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Issues THC.
1 year 1 month ago #335560
by paulsao1
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Greetings everyone!!!
I've been using Qtplasmac for over 3 years without any problems, but 2 days ago I had a problem with the THC. I'm attaching a photo. It seems to be out of control when exiting or entering a corner at high speed. This is the first time this has happened to me. It could be something to do with the PID tuning; the normal values are P=10, which is always used.
I've been using Qtplasmac for over 3 years without any problems, but 2 days ago I had a problem with the THC. I'm attaching a photo. It seems to be out of control when exiting or entering a corner at high speed. This is the first time this has happened to me. It could be something to do with the PID tuning; the normal values are P=10, which is always used.
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1 year 1 month ago #335561
by tommylight
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Try P=5 and post picture.
Also, watch the voltage on screen, does it fluctuate a lot? +-10V is OK, even a bit more is still OK, but 50V difference is not OK and might be interference or loose contacts on the plasma side.
Also, watch the voltage on screen, does it fluctuate a lot? +-10V is OK, even a bit more is still OK, but 50V difference is not OK and might be interference or loose contacts on the plasma side.
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1 year 1 month ago #335562
by paulsao1
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Thanks a lot, Tommy, for your help. With P=5, I got this result, and it seems to be correct again. But why? Should the PID be robust enough to handle the physical changes that can occur in the system? Or not?
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1 year 1 month ago #335564
by tommylight
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Yes it is, but that also depends on a lot of other external conditions, like current set, air supply and pressure and moisture in it, nozzle size and type, feed rate, material composition, etc etc, so any of change and the cutting result will change, most of the time not noticeably but sometimes very noticeably.
If you have an older plasma source with a big transformer, that will also vary with the input voltage and spikes and drops in the line ripple.
As a general rule:
-thinner material or faster feed rate = more P
-thicker material or slower feed rate = less P
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On most of my machines i have it set at 7 and never change as they do mostly cut the same 2-3mm material all day long but sometimes they do cut 6-10mm thick so it works fine for both materials as the wavy cut is not very noticeable on thin material.
If you have an older plasma source with a big transformer, that will also vary with the input voltage and spikes and drops in the line ripple.
As a general rule:
-thinner material or faster feed rate = more P
-thicker material or slower feed rate = less P
-
On most of my machines i have it set at 7 and never change as they do mostly cut the same 2-3mm material all day long but sometimes they do cut 6-10mm thick so it works fine for both materials as the wavy cut is not very noticeable on thin material.
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