AUTO-ENERGY SAVER FOR ELECTRIC ARC

WELDING MACHINE

SYNOPSIS

Saving of energy is presently one of the most vital objectives of modern

science because of the limited resource of fossil fuel, which is likely to be
exhausted within few years. Our country is facing acute shortage of energy. An
energy saving circuit has been designed to switch off any welding machine
during its idle period and switch it on to resume the welding process as soon as
welding rod touches the job.

In many large industries the welding sets are permanently kept switched
on due to frequency of operation. During the non use period the welding set
consumes power, which is at a lower level compared to the power consumed
when welding operation is going on. However the power consumed during this
time is quite substantial and this energy can be saved only by switching off the
set manually. Since this is not a practical proposition, the sets are permanently
kept switched on.

In this project the operator need to only touch the electrode to the job to
continue welding and the electronic unit automatically switches on the welding
set by providing coil supply to the contactor, so that welding operation can be
carried on.

The special feature of the project is that while it is connected with the
welding machine, the welder will not feel any difference and need not switch
on/off any device repeatedly for activation or deactivation of the energy saver.
ADVANTAGES:

 Instant restart of welding by auto-turn on

 Reduced power bills

 Lesser payback period

 Better transformer life

 Easy installation with any existing machines

APPLICATIONS:

 Manufacturing Industries

 Ship Building Industries

 Workshops & Service stations

 Automobile Manufacturing

 Locomotive Industries

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