Triton Electronics AMV3500, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...Triton Electronics Ltd 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc June 22 AMV3500 Operating Manual...

Page 2: ...P362 6 1 2 Charging the AMV3500 7 1 3 Starting the AMV3500 7 2 Main Operating Screens and Menus 7 2 1 AMV3500 configuration menu 7 2 2 Set Alarms 8 2 3 Calibrate 8 2 4 Configure 9 2 4 1 Main 9 2 4 2...

Page 3: ...een 26 2 16 2 Monitor screen 27 2 16 3 To print an average at a specific second interval 28 2 16 4 Saving the values 29 2 16 5 Suggested setting 29 2 17 AMV Final File Uploader 30 3 How to guides 32 3...

Page 4: ...h return Practically both sides should measure the same values The clamp will determine a positive and negative flow of current The AMV3500 will show only the magnitude of current on the digital displ...

Page 5: ...the voltage magnitude when displaying digital values it is only in OSCILLOSCOPE mode that polarity of voltage is shown For all calculations the magnitude is used 1 1 2 1 Voltage clips These are the s...

Page 6: ...ctates 1 1 7 Voltage breakout box P316 The voltage breakout board provides an easy way to integrate additional sensors to the AMV weld monitors The P316 is intended for a device that outputs voltage t...

Page 7: ...th regular charging cycles the battery will last for a few years 1 3 Starting the AMV3500 To start the AMV press the ON OFF button at the back of the unit It takes 2 minutes to boot to the AMV3500 Con...

Page 8: ...he main screen There are two levels an amber warning level and a red out of tolerance level To turn on the channel s alarm press the channel button and the state changes to ENABLED To set the values e...

Page 9: ...Input special options for heat input calculation Trigger where to set the arc on arc off condition Maintenance mainly for Triton engineers to help diagnose any system issues Company name can be set ne...

Page 10: ...ss complete button is blocked when an arc is recording This stops an operator accidentally completing a recording before the weld has completed However for a surfacing application the welding arc is m...

Page 11: ...itor the welding voltage across the welding arc This allows for an adjustment to be made if the resistance of the power cables is known 2 4 3 Trigger 2 4 3 1 Trigger values Once the voltage and curren...

Page 12: ...v1 04 PAGE 12 OF 52 2 4 4 Maintenance These settings are just for basic setup or fault finding only and should not be altered 2 5 Additional This screen can be used to store additional procedure info...

Page 13: ...he resume screen shows the available data files that can be resumed Press the file name and the data should be loaded into the display boxes along with the next pass number Press LOAD to return to the...

Page 14: ...screen are NEXT use this button to move to the next text box DELETE deletes the last entry in the current box being edited UPDATE When the new data has been entered press the UPDATE button to return...

Page 15: ...2 9 Stud Welding 2 10 Load Configuration To use this screen select the configuration name and press LOAD Configurations include alarms settings welding process and logging channels Return the configu...

Page 16: ...a export 1 Select the procedure to be either copied or moved to a USB 2 Make sure the USB has been detected and that the correct drive letter is selected 3 Decide if TEXT or ALL data is required 4 Sel...

Page 17: ...en chosen the pulse values are displayed along the bottom of the screen The options are CONFIGURE takes the software back to the Configuration Screen PASS COMPLETE finishes this pass collection of arc...

Page 18: ...so that the welding waveform can be analysed Use the button at the top right hand side of the screen to view current and voltage values If the transient file option has been set in the CONFIGURE scree...

Page 19: ...being saved ARC PASS prints out the averages of the pass and every arc If a time is selected the AMV prints out averages at these second intervals and the average arc and pass values PRINTER OFF turns...

Page 20: ...nd of the weld and at the end of an arc and pass However physically all that will be printed is the pass summary This is a good starting point as the paper generated acts as a good physical summary of...

Page 21: ...options are NEXT PASS this returns to the monitoring screen having increased the pass number MINI PRINT PASS SUMMARY prints out a copy of the pass averages if required PROCEDURE COMPLETE takes the so...

Page 22: ...pass length Enter the length in mm and press ENTER A heat input will be calculated 2 14 3 Pass summary values The average values are shown along with max and min record values These are the maximum a...

Page 23: ...age and current If alarm values are set they are displayed on the chart as well 2 14 5 Procedure Move the slider to the Procedure position Currently this has been set to record parameters for a specif...

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Page 25: ...c v1 04 PAGE 25 OF 52 2 15 Procedure Complete This shows a summary of the procedure Press CANCEL to return to the previous PASS COMPLETE SCREEN Press NEW PROCEDURE if ready to go back to the main conf...

Page 26: ...printer 2 16 1 Configure Screen The printer can be turned off from the configure screen Turning off the printer here means that the header will not be printed when DONE is pressed to go to the monito...

Page 27: ...n on the monitor screen 2 16 2 1 Turn off all external printing This button controls the printer on off On output sent to external printer Off no output to external printer If the printer is turned of...

Page 28: ...ssing this button clears the seconds 2 16 3 To print an average at a specific second interval Select the required interval The Arc Pass is always included as well as the second interval It is possible...

Page 29: ...values Once the values are set as required press UPDATE This closes the screen and saves the values as default 2 16 5 Suggested setting The suggestion is that the print screen should be set like this...

Page 30: ...e the text files to generate As Run records Open AMV_FinalFile It will open a file explorer window locate the final text file and select it The software asks if every pass had the same welder select y...

Page 31: ...Triton Electronics Ltd 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 31 OF 52 This brings up the excel sheet Press EXIT to close the programme...

Page 32: ...re built to monitor welded cans on an automated welding lathe The text uses CAN in the same meaning as PASS in the standard software settings On boot up the configuration screen loads The PROCEDURE NA...

Page 33: ...Press SAVE CLOSE to return To add some procedure details press the EDIT button in the PROCEDURE INFORMATION area This loads the information screen The RED box shows where the typed data will be enter...

Page 34: ...Triton Electronics Ltd 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 34 OF 52 When ready to monitor press the DONE button If slope values are set this warning is shown...

Page 35: ...Or this warning if data has already been stored using this PROCEDURE NAME If you do not want to overwrite the procedure press CANCEL and then NEW PROCEDURE to setup a new welding procedure this screen...

Page 36: ...is loaded Once the trigger point for voltage and current has been measured the AMV will start to monitor the welding process During welding the ARC ON is displayed ARC COUNT and DURATION increment Th...

Page 37: ..._1 doc v1 04 PAGE 37 OF 52 Press PRINT PDF to generate a PDF of the average run values Close the PDF and press NEXT CAN This return to the MONITORING SCREEN with the CAN number incremented Or press SE...

Page 38: ...td 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 38 OF 52 Can number updated If you want to start a new procedure or edit this CAN of this set press CONFIGURE There is this warning just to make sure you want to...

Page 39: ...s Ltd 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 39 OF 52 The configure screens shows the CAN number To change this CAN s details press EDIT To start a new set of cans press NEW PROCEDURE When ready press DON...

Page 40: ...EW PROCEDURE 2 Press the CLEAR button This clears the procedure name now use the keyboard to type in a new procedure this case AMVTEST Press the NEXT button when happy to move to the OPERATOR NAME 3 W...

Page 41: ...the channel name until the correct state is shown If there are no entries in the state box the pulse determination will not work Press SAVE CLOSE 5 From the configuration screen Turn on the temperatur...

Page 42: ...Press OSCILOSCOPE 9 The AMV now displays the welding waveform To look at the waveform while recording press PAUSE then use the graph tools to zoom in Press DIGITAL to return to the digital screen 10 H...

Page 43: ...pass data recorded Enter a weld length to calculate heat input Press the EDIT button 13 The use the keypad to enter the length in mm Press enter 14 Press show arc value to show the individual arc val...

Page 44: ...nd graph works on the print rate If no print rate is set the grpah is blank Go between voltage and current traces with this toggle 17 The can also be saved as PDF records Press PRINT TO PDF 18 Then pr...

Page 45: ...Triton Electronics Ltd 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 45 OF 52 20 Press Pass Complete Press QUIT to shutdown the AMV...

Page 46: ...in RMS values press the configure button Configure the procedure as steps 1 4 but select the welding process as SAW 22 By default the AMV3500 uses average values To record in RMS values turn on RMS Pr...

Page 47: ...es 24 You can monitor 4 current sources so long as these go into the same weld head and there is 1 voltage measurement The AMV continues to trigger on voltage and the first current but all 4 currents...

Page 48: ...1 04 PAGE 48 OF 52 3 3 Use F1 and F2 Function buttons 3 3 1 Start a new procedure Press New Procedure Enter the procedure names annd press NEXT enter any additional information needed and then enter a...

Page 49: ...Triton Electronics Ltd 2022 Doc AMV35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 49 OF 52 The weld length now appers in the auto length 3 3 2 Record Welding F1 Once the pass has been recorded press F1...

Page 50: ...0 OF 52 The AMV will do a pass complete and use the auto pass length entered in the weld setup This is printed out if the printer is on and saved in the text file The AMV will now be ready for the nex...

Page 51: ...35003_1 doc v1 04 PAGE 51 OF 52 Press F2 and a dialog window prompts for the weld length The default is either the pre set value or the last pass value Enter the new pass length or accept the default...

Page 52: ...F2 buttons speed up the pass complete process The automatic pass length entry on New Procedure sets the default pass length Completing the pass with the F1 button uses the default pass length If a ne...