The intent is solely to keep hot sparks from entering the dust collector where they may cause a fire. the idea is simply if you can knock the spark out of the flow, it loses most of it's fuel as well as it's momentum. Then by the time it makes it to the dust collector it has cooled down below...
My company is getting ready to install a new Laser just after the first of the year. After paying $1500 for our first spark arrestor and recieving little more than a box with some baffles in it, I have been charged with building the spark arrestor for the new filtration system. I would like to...
Thank you both for the input ,it is greatly appreciated! After a few hours of actual testing i've had the best luck with 1-2 cm/sec welding speed and 80amp/120 volts. However these settings burn through right at the end of the weld/edge of the part, so I'm going to try to speed it up the last...
Hello and thank You in advance! I have been charged with setting up and programming an old GE P-50 welding robot to Mig weld .060" and .080" aluminium. I am using .035 aluminium wire and a Miller deltaweld 450 welder. I have done a fair amount of laser welding in the past but am not very...