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Have you ever experienced a melted torch body? If you have, a possible reason is that you are used to using cut quality as a monitor for timing a consumables change and have been burned by the bug of product and systems improvements. For people with a Built for Business Integrated Cutting Solutions set up (e.g. Hypertherm plasma system, CNC, THC, and CAM software) diminishing consumable life won’t necessarily show in cut quality degradation until it is too late. Fortunately, there is an easy way to minimize the chance of melting your torch and that is by using the "Watch Windows" functionality on your controller. The picture above shows two important keys on the main control screen which can help. First, is the "Change Consumables" key, and the second are the watch window keys which look like mini binoculars. Clicking on the "Change Consumables" key brings up an image, below left. This screen tracks consumable life data which can be directly monitored in a watch window while cutting. When changing consumables, if “New Nozzle” or “New Electrode” is pressed, the information is saved and can show expected life numbers for the operator which fill as red bars as the consumables are used, below right. In addition to monitoring nozzle or electrode life in the watch window, the number of pierces, arc errors, or some of the other parameters noted on pages 10 through 46 of the Phoenix Operator’s Manual (available in the downloads library at www.hypertherm.com) might be helpful. Hypertherm's North American Technical Service Team is happy to answer all of your questions. You can contact the team via email at technical.service@hypertherm.com or by phone, if you're in the U.S. or Canada, at 800-643-9878. | |
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