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agru SP 315-S User’s Manual
Note that a screen will not appear if it would not make sense to display it.
For instance, if only one wall thickness is defined for a given pipe diam-
eter, the wall thickness selection screen will not show. Moreover, when
you select an additional material, this has to be confirmed by entering
the so-called selection code (see sub-section 4.3). Default materials can
be welded without entering this code.
Important
The machine must never be used to weld pipe materials, di-
ameters, and thicknesses other than those available in the key
welding data screens. The manufacturer is in no circumstances
liable for damage or consequential damage that occurs as a
result of deviations from these pipe data or of modifications or
attempted modifications to the control software. Furthermore,
this will cancel any claims to warranty expressed for the ma-
chine. To make a material available in this screen, it has to be
entered previously with all its technical welding parameters in
the configuration menu.
Info
Welding PFA pipes is subject to a valid license for this pipe ma-
terial. Therefore, when this material is selected (either from the
default materials or from the additional materials, if defined), a
message to this effect is displayed. The license key is disclosed
either by the manufacturer or the distributor of the machine or
when you purchase the PFA pipes and can then be entered in
the machine parameters.
In all screens that allow changing the key data for the welding operation,
by touching the “Additional Data” button, it is possible to access the ad-
ditional traceability data and change them as needed.
4.5
Definition of Key Welding Data for Additional Materials
The configuration menu (see section 4.3) has an option “Additional
Materials,” which allows defining the key data the machine should use
when welding pipes of a material that is not currently available in the
machine.
If no additional, operator-defined pipe material has been saved to system
memory, the unit displays an input screen that allows entering the name
of the material for which the key data for welding it shall be defined. Enter
the name on the touchscreen keyboard (see Display 4) and confirm it
by touching the “Ok” button. The machine moves on to the next input
screen, in which a pipe diameter for this material has to be entered on
the numeric keypad (see Display 2). After having confirmed this input by
“Ok” once more, another screen allows entering the wall thickness for this
material and size. After the wall thickness, the pressure level per SDR
has to be entered in the next screen. After this, define the key welding
parameters for the material just entered, e.g. 315 mm PVDF pipe with a
wall 3.1 mm thick. To define them, the unit guides the operator through
a series of input screens in which the following can be entered: joining
force, heat-soaking time, cooling time, plate temperature, force ramp,
facing force. Confirm every entered value by touching “Ok.”
If key data for welding additional, user-defined materials have already been
entered and saved previously, the unit shows a screen that resembles
Display 8. Use the arrow keys in the upper area of the screen to switch
back and forth between the various additional pipe materials currently
in memory. For every pipe material, up to three pipe diameters can be
defined, and for each diameter, up to two wall thicknesses or SDR values.
By touching one of the “Input” buttons on this screen, the key parameters
for welding this material can be edited. Touching the leftmost “Input” button
in Display 8 will allow entering, changing, or deleting the welding param-
eters for 315 mm PVDF pipe with a 3.1 mm wall. Using the second “Input”
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