My THCAD-5 arrived on Friday. I never did move the electronics into the bigger/nicer enclosure just yet as I was waiting for that. Plus, inspired by Rod's build pics, I want to get some Meanwell DIN mounted power supplies and really tidy everything up nicely. The ohmic hypersensing will be the next thing on this one.
I definitely need to upgrade my little 21gal compressor. It doesn't give me any trouble, but if I cut this whole thing it'll run nonstop. The table is running pretty much flawlessly though. I'm thinking of a 60gal twin-stage.
I have been having trouble with our large compressor that runs our workshop and the plasma, When my guys use any air tools when the plasma is cutting it stops the plasma. I have partially solved the problem but is not hooked up yet, another project.
Before I brought the big girl I went through my Hypertherm 125 user manual and it said It required 260 LMP, I brought the below small unit and hooked it up and ran a sheet out of purlin cleats. The job goes for 3.5 hours. The small unit kept running the whole time and after about and hour and a half would not hold pressure. I think It over heated due the the constant demands. I returned the compressor for a full refund and decided to buy a decent unit.
we have a 25 HP screw compressor with two reservoir tanks that are about 125 gallons each. it does pretty good keeping up with the machining centers and what ever small air tools that get used on top of that. so for dealing with 10 milling machines 4 lathes and two lasers it does pretty well so far. i was impressed with how well it keeps up. i think that the lasers run mostly on nitrogen though so those probably don't count for to much air use.
screw compressors are a bit expensive but they work really well from what i have seen.
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