Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Welder Duty Cycle Calculations, and Thermal Stress

A Welders duty cycle rating is an assigned figure of merit for sustainability of output current. It is expressed as a percentage of weld time over a 10 minute period (where 100% Weld On time equals 10 minutes) at a given output current. A formula for calculating the Weld Output Current at different Duty Cycles is shown. Read more ...