Watteredge, Inc.

Watteredge, Inc.

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Alternate Polarity Water Cooled Cables

Watteredge's advanced design in Alternate Polarity Welding Cables combines the low reactance feature of an alternate polarity cross-section with a truly unique connection at the terminal end. The result is a high performance, long lasting, welding cable suitable for the high standards of the automotive and resistance welding industries

The positive and negative ropes are positioned alternately throughout the cable and also at the connection point. This produces the lowest possible inductive reactance. Each individual strand of the cable has it’s own swaged on copper mini-lug. The mini-lugs are then soldered to the inside end of the terminal. Each terminal half is machined from high conductivity copper forging with a cross-section exceeding the MCM rating of the cable. The arrangement provides excellent conductivity.

Features include:

  • “Star” separator maintains strand positioning and equally distributes cooling water flow.
  • Electrolytic tough pitch annealed, bare copper wire, 30 AWG, herringbone rope construction for greater flexibility and reduced wear points.
  • High temperature internal and external restraining collars to minimize stress in the bending area.
  • Lowest inductive reactance to produce over all lower transformer KVA demand with greatest overall cable life expectancy.

Technical Specifications for Kickless Cables

Special diameter bolt holes furnished upon request.
Special terminals for all sizes upon request. All water inlets 1/4” NPT.

Proper Kickless Cable Installation Methods

  • Always connect the water inlet to the gun-end of the cable.
  • The cable coolant system should be connected independently to the feed and drain manifolds.
  • Use both water inlets and outlets where possible. If a combination of one (1) inlet and two (2) outlets or two (2) inlets and one (1) outlet is used, a 20% reduction in water flow will result. If only one (1) inlet and one (1) outlet are used, a 31.5% drop will result.
  • Cables should be installed to allow all bend radii to be as large as possible. Unnecessary bends should not be permitted.
  • The cable terminal should intersect the transformer buss vertically, allowing the cable to hang straight down.
  • Transformers should be installed as near to the weld station as possible, permitting a cable length as short as practical.
  • A lack of sufficient water will result in reduced cable life.

The above data represents the total series-resistance per ft. of both conductors of the cable.

Options:

  • Bare or Silver plated terminals
  • Several Standard Hose Options: High Flex & High Abrasion
  • Fork Terminals for 500 and 650 Sizes
  • Strain Relief Ends

Application/Industries (Typical):

  • Resistance Welding
  • Induction Heating/Furnaces
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