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Both printed circuit panels plug in
to
sockets mounted on the
dividing
wall
of the cabinet. When removing, and refitting
panels
care
should be taken not to damage contacts or the con-
tact
strips.
The contacts and the contact tracks
are
gold
plated
to
ensure
good
electrical
conductivity. If for
some
reason these panels have
to
be
cleaned use
a
soft rag dampened
with white spirit
or
similar
solvent. Store unused panels in
a
dust
proof container.
Wll-7
Wire
Burn Back Adjustment
This
is
controlled by the potentiometer
R5,
turning this adjust-
ment
clockwise
will
decrease
the burn back
time,
anti-clockwise
movement
will
increase the
time.
OPERATION
-
METHOD
&
SEQUENCE
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REFER SCHEMATIC
CIRCUIT
Iir14-C2
The
30
v.a.c.
supply
is
coupled to the control rectifier brid-ge
14-D9
and the SCR hybrid bridge
14-DIO.
Diodes
14-D1
and.
14-D2
form
a
negative supply point which
is
electrically common with
the negative control voltage.
Resistor
14-R9
and zener d.iode
14-D7
form
a
clippinq circuit
to
supply the unijunction oscillator
com-
prising 14-R5,?4-Hl,Tl and
14-Cl.
T1
is
a
pulse transformer
having two secondary windings which provide the appropriate gate
voltage
to the two SCR's
14-D1.1.
It
is
the unijunction oscillator
which facilitates phase shift control
of
the hybrid bridqe. Vhile
the motor relay
K1
remains de-energised,
14-C1
has no charging
path, hence the unijunction oscillator cannot operate, and the
SCR's are not triggered.
When the gun switch
is
closed, the gas valve
is
energised via diode
ll-D8.
Contactor relay
K2
is
energised
via
transistor
11-Hl,
and
the burn-back timing capacitor
ll-C2
is
charged.. The
motor
relay
K1
is
energised
via
diodes
11-Dl,
ll-D3 and resistor
ll-R3.
Diode
11-D4
with resistor-capacitor network
11-R6
and
ll-C1
ensures
that
K1
is
the
last
relay in
the
sequence to energise.
With
K1
energised, the output
of
the SCR hybrid bridge
is
connected
to the
wire
drive
motor.
Capacitor
14-C1
is
now provided with a
charging path,
via
transistor
14-H2
and
resistor
14-R6.
When the
charge in capacitor
14-C1
reaches
a
pre-determined
level,
the uni-
junction transistor
14-H1
conducts, dischargiqthe capacitor into
the primary winding of pulse transformer
TI.
This causes
a
voltage
pulse
to
appear
at
the gates of the
two
SCR's. The SCR which
is
forward biased (anode positive)
will
turn on
at
this point. The
motor
now begins
to
rotate, building up
to
the pre-set speed. The
amount of phase-shift
is
determined by the charging
time
of
14-C1,
which in turn
is
determined by the
level
of
conduction of transistor
14-H2.
The
base
voltage of
14-H2
is
controlled
by
the speed pot-
entiometer setting, while
its
emitter
voltage
is
in proportion
to
the back e.m.f. of the drive motor. Moving the potentiometer to
increase the motor speed makes the base
of
14-H2,
more negative.
14:-F2
then',
is
the
summing^.
point
OF
a
sircple feed back system
which compares the potentioneter voltaye with the motor back e.m.f.
the resultant determining the turn-on point
of
the
SCR's
in the hy-
brid brid-ge. The
above
enables the notor spee6.
to
remain
relat-
ively constant against varying
load
conditions.
On
release
of
the
gun switch,
the
gas
valve
is
de-energised, motor
relay
K1
opens, and
its
normally closed contacts place a
low
res-
istance
across
the
motor
armature, providing dynamic braking.
Contactor
relay
K2
is
held energised for
a
short
time,
determined
by the setting
of
potentiometer
ll-R5
which
forms
the discharge
path
for
capacitor
ll-C2.
This
is
called burn-back
time,
and
has the effect of preventing the welding
wire
from "freezing in
the weld puddle
at
the end
of
a
weld.
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