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CAUTION

These INSTRUCTIONS are for experienced operators. If you are not fully fa-
miliar with the principles of operation and safe practices for arc welding and 
cutting equipment, we urge you to read our booklet, “Precautions and Safe 
Practices for Arc Welding, Cutting, and Gouging,” Booklet 0-5407. Do NOT 
permit untrained persons to install, operate, or maintain this equipment. Do 
NOT attempt to install or operate this equipment until you have read and 
fully understand these instructions. If you do not fully understand these in-
structions, contact your supplier for further information. Be sure to read the 
Safety Precautions before installing or operating this equipment.

USER RESPONSIBILITY

This equipment will perform in conformity with the description thereof contained in this manual and 

accompanying labels and/or inserts when installed, operated, maintained and repaired in accordance with 
the instructions provided. This equipment must be checked periodically. Malfunctioning or poorly maintained 
equipment should not be used. Parts that are broken, missing, worn, distorted or contaminated should be 
replaced immediately. Should such repair or replacement become necessary, the manufacturer recommends 
that a telephone or written request for service advice be made to the Authorized Distributor from whom it was 
purchased. 

This equipment or any of its parts should not be altered without the prior written approval of the manu-

facturer. The user of this equipment shall have the sole responsibility for any malfunction which results from 
improper use, faulty maintenance, damage, improper repair or alteration by anyone other than the manufac-
turer or a service facility designated by the manufacturer. 

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READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL BEFORE INSTALLING OR 

OPERATING.

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Summary of Contents for IHC XT

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Page 2: ...herefore please take the time to read the entire manual especially the Safety Precautions They will help you to avoid potential hazards that may exist when working with this product YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY The Brand of Choice for Contractors and Fabricators Worldwide Victor Thermal Dynamics is a Global Brand of manual and automation Plasma Cutting Products for Victor Technologies We distinguish ou...

Page 3: ...error results from negligence accident or any other cause Original Publication Date August 19 2015 Record the following information for Warranty purposes Where Purchased _______________________________________________ Purchase Date __________________________________________________ Power Supply Serial ___________________________________________ Torch Serial ________________________________________...

Page 4: ...thereof contained in this manual and accompanying labels and or inserts when installed operated maintained and repaired in accordance with the instructions provided This equipment must be checked periodically Malfunctioning or poorly maintained equipment should not be used Parts that are broken missing worn distorted or contaminated should be replaced immediately Should such repair or replacement ...

Page 5: ...ormément à la description contenue dans ce manuel les étiquettes d accompagnement et ou les feuillets d information si l équipement est installé opéré entretenu et réparé selon les instructions fournies Vous devez faire une vériication périodique de l équipement Ne jamais utiliser un équipement qui ne fonctionne pas bien ou n est pas bien entretenu Les pièces qui sont brisées usées déformées ou co...

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Page 7: ...ts 3 1 3 02 Mechanical 3 2 3 03 Voltage Divider and Plasma IO 3 2 3 04 Lifter Cable 3 2 3 05 Collision Sensor 3 2 3 06 CNC IO 3 3 3 07 Power and E Stop 3 3 3 08 Software Setups 3 3 SECTION 4 OPERATION 4 1 4 01 Buttons 4 1 4 02 Main Display 4 1 4 03 Basic Operation with Embedded Cut Charts 4 2 4 04 Basic Operation without Embedded Cut Charts 4 3 4 05 Menu Structure 4 4 4 06 Basic Parameters 4 5 4 0...

Page 8: ...le 6 11 6 13 Plasma cable with UC XT 6 12 6 14 Plasma cable with AC XT 6 13 6 15 Plasma cable with CutMaster 6 14 6 16 Plasma and VDC general example 6 15 6 17 Voltage divider example 6 16 6 18 CNC IO to Burny 10 LCD Plus example 6 17 6 19 CNC IO to Burny 10 LCD Plus OEM example 6 18 6 20 CNC IO to Hypertherm MicroEdge example 19 SECTION 7 REPLACEMENT PARTS 7 1 SECTION 8 SOFTWARE UPDATE 8 1 8 01 P...

Page 9: ... 4 8 2009 Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity CISPR 11 2009 A1 2010 AC Mains Conducted Emissions CISPR 11 2009 A1 2010 Radiated Emissions Meets IEC 61010 1 2010 Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use Part 1 General requirements Classification The equipment described in this document is Class A and intended for industrial use WARNING This Class A...

Page 10: ...se in residential locations where the electrical power is provided by the public low voltage supply system There may be potential difficulties in ensuring electromagnetic compatibility in those locations due to conducted as well as radiated distur bances ...

Page 11: ...d collars should be kept buttoned and open pockets eliminated from the front of clothing 5 Protect other personnel from arc rays and hot sparks with a suitable non flammable partition or curtains 6 Use goggles over safety glasses when chipping slag or grinding Chipped slag may be hot and can fly far Bystanders should also wear goggles over safety glasses FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS Heat from flames and a...

Page 12: ...osure to EMF may have other health effects which are unknown 3 Welders should use the following procedures to minimize exposure to EMF A Route the electrode and work cables together Secure them with tape when possible B Never coil the torch or work cable around your body C Do not place your body between the torch and work cables Route cables on the same side of your body D Connect the work cable t...

Page 13: ...ot perform any electrical work unless you are qualified to perform such work 2 Before performing any maintenance work inside a power source disconnect the power source from the incoming electrical power 3 Maintain cables grounding wire connections power cord and power supply in safe working order Do not operate any equipment in faulty condition 4 Do not abuse any equipment or accessories Keep equi...

Page 14: ...n by solid objects or water Protection is provided against touch with a finger penetration of solid objects greater than 12mm and against spraying water up to 60 degrees from vertical Equipment marked IP21S may be stored but is not intended to be used outside during precipitation unless sheltered CAUTION This product is solely intended for plasma cutting Any other use may result in per sonal injur...

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Page 16: ...inflammable afin de vous protéger des étincelles et de la chaleur par rayonnement 4 Les étincelles et les projections de métal incandescent risquent de se loger dans les manches retrous sées les rebords de pantalons ou les poches Il est recommandé de garder boutonnés le col et les manches et de porter des vêtements sans poches en avant 5 Protégez toute personne se trouvant à proximité des étincell...

Page 17: ...int ou humide ne tenez vous pas directement sur le métal ou sur la terre tenez vous sur des planches sèches ou une plate forme isolée et portez des chaussures à semelles de caoutchouc 8 Avant de mettre l équipement sous tension isolez vos mains avec des gants secs et sans trous 9 Mettez l équipement hors tension avant d enlever vos gants 10 Consultez ANSI ASC Standard Z49 1 listé à la page suivant...

Page 18: ...soupape ou du dispositif de surpression peut causer des blessures graves ou mortelles Par conséquent 1 Utilisez toujours le gaz prévu pour une opération et le détendeur approprié conçu pour utilisation sur les cylindres de gaz comprimé N utilisez jamais d adaptateur Maintenez en bon état les tuyaux et les raccords Observez les instructions d opération du fabricant pour assembler le détendeur sur u...

Page 19: ...rc Welding 6 AWS C5 6 Recommended Practices for Gas Metal Arc Welding 7 AWS SP Safe Practices Reprint Welding Handbook 8 ANSI AWS F4 1 Recommended Safe Practices for Welding and Cutting of Containers That Have Held Hazardous Substances 9 CSA Standard W117 2 Safety in Welding Cutting and Allied Processes SIGNIFICATION DES SYMBOLES Ce symbole utilisé partout dans ce manuel signiie Attention Soyez vi...

Page 20: ... il est placé sur une surface dont la pente dépasse 15 Vous pourriez vous blesser ou endommager l équipement de façon importante 15 Art A 12726 Art A 12736 MISE EN GARDE Soulevez à l aide de la méthode et des points d attache illustrés ain d éviter de vous blesser ou d endommager l équipement ...

Page 21: ... 5A slow blow Input power cable wire size 1 5mm AWG 17 Dimensions see 2 03 iHC XT Dimensions on page Weight 3kg Display 40 x 4 LCD Buttons 6 1 Up and Down IHS Test Find Plate Menu Enter Digital potentiom eter Arc voltage division 1 80 Arc voltage measurement range 0 327V Arc voltage measurement resolution 0 02V Arc voltage measurement accuracy 0 2 Arc voltage set range 50 300V Motor type Oriental ...

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Page 25: ...l motion and turn off outputs when this signal is triggered IHS Start This needs to be a dry contact signal from a CNC device This signal is used to start the piercing process and must stay on to the end of cut Limit Switch This needs to be a dry contact signal from the lifter upper limit This signal is used as a position reference when powered up The Victor Technologies provided lifter and cables...

Page 26: ...sistance measurement thus ohmic contact between the conductive end of the torch and the metal or plate being cut A wire usually a single highly flexible wire that withstands the reflective heat from the arc is connected between the V D board and the torch shield cup Ferrite cores It is recommended that the Ohmic Sensing wire be wrapped through a ferrite core with several turns at least 3 but more ...

Page 27: ...gain to save and exit Encoder value is 6400000 lifter screw rise in mm Example lifter screw is 5 mm rise per 1 motor rotation 6400000 5 mm 128 0000 Encoder value 1280000 3 Collision sensor polarity Navigate to Select NO NC based on your configuration 4 Plasma selection Navigate to Menu System and scroll down to Plasma Press ENTER and select your plasma type from the list Press ENTER again to selec...

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Page 31: ... arc voltage control during cutting ON or OFF AVC Delay 8 9 Delay after torch has reached cut height and will begin arc voltage control 6 Find the initial plate position by pressing FIND PLATE 7 Cut part NOTE Pierce delay is set as default by iHC XT Put pierce delay to 0 seconds at the CNC If you want to set the pierce delay at the CNC please put Pierce delay to 0 at iHC XT NOTE Some cut charts do...

Page 32: ...me Out of material time Out of material count IHS enabled Collision Retract Torch collision polarity Ohmic plate contact Multiple ignitions iHC starts plasma Collision plate sense Pre plasma start AVC sampling AVC integrator Pierce down time Collis rebound offset AVC Acceleration AVC Deceleration AVC deadband Test use IHS active Mark set arc voltage Mark pierce height Mark cut height Mark ignition...

Page 33: ...ract Automatically retract from plate if plate contact has happened during cutting Info System info System Enter System menu 4 07 Status and State Messages Status Description Homing Lifter performing homing Cutting Lifter in cutting mode Find Plate Lifter finding the initial plate position To Ignition Lifter moving to ignition height To Pierce Lifter moving to pierce height Manual Jog Manual up do...

Page 34: ...wer software limit distance from hardware switch Transfer height time out Time after the lifter moves from trans fer height to home position Full Speed Maximum speed Manual acceleration Acceleration when moving torch manually Machine acceleration Acceleration when in automatic mode Voltage gain Gain setting in AVC Manual deceleration Deceleration when moving torch manually Machine deceleration Dec...

Page 35: ... time Time to move from pierce height to cut height Collision rebound offset Offset when using collision sensor to detect plate AVC acceleration Acceleration used in AVC AVC deceleration Deceleration used in AVC AVC deadband Deadband value for AVC AVC integrator limit Max used integrator gain AVC integrator divider Integrator divider value Tests use IHS active Mark set arc voltage Marking arc volt...

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Page 37: ...iHC XT chassis to table work reading should be under 5ohm Lifter stalls 1 Maximum speed too high Reduce maximum speed 2 Acceleration too high Reduce acceleration 3 Lifter jammed Check for smooth movement by moving the lifter up and down by hand Lifter does not move 1 Poor or no connection to lifter motor Check cable and wires 2 Loose or broken axis coupler Open the lifter cover and check axis coup...

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Page 39: ...lay iHC XT internal plasma start relay J55 pin 3 J55 pin 15 To plasma power supply start input To plasma power supply start input IHS Start input J53 pin 1 J53 pin 5 CNC device controlled external relay Art A 12577 Input example using an optocoupler CNC device controlled output J53 pin 1 J53 pin 5 IHS Start input Input GND Input GND Common Output ...

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Page 41: ... Jumper Jumper to J55 pin 1 2 N A Not in use 3 Shield Cable shield 4 GND Out 2 GND for 5VDC in pin 16 5 Stepper A Motor current output max 40V 2 5A 6 Stepper A Motor current output max 40V 2 5A 7 Shield Cable shield 8 Limit In Upper limit input 9 Stepper B Motor current output max 40V 2 5A 10 Stepper B Motor current output max 40V 2 5A 11 Motor Step Step pulse output 12 Collision In Collision sens...

Page 42: ...rom voltage divider board 11 N A Reserved for future use 12 N A Reserved for future use 13 N A Reserved for future use 14 N A Not in use 15 Plasma Start COM NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 16 IHS Active NO NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 17 Marking NO NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 18 IO Shield IO cable shield 19 OK to Move In OK to Move signal input activate by providing a dry closing contact to Input...

Page 43: ... 5A 15 OK to Move NO OK to Move output NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 16 System Error COM System error output NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 17 System Error NO System error output NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 18 Optional 1 COM Optional output NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 19 Optional 1 NO Optional output NO Relay contact max 48V 0 5A 20 Hold In Hold input activate by providing a dry closing contact...

Page 44: ...iHC XT 6 6 Pinout and Cable Manual 0 5352 6 07 Power cable general example iHC XT power cable general example Art A 12576 ...

Page 45: ... Motor rotation direction should be adjusted in servo drive parameters Maximum step frequency 146kHz 25 GND J53 GND 26 7 COM J53 24VDC 7 6 5 Panasonic Minas A5 X4 Z axis PULS 1 3 PULS 2 4 J54 X STEP 11 J54 X STEP 25 Cable shield to J54 connector casing or GND SIGN 1 SIGN 2 J54 X DIR 22 J54 X DIR 23 iHC XT with servo motor example ...

Page 46: ...iHC XT 6 8 Pinout and Cable Manual 0 5352 6 09 CNC IO cable iHC XT CNC IO cable P N 15 5016 3 ft 1 2m 15 5017 10 ft 3m Art A 12575 ...

Page 47: ...T Manual 0 5352 Pinout and Cable 6 9 6 10 Lifter cable iHC XT lifter cable P N 15 5018 10 ft 3m 15 5019 25 ft 7 6m 15 5020 50 ft 15 2m 15 5021 75 ft 22 8m 15 5022 100ft 30 4m Connects to 15 XXXX Art A 12574 ...

Page 48: ...iHC XT 6 10 Pinout and Cable Manual 0 5352 6 11 Limit Collision Laser pointer cable iHC XT Limit Collision sensor Laser pointer cable P N 15 XXXX Art A 12573 ...

Page 49: ...t and Cable 6 11 iHC XT plasma adapter cable P N 15 5023 25 ft 7 6m 15 5024 50 ft 15 2m 15 5025 75 ft 22 8m 15 5026 100 ft 30 4m Connects to P N 15 5029 UC XT 15 5030 Auto Cut and Cut Master Art A 12572 6 12 Plasma adapter cable ...

Page 50: ...iHC XT 6 12 Pinout and Cable Manual 0 5352 iHC XT plasma cable used with UltraCut XT Art A 12570 6 13 Plasma cable with UC XT ...

Page 51: ... 0 5352 Pinout and Cable 6 13 iHC XT plasma cable used with AutoCut XT P N 15 5030 Connects to 15 5023 25 ft 7 6m 15 5024 50 ft 15 2m 15 5025 75 ft 22 8m 15 5026 100 ft 30 4m Art A 12569 6 14 Plasma cable with AC XT ...

Page 52: ...out and Cable Manual 0 5352 iHC XT plasma cable used with CutMaster Connects to 15 5023 25 ft 7 6m 15 5024 50 ft 15 2m 15 5025 75 ft 22 8m 15 5026 100 ft 30 4m P N 15 5030 Art A 12579 6 15 Plasma cable with CutMaster ...

Page 53: ...ual 0 5352 Pinout and Cable 6 15 iHC XT plasma IO and VDC general example Connects to J55 Cable material shielded and twisted pair example Igus CF211 02 04 02 24AWG Art A 12580 6 16 Plasma and VDC general example ...

Page 54: ...iHC XT 6 16 Pinout and Cable Manual 0 5352 iHC XT voltage divder Art A 12581 6 17 Voltage divider example ...

Page 55: ...lus Picture for reference only always verify connections from latest manuals Please take care on the wiring of external stop signal as it may already have other e stop functions connected Plate marker connection is optional Art A 12585 6 18 CNC IO to Burny 10 LCD Plus example ...

Page 56: ...OEM Picture for reference only always verify connections from latest manuals Please take care on the wiring of external stop signal as it may already have other e stop functions connected Plate marker connection is optional Art A 12586 6 19 CNC IO to Burny 10 LCD Plus OEM example ...

Page 57: ...52 Pinout and Cable 19 iHC XT CNC IO to Hypertherm MicroEdge Picture for reference only always verify connections from latest manuals Marker connection is optional Art A 12587 6 20 CNC IO to Hypertherm MicroEdge example ...

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Page 59: ... Remote PCB 15 5013 5 Button sticker 15 5011 6 FUSE 5A 250V SLOW BLOW 5X20mm N A Item Name Part number Power Supply 24VDC PSU 15 6025 Lifter motor Stepper motor 15 2044 Axis coupler Axis coupler 15 XXXX Collision sensor Inductive sensor 1pc 15 2119 Collision sensor cable Inductive sensor cable 1pc 15 2114 Laser pointer Laser pointer 15 2091 Voltage divider board Voltage divider board 15 5005 ...

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Page 65: ... CAUTION The correct hex file will have remote in its name DO NOT USE anything without remote in the name 10 Make sure program flash and write data EEPROM boxes are checked A 12746 12 Click start write 13 When the update is done you can exit 14 Turn off the power 15 Remove the serial cable 16 Put the dip switch back to RUN ...

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Page 68: ...u can check the box Beep at end to get a beeping sound after update is finished Cut chart update can take up to 30min 8 When the update is done you can exit 9 Turn off the power 10 Remove the serial cable 11 Put the dip switch back to RUN 12 Done ...

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