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CHAPTER 5. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
HF28 DC RESISTANCE WELDING SYSTEM
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Section III. Using the Weld Monitor
The Control allows you to adjust extremely precise limits for the amount of energy and weld time. Like
all welding processs development, you’ll need to make several test welds, and view the waveforms and
limits of actual welds in order to “fine tune” the limits to your needs.
The energy limits appear as horizontal dotted lines on the LCD screen. The
UPPER LIMIT
line is longer
than the lower limit line because it includes the
UPSLOPE
,
WELD
, and
DOWNSLOPE
portions of the
actual weld waveform. The
LOWER LIMIT
line is shorter because it only includes the
WELD
portion of
the waveform. If the line of either limit crosses the weld energy waveform, the Control can trigger an
alarm, inhibit the second pulse, or stop the weld energy. See
Chapter 4, Using Feedback Modes and
Weld Monitoring for more details.
As you can see by the LCD screens above, you can shorten the length of the time of the
LOWER LIMIT
so
it will not cross the weld waveform. This allows you to raise or lower the
LOWER LIMIT
closer to the
peak of the actual waveform without crossing the weld waveform. For some welds it may be very
important to get up to the peak voltage or current to get the right melting and get there at the right time
during the pulse. Every millisecond could be very important.