Plasma table set, fine tuning a problem

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7 months 1 week ago #344513 by aikiaviator
Hi Rod, Thanks. Found the section. Looks like no actual settings defined for the newer and current THCAD2. I guess I can muck my way through it. Looks like the calculator doesn't have it factored either. Thanks for the pointer.

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7 months 1 week ago #344536 by rodw
You can still use the calculator. The only difference with a THCAD2 and THCAD10/THCAD5 is that it rolls the 2 earlier devices into one and gives you a way to select the full scale range of 10v (THCAD10) or 5 v (THCAD5). So just use the mode that suits your use. Normally you would use a 10 volt full scale for torch voltage

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7 months 1 week ago #344589 by aikiaviator
Hi Rod, Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately it does not have THCAD5, and this is what I am using. So calculator does not allow me to double check. It does have THCAD10 and THCAD300. So I have set to 10, and the Voltage scale is 1/2. So hopefully this makes sense. The setting I have are now: THCAD2: Low (i.e. Down) 5V, Frequency divider: 1/32. 0V 95.4, 5V 896.0. Gives me the following as set by pnconf: Voltage Scale 0.005996, Voltage Offset 2981.25. Plasma machine: Unimig Razorcut 45 CNC port is set to 30:1 ratio. I set the Plasma to 30:1 ration as a precaution. Do people think this is necessary, or would 20:1 be fine? It is a 45A plasma cutter.

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7 months 1 week ago #344710 by rodw
20:1 eg 200 volt full scale is fine and gives a bit more accuracy but I have used 30:1 (300 volt full scale) on one plasma cutter which is also fine..
The thcads are rated for 500 volt over voltage and you will only exceed 200 volts when piercing when the THC is not active. If using halscope you will see that the voltage will flat line at the full scale before dropping back to the 120-130 volt cut voltage before the THC is enabled.

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