Instruction Manual
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.1 Setup
1. Connect the earth cable quick connector to the Earth Connecon Socket (4).
2. Connect the earth clamp to the work piece. Contact with the work piece must be firm contact
with clean, bare metal, with no corrosion, paint or scale at the contact point.
3. Connect the plasma torch to the Plasma Torch Central Connector (3) ensuring the collar is done
up firmly.
4. Connect the machine to suitable mains power using the Mains Power Input Lead (5).
5. Swi
tch the Mains Power Switch (6) to ‘on’ (I) to power up the machine.
6. Connect the compressed air supply to the Compressed Air Inlet Connecon (9).
7. Set the air pressure (Refer to: 4.3- Seng Air Pressure)
8. Set the required cung mode (Refer to: 4.1- Cung Mode Selecon)
9. Set the required Amperage (Refer to: 4.2 - Amperage Adjustment)
10. You are now ready to cut!
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.2 Cutting
1. Hold the Spacer on the work piece, so the centre of the Torch Tip is aligned to the edge of the
material.
2. Pull the torch Trigger (compressed air flow will start and the electronic ignion arc should
energize)
3. As the ignion arc jumps to the work piece, the main plasma arc will ignite and start cung.
4. Aer starng the cut, the Spacer can be dragged along the work piece.
5. When ending a cut, the torch Trigger should be released and lied off the work piece just be
fore
the end of the cut to minimize double-arcing which can damage the p. This is to prevent the
ignion arc from reigning aer cung arc exnguishes.
6. Compressed air will connue to flow through the torch for several seconds aer the cung
stops. In this post-flow mode, the arc can be restarted immediately by depressing the torch
switch.
Trigger
Spacer
Tip
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