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No just a simple machine,a welding solution

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The CITOWAVE II embodies a new generation

of welding machines ultra moder design and ,

entirely adaptable to your needs. Through its

smart design, its color screen and its innovative

communication interfaces, using the most recent

technologic breakthroughs and positions itself at

the cutting edge of the welding techniques.

Integrating sophisticated functionalities of tuning

and control, the CITOWAVE II is much more

than a simple machine, it is a welding solution.

With our reseachers and engineers, the customer

interest remains at the core of the conception

and the development in order to achieve a very

well thought-out machine, with reliability quality

and performance been paramount. Without any

doubt, it is the result of an expert team who has

a strong knowledge within the field of welding.

Present in the welding sector since 1909, our

experience and expertise allow us to be one of

the leaders and propose solutions always more

innovating for the customer satisfaction. With the

CITOWAVE II, opt for the know-how, opt for the

performance.

Miguel Angel SisamonEquipment & Automation

BU Director

MAIN ADVANTAGES• Outstanding welding performances

• Large colour screen for easy and precise setting

• Traceability of the welding parameters

• Customization of the synergic curves

• User Management and locking mode

• Monitoring with USB, Ethernet

• Simple automation

APPLICATIONS• MIG/MAG

- Flux Cored Wire - Solid Wire- Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel- Aluminium and special wire- Ø : from 0.6 to 1.6 mm

• MMA

• TIG Lift (by trigger)

• Gouging: up to 8 mm

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CITOWAVE II

On the current economic context, companies musthave resources to adapt themselves quickly and remaincompetitive. The CITOWAVE II is one of thoseresources: reliable, performing and versatile, it willensure the success that your company deserves.

Digital precision

Entirely digitalized, the CITOWAVE IIprovides more than 200 synergic curvesdeveloped by our engineers that ensure youan outstanding welding for a wide range ofcombinations of material, diameter, gas.

Want more freedom ?

For really specific application cases, you canexit the synergic mode for a total freedom intuning the welding parameters. Wire speed,Arc voltage, dynamism, striking parameters,you control in detail to obtain a perfect weld.

Entirely customizable

The CITOWAVE II offers the possibility torealize yourselves up to 50 customizablesynergic curves. At least a machine whichcompletely suits to your needs!

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The respect of norms and qualifi-cations are increasingly presentin the welding sector. Aware of thisconstraints, our products are evolvingand give you the best tools to tacklethese. With the automatic or manualsetting of the torch calibration, therespect of the norms are within yourreach.

Norms respect

Optimal quality

Latest innovation of our pole of expertise,ensuring the Control Process giving youoptimal welding quality:

Setting yourselves the control thresholds of the welding parameters not to be exceeded,and you are warned in real time as soon as afault is detected.

Thus, you avoid the destruction of pieces andassure a total respect of your WPQR.

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CITOWAVE IIPower source 420 520

Main primary power supply50/60 Hz 400 V (-20% / +15%)

Max primary consumption 28,1 A 36,3 A

Power factor at max current 0,89 0,91

Efficiency at max current 0,89 0,88

Duty Cycle (10 min cycle at 40 °C)

60% 420 A 500 A

100% 350 A 450 A

Duty Cycle (10 min cycle at 25 °C)

100% 420 A 500 A

Current range MIG/MAG 20 A - 420 A 20 A - 500 A

Weight 37 kg

Dimensions (Lxlxh) 738 x 273 x 521 mm

The new power sources CITOWAVE II, provide a perfectmastery of the current delivery - up to 500 A - whilstmaintaining a very high duty cycle.

CITOWAVE II comes with EN 1090certified welding programs for various typesof applications.

Respecting them: you get directlythe certification and saving the cost ofWPQR.

CITOWAVE II is equipped with a large colour screen that allows very simplesetting with extremely precise control of the welding cycle: 2T/4T, Pregas, Hot/SoftStart, downslope, crater filler, burn back, post retract spray to ease the striking…Everything is under control, and if you have any doubt, the embedded help is thereto assist you !

Experience the future

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Advanced SeQuencer - ASQ

Sequencing the two welding steps of the heatingand cooling regime in order to limit the temperatureof the molten pool to ensure a perfect weld withvery little finishing and reduced distortion.

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High Penetration Speed - HPS

HPS is a spray arc transfer type with low energy input.

The principle of electronic regulation allows focusingthe arc to achieve a high penetration whilst ensuringa high deposit.

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CITOWAVE II provides a full range of processes for all your applications :

Applications

Main strength

Advantages

Soft Silence Pulse

All material.

Stainless Steel.

Better wetting thanPulse. 50% reduction of thearc noise.

Spray Modal

Aluminium.

Alu not prepared.

Porosity reduction.Improvement ofpenetration.

Pulse

All material.

Thin material.

Universal for allpositions.No spatter.

Speed Short Arc

Carbon Steel.Stainless Steel.

Root pass.

Avoids the globular zoneextending the Short Arcfunctioning zone.Fast speed.Reduced distortions.

High Penetration Speed

Carbon Steel.

Filing passes.

High penetration.Long stick out.Less preparation.

Advanced SeQuencer

All material.

Vertically up position.Thin material.

Low energy.Nice TIG aspect.Vertically up positionin direct tracing.

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The language remains criticalto understand and use the fullpotential of welding equipments.This is why the CITOWAVE II issettable in more than 20 languages,

including Russianand Chinese.

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Exclusiveto the market

Up to 50 m air harnesses

Warranty your produc

Discover the cloning...

This new feature “the cloning” allows you to keepand duplicate an exact backup of your installations.

Ensuring those unforeseen circumstances can bedealt with mainting your production.

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Productivity above all

The all new features of counters and thresholdsalert you directly as soon as the bobbin runsout or a replacement of wear parts is required,so you can track the using time of yourinstallations.

In addition, CITOWAVE II memorises andgives you access to the log of your productionso you can constantly assess and improve yourprocedures where relevant.

And for even more productivity, CITOWAVE IIis equipped in serial with a standardcommunication interface for simple automation.

Your productivity and your yieldare at the core of our concerns.

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3 of fullwarranty

Because we aresure of our

product quality.

This is why we are striving in designing and building a reliable and quality weldinginstallation. Our commitment of this ethos is a three year guarantee on theDIGIWAVE II installations and make every effort to facilitate ease of maintenance.

tivity

For all the conditions

Robust, CITOWAVE II fits particularly well in anyenvironment in which you use it, thanks to its widemains input tolerance (-20% / +15%) and temperature(-10 °C / +55 °C) and its optimal protectionagainst metallic dust.

Designed to ensure the best performance even with apower generator. The CITOWAVE II meets industrystandards IP 23S for uses indoors or outdoors.

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An extended service life comes above allfrom the quality of the components andinnovative technologies. This is why theCITOWAVE II’s inverter has the new softswitching technology that causes a quasizero constraint on the components.

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Technology at your Service

User Management

Proof of a true knowledge of your business, the CITOWAVE IIwas designed to allow managing users with 3 distinctprofiles. The objective:

• To ease the welder’s tasks with quick and easyaccess to its usual welding programs.

• To allow the technician to select the bestparameters for each weld and assign tasks tohis/her team.

• To give a restricted access to the administrator tothe most elaborated functions of the installation.

Many possibilities are available to you:

• Up to 20 different users per power source

• Password protection

• Limitations on setting ranges

• Assignment of program lists

• Management of access rights

• Profile recognition by USB key

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Analyzing the characterisitcs of your welds from your computer, transferingwelding programs form one machine to another, managing user profiles raise yourinterest? Thanks to its advanced connectivity, CITOWAVE II offers a impressivenumber of applications, enhancing service and performance.

Simple and useful archiving of welding

In order to control precisely the quality of your welds,you have access to traceability reports containingrelevant and useful welding parameters for yourchecking:• Ongoing program • Wire speed• Welding voltage • Welding duration

and current • Wire feeder motor current

Connectivity& Monitoring

OERLIKON intends to be a major player inthe digital revolution that is currently

encountered in industry. With CITOWAVE IIa new step has been reached:

Maximum connectivity• Compatibility USB 2.0 / Ethernet

• Import/Export of welding programs andcustomised synergic curves from onemachine to another.

A successful monitoring• IP address assignment

• Remote monitoring of networked machines• Centralized software updating of the installation

Even at the end of the world, you keep the control ofyour installations and you are never caught off guard.

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Directly exportable on USB, these reports indicatethe date, time and connected user during the welding.

It has never been easier to monitor and assess thequality of the welding in respect of WPQR's.

CITOWAVE II 420 35 W

CITOWAVE II 520 38 W

IDLE power consumption

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Program managementCITOWAVE II can memorize up to100 welding programs to ensure aperfect reproducibility of your welds.

And for complex parts, the necessaryprograms can be grouped into a listand be chained with the trigger duringwelding for quick and easy access.

Energy efficiencyThe importance of energysavings have been thought down tothe smallest details:

• Automatic start up of the watercooler and ventillation

• Adjustable standby delay ofthe colour screen

• You consume only what youreally need.

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Opt for the high-end range

Successful welding is an efficient power source, but is above all an ergonomicinstallation that ensures the welder good operating conditions. At OERLIKON, comfort and safety of the welder are key components: extra flexibletorches, light and portable wire feeder, fume extraction...

MMA& GougingWith the fast connectionfor the MMA process orgouging, you getoutstanding results..

All new Expert wire feeder DMU W500,improved features:

Push-Pull torchWith the universal plug,the connection of the push-pullsystem is simple and fast to obtainexcellent results for aluminiumapplications and small diameterswires.

Remote controlTo give more flexibility, the remote

control RCJOB II, allowsremotely adjustment of the same parameters

in the same way as the wirefeeder.

Double wire feederGround The CITOWAVE II can handle two

wire feeders for heterogeneousapplications:

• Flux Cored Wires.• Solid Wires.

• Steels.

High visibility displayThe brightness and contrast ofthe screen have been higlightedfor better readability in any lightand from all angles.

Suspension

Flexibility

90°

180°Big wheels trolley

The whole installation has been designed to make work more comfortable whilemaintaining productivity and safety.

Light and easy to carry, the Expert wirefeeder helps you in the most diffuclt tasks.

Particularly robust,the Expert wire feederis protected by a fullymetallic body for lastingdurability.

DIGITORCH 2, ergonomics specificallydeveloped for high-end applications:

• The screen displays and allowsadjustments in real time of thecurrent, wire speed and programnumber giving precise controlof the weld.

• With a ball knuckle andthe ultra flexible harnessesproviding you with goodcomfortable grip fordecreasing strainincreasing productivity.

DMU W500Weight 16 kg

Dimensions (l x b x h) 603 x 262 x 446 mm

Motor rollers 4

Wire diameter range 0.6 to 1.6 mm

Wire speed range 0-25 m/min

Spool diameter 300 mm

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OERLIKON providesintegral solutions for fume extraction:

• suction torches and stems,

• capture units,

• high depression plants,

• adapted trolleys.

More information on: www.oerlikon-welding.com

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Highly versatile machine

The modular concept of CITOWAVE II allows you to build the perfectconfiguration for your most demanding requirements.

From offshore & shipbuilding to boiler makers, train production andsmall workshop.

Highly versatile, the wide possibilities of the CITOWAVE II usesand applications to fit exactly your needs.

Customer testimony: COMELF

COMELF aims to get the permanentstatus of approved supplier both formajor companies producing equipment/tools for power engineering industry, aswell as for the main companies producingearth-moving machines, which are activeon the European and world market.

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COMELF has tested the CITOWAVE II and they said: We did not have any problems while using the equipment in our

welding operations and the welder that used the CITOWAVE II isvery satisfied by parameters adjustment capabilities, possibility tofine tune the welding parameters and in particular by crater fillerfunction. In conclusion: CITOWAVE II is a robust equipment, easyto understand by young generation of welders.

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Examples of configuration

CITOWAVE II 420 airDMU W50010 m long harness+ Trolley wire feeder

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Light and powerful,the COOLER II has beenparticularly designed to be powerful and energy efficient.

COOLER IIWeight 21 kg

Dimensions (l x b x h) 700 x 279 x 268 mm

Rate of flow 3,5 l/min

Cooling power 1,32 kW

Max output pressure 4,5 Bar

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