I checked into switching from miller access to Lincoln power wave and it costs about $3,500 to do you have to have a motorman tech come out and integrate the controller to run the power wave power supply plus there is a harness and other small items you must have so its not a quick and easy changeover.
Posts by BAlexander
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Will this work for the external drives like the Gantry the robot sits on would love to make this go faster as it accounts for 75% of the robots travel time?
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Well I looked at the S2C724 variable it was set to 0 and still no FINE tag selection
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ok great thanks for the response very helpful
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Does anyone know the difference between a fine tag and a PL tag and is one more accurate than the other also does anyone know why some of our DX100 controllers have both a fine tag and PL tag and some of the controllers only have a PL tag selection???
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Hello we switched out power sources from an old Miller Auto Axcess E 675 to a brand new one on an hp-20-d Arm using a DX 100 controller all the programs on the power source have been set up identical to the old one but seems the wire speed is now running consistently 100 IPM faster on the new power source still using the same feeder and have had to adjust all the previous parameters. Anyone have any idea why this is happening?
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Oh ok I'm not sure about DX 200 but DX 100 has a weave on command you can insert from the Inform list you can direct open on the weave on command and set up the type of weave and the amplitude and frequency as well as set a pause not sure if this helps your best bet is to call motorman and have them email the manual to have so you can review this at anytime.
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What controller are you using???
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So we changed the encoder and recalibrated TCP and home positions but found out the problem was someone was jogging the wire with the wire brake on and caused the inside of the torch to get filled up with small slivers of wire being shaved off from the wire brake being on while jogging the wire and not letting the wire brake fully engage so the wire was moving while touching. we use benzel water cooled torches but anyway problem is solved and seems to be running normal now thanks for all your input and ideas
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That's great to know I'm going to give it a try to see if I can increase the accuracy at the start of the weld and comarc should take care of the rest.
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Hello all I'm curious if I use touch sense and shift the weld path from the touch data and then use a PL tag of 0 at the start of my weld path if it will effect the shift used from the touch anyone tried this? I am using a DX 100 controller and using comarc to track the weld joint.
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Yes that is a good Idea I will give that a try Thanks
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NO, the only position we have stored as a variable is the home position and it is only used in a job to send the robot back to the home position.
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Yes I think that is what we are going to have to do because even after replacing the encoder motor on the L axis the problem still exists in both robots.
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Yes I assume you mean the controller batteries? We have changed the batteries on the controller and all the servo encoder batteries.
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Hello all I do several multipass welds using touchsense and comarc with mem rec and mem playback what exactly does the clearsens command clear and when should I use it??? Im using a DX 100 controller Thanks.
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Hello we have a large cell that welds locomotive frames with a cycle time that ranges from 8 hours to 11 hours using 2 HP-20-D arms. Each robot has its own DX100 controller and the cell has a large 360 degree rotational positioner. We are having problems with both robots holding taught positions and they are not consistently off in any direction they are all over the place. we are using touchsense and comarc. On one robot we do know we have a bad encoder as we have had several alarms with the L axis including Alarm 1325 communication Error Encoder robot 1 L axis, Alarm 1326 defective encoder absolute data robot 1 L axis, Alarm 9127 collision detect must be enabled, and Alarm 4107 out of range absolute data robot 1 L axis. but would this cause the other robot to lose postion or is this something else. We have had serveral communication issues but think we have solved that problem as we have replaced the ycpo1 board but the issues of the robots not keeping taught position has been on going for sometime in both robots we basically cannot run in auto and have to continually reteach everything. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as we are replacing the encoder motor in the L axis this week.