Thermal Dynamics ULTRA-CUT 200 XT, Operating Manual

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ULTRA-CUT 200 XT
Manual 0-5304 APPENDIX A-47
to the inverter sections 1A through 3B. The ribbon cables are labeled on the inverter ends as INV with the number
and section (INV 1A, INV 1B, etc.). A 100A unit will only have ribbon cables in J31 & J32; a 200A will have J31-J33
filled with the others empty. 300A will have J34 missing with the others filled.
Other boards in the system include the
System Bias Supply,
the
Relay & Interface PCB, Display PCB, Pilot PCB
and AC Suppression PCB.
The CCM has 2 boards, the I/O (input/output) and the CPU (central processing unit)
board. The CE units will also have one or more EMI Filter boards on the input power.
System Bias supply PCB
is powered from the 3 phase AC input and works from about 150V to over 600V covering
all the normal voltage ranges. It can operate from 2 phases (single phase) so it still provides bias power and can
report a fault if a phase is missing. The supply’s output is 24 VDC which powers the Relay board, the Display, the
Pilot board and the 2 boards in the CCM. System Bias also contains circuits to detect missing phase and determine
if the AC voltage is within the correct range, not too high or too low. It also signals to the CCM what voltage the
unit is configured for. The System Bias supply PCB includes a relay, K1, which only applies voltage to Auxiliary
transformer, primary,T1, primary when the input voltage is in the correct range.
The
Relay and Interface PCB
Accepts and distributed the output of the Aux Transformer. It has relay to control
the pump, fans, input contactors, the Arc Starter and the Inrush relays. A circuit on the Relay board accepts input
from the Work current sensor, HCT1, and Pilot current sensor (on the Pilot PCB) and sends the Enable signal to the
Pilot boards IGBT switches via the J3 to J42 ribbon cable. Other inputs on the Relay board include those from the
Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) ambient and coolant temperature sensors. Coolant tank level switch and
coolant flow switch, which determines if the flow is above the required minimum rate, also send signals to the Relay
Board. Ultra-Cut units include a flow sensor whose output to the Relay Board is a series of pulses whose frequency
indicates the flow rate and can detect the presence of gas bubbles in the coolant. All these signals pass to the CCM
via a 40 conductor ribbon cable going to the CCM I/O board.
The
Display Board
Has LEDs for AC, TEMP, GAS & DC. It also has a 4 digit 7 segment display for status and fault
information. AC LED indicates the input contactors to the inverters have been commanded to close, but does not
mean they are closed. TEMP means one or more inverters or the coolant has exceeded the allowed temperature.
GAS means gas is flowing and coolant flow is OK. DC means the inverters output voltage is above 60 VDC.
The first digit of the 7 segment display shows the letter, “C”; “E”; “L” or is blank. During the initial power up se-
quence the letter “C” followed by the other 3 digits, indicates the CCM code revision. Status or Fault codes which
may occur during the power up sequence or any time thereafter are preceded by letters “E” for an active fault or
“L” for a “latched” or “last” fault that stopped the process but is no longer active. When there is no Fault or active
Status code, the output current setting is displayed with the first digit blank. If the system is an Ultra-Cut XT using
the Auto Gas Control, DFC 3000, the display will show “0” until a process has been loaded. If there is a fault or
other status showing the display will alternate between the current setting and the fault.
The
Pilot PCB
contains a pair of parallel IGBT transistors working as an electronic switch to connect and disconnect
the torch tip from the 1st inverter section.
When the pilot electronic switch is closed and the pilot is ignited by the Arc Starter, current from the 1st section
flows between electrode and tip. Then as transfer begins, a small current from the 2nd inverter flows from electrode
to work. When transfer is detected the pilot switch is opened and current from the 1st section is free to flow to the
work through the diode which is also on the Pilot board. The PAK200i and the optional 1Torch are exceptions in
that the second section is not enabled during piloting. Both pilot and initial transfer come from the first section.
Other sections are phased in as the current ramps up to the final level. The Pilot PCB also contains a pilot current
sensor to detect and measure the level of pilot current. Additional resistor/capacitor (RC) circuits on the pilot PCB
assist and stabilize the pilot and transferred arcs.