Plasma cutting sequence

Ignoramus27153 · 2006-06-02T04:05:25+00:00

Could anyone say what is the proper plasma cutting sequence? How aboutthis:when trigger is pulled: - open air valve for a certain amount of time (like 0.25 sec)- Then start current * When arc voltage is above certain value, turn on HF, turn off HF ifvoltage drops below thatWhen trigger is released: - stop power- keep air valve open for a period of time, like 5sdoes it make sense?I am programming my microcontroller, which I mostly did for stick andtig (proper relays are closed when they should be), but I have no ideawhat to put in for plasma. thanksi

Jun 02, 2006 22 Replies

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Steve Smith 20 years ago

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Wayne Cook 20 years ago

Thanks to everyone for the support.

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Robert Obermayer 20 years ago

Just from the photo, this looks like it could take the few extra volts. The isolation has do deal with full primary/ground voltage and therefore should be fairly well built to get by the safety standards. Id just give it a good cleaning and im rather sure it wont fail.

Robert

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