preventive Maintenance
18. Using wire cutters, trim the new gun liner to approximately 3/16 inch beyond the edge of the Cable Holding Clamp. ( The goal is to make sure that the end of the gun liner will be visible after the Cable Holding Clamp is assembled. - Page 27 TABLE 4 – TROUBLESHOOTING POSSIBLE CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY TROUBLE Dirty, porous, brittle weld 1. Plugged welding nozzle 1. Clean or replace nozzle. 2. No shielding gas 2. Tank empty, flow restricted or regulator set too low. 3. Wrong type of gas 3.
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Page 28: Parts List
WIRE FEED WELDER PARTS LIST 21690175 FRONT PLASTIC TRIM 22710044 P.C.BOARD 04600141 WIRE FEED MOTOR 22210014 THERMOSTAT 100° 10A 22400021 RECTIFIER 04600054 FAN & FAN MOTOR ASSY. 110V 05000160 BACK PANEL + LABELS 05000159 FRONT PANEL W/SCREEN 04600333 WIRE FEED KNOB 05000162 UPPER PANEL W/SCREEN + LABEL 21690176... - Page 30 WIRE FEED WELDER GUN PARTS LIST 04600198 HANDLE ASSY., BLACK 23005091 SWAN NECK LINER 23005096 GAS DIFFUSER 23005095 RETAINER SPRING 15023 .023 CONTACT TIP 15030 .030 CONTACT TIP 15035 .035 CONTACT TIP 15105 CONICAL GAS NOZZLE 21200010 FAST-ON CONTACT 33800032 TORCH CONTACT SPRING 23005254 STEEL LINER1.4X4BLUE L=2,2 W/END FITTING...
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Page 32: Wiring Diagram
WIRING DIAGRAM... -
Page 33: Suggested Settings
SUGGESTED SETTINGS... - Page 34 NOTES...
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I have a MiG 130R gasless femerol welder . When I get the wire to feed I can't get it to ark when I get it to arch the wire won't feed.