Spot welding circuit diagram. The arms of 10mm copper plates. Like most diy spot welders this uses 4awg wire wrapped around a microwave transformer. New arms and electrodes was constructed. A high power inverter spot welding power supply with 20khz switching frequency is developed.
Nov 24 2015 tig schematics and components st500f1200 30ee replaced with steel rod sfernice rssd 30x250 12ohms 5 saturable reactor with spike suppressor lect 50ohms saturable reactor with capacitor revised schem with saturable reactor igbt 50amp 1200vbsm50gb120dn1 igbt 50amp 1200vbsm50gb120dn1 two 3300uf 400v capacitor pot 1k. The welding machine may have a high frequency circuit if this high frequency generation stops oscillating may also result in blowing off the devicesso i think the driver oscillator section of the machine may be malfunctioning and blowing the devices or another reason may be the tank circuit which is responsible for generating the high power output could be damaged most probably its. Test electrodes during construction was too thin 8mm and the arms too short to access the inside of the boxes. This is a quick write up on the spot welder that i built.
I found all the parts i needed in my shop. Michael paley 1032246 views. Spot welding or resistance spot welding is a type of electric resistance welding used to weld various sheet metal products through a process in which contacting metal surface points are joined by the heat obtained from resistance to electric current. Michael paley 1008620 views.
The simple circuit diagram. The process uses two shaped copper alloy electrodes to concentrate welding current into a small spot and to simultaneously clamp the sheets. How to make spot welder machine with power control. In modern spot welding machines the pressure can be applied pneumatically or hydraulically or a combination of both and can be accurately controlled.
Diy microwave spotwelder with control circuit. Secondary rectification uses a full wave rectifying circuit of single coil and double inductors double. How to make spot welder machine with power control. Anyone can build this simple to use light duty spot welder.
Homemade spot welder diy. 200mm long 12mm copper rod a 3 purchased at hardware store. I looked at some other plans on the internet but they all seemed to require something i didnt already have.