ACT4 Electrofusion Welding Unit – Operator Manual – Rev: 4.1.G
© 2008. Advance Welding.
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Using the equipment
This welding unit takes the ambient temperature into account when
calculating the energy required to weld the fitting. It must therefore
be allowed to reach ambient temperature before use and must be at
the same temperature as the fitting to be welded.
Prepare and clamp the pipe and fittings inline with the
manufacturers recommendations.
Connect the welding cable to the unit and the fitting to be welded.
Connect the supply cable to the correct supply voltage and switch
the unit on.
The screen will show a welcome message along with the software
version and date. The owner details are then shown
The main menu is now shown on the display. During operation,
except while welding, pressing the star key on the keypad will jump
back to this menu.
Notes:
The operation of the unit can be customised by turning welding
modes on and off, along with some features like the cooling time
and data logging. This manual details all available modes and
features. For information on how to customise the welding unit see
the “Set Up” section later on in this manual.
The welding unit is fitted with an alpha-numeric keypad, which is
used by the operator to input data. Down the right hand side there
are four Quick-Keys, A B C D. These act as quick shortcut keys,
their function being prompted on the screen.
When entering data, letters and numbers can be selected by
repeatedly pressing the same key, e.g. A B C 2 A B C 2 . After a
short pause the cursor will move to the next position. Special
characters and spaces can be selected by pressing the 1 or 0 keys.
(This is the same method used for text with mobile cell phones.)
Pressing the B Quick-Key will step Back one position. Pressing the
C Quick-Key will Clear the input field.
