Changing key data of the welding ......................12 Definition of the key data for additional materials ................13 Welding Process…………………………………………………………..........15 Printing Reporting Protocols ........................19 Printing, the Print Menu ........................19 System Data ..............................21 Service and Repair Contact ........................22 agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
Safety Messages This User’s Manual contains important instructions for operating safely the infrared welding machine agru SP-110S. Every person who operates the machine will have to conform to the instructions of this manual. The machine has been developed and checked with respect to welding AGRU materials.
Danger of Bruises and Injury Do not remain in the danger zone while the machine opens or closes and be sure not to have your hands between the moving Caution and the fixed parts of the machine. agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
Ensuring Acceptable Work Conditions The work zone has to be clean and has to have proper lighting. It is dangerous to operate in a humid environment or close to flammable liquids. In regard of this, acceptable work conditions Caution have to be ensured (e.g., sufficient distance from the machine to other functional areas of the workshop).
(“Typ”), the serial number (“Nr.”), and the manufacturer. Product Description and Principles of Operation Intended Use The agru SP-110S Welding Machine is designed exclusively for welding plastic pipes and fittings using the infrared welding technique (butt welding without contact). Only the welding parameters shown on the touchscreen display (prepro- grammed by the manufacturer or defined by the user) can be selected for a welding operation.
Using the menus displayed on the touchscreen, the machine can be custo- mized to the application in hand (see section 4.3, Configuring the Machine). 3.2.1 Component Overview Heating Element and Guard Facing Tool Position Handle of Facing Tool Fixed and Mobile Carriage of Machine Frame Scanning Wand Touchscreen Panel...
Machine only 675 x 900 x 630 mm (26-9/16" x 35-3/8" x 24-4/5") Weight approx. 90 kg (198 U.S. lbs.), in box approx. 140 (308 U.S. lbs.) Maximum Carriage Stroke 145 mm (5-3/4") agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
3.3 Welding Process Overview The welding process is performed as follows: • Pipes are clamped into the frame; depending on the form of the component to be welded, this may mean that the outer clamps have to be re-adjusted or that reducer inserts have to be inserted. •...
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“Ok” button. Depending software version installed in your machine, some screens may differ slightly Info your machine from reproductions in this manual. Display 3 agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
When the traceability data were entered, the machine displays the first input screen of the welding process proper (see Display 5). In this display, it is possible to start the welding process and to customize the configuration of the machine. The welder will enter all settings and perform all control actions on the touchscreen panel.
Additional Materials, if any, are those pipe materials that were defined by the user in the definition screens accessible from Display 7 the appropriate configuration menu option agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
(see section 4.5). The maximum number of additional materials is three. hen the appropriate button was touched to select a pipe material, the screen changes and displays the selection of pipe diameters, with default and additional diameters just as for the materials. Finally, a third, similar screen allows selecting the appropriate wall thickness.
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Here too, deleting is possible only after cofirming it in a safety message. After deleting them, only the default materials with which the machine is shipped, remain. agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
If the material that was used in the last welding operation is deleted, then the next welding operation of ne cessity requires a Info new material to be selected for welding. 4.6 Weldin g Process The welding machine operates in two-hand mode at any time.
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When the facing/heating assembly is in the ready-to-heat position, the machine shows the display asking the welder to insert the Display 12 heating plate (see Display 12). agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
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Then, the welder can either start the stan- dard welding process that will first launch the heat-soaking phase, or – by pressing the “Pre-Heat” button – can pre-heat the pipe butts before the welding process proper. If he touches the Pre-Heat button, he has to de- cide in the next screen whether the left-hand side, the right-hand side, or both pipe butts are pre-heated.
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Additionally, the LED icon in the welding diagram that belongs to the welding phase with the malfunction turns red. The errors listed in the following table can be displayed on the screen. Display 17 agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
Type of Error Description a. Data Input Input Error Error while entering data on the touchscreen. Code Error Error while reading data from a bar code. b. System Clock Error The internal clock of the machine is defective; re-set the clock in the configuration menu.
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Near the left edge of the Report Info screen, you will find a list of all welding reports cur- rently in memory. Above this list, the number of the selected report is given (before the Display 20 agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
slash), along with the total number of reports in memory (after the slash). To move the selector bar through the list, touch the scrollbar arrows to the right of the list. The longer you touch them, the faster the bar scrolls through the list.
Service and Repair Contact Asahi/America, Inc. 35 Green St Tel.: 781-321-5409 Malden, MA 02148 Fax: 781-388-4749 Web: www.asahiamerica.com E-mail: asahi@asahi-america.com We reserve the right to change technical specifications of the unit without prior notice. Info agru SP-110S User’s Manual Version December 2006...
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Tool Department Contacts Asahi/America 35 Green St, Malden, MA 02148 Phone: 1-800-343-3618 or 781-321-5409 Fax: 781-388-4749 www.asahi-america.com asahi@asahi-america.com Equipment Rental Rental Equipment Manager 781-388-4618 toolmanager@asahi-america.com Rental Administration, Billing & Returns 781-388-4623 toolrental@asahi-america.com Field Technician/Onsite Training 617-480-7071 info@asahi-america.com Technical Service High Purity, Double Wall or Industrial Piping 781-321-5409 pipe@asahi-america.com...
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35 Green Street, PO Box 653, Malden, MA 02148 Tel: (781) 321-5409 - Fax (781) 321-4421 - Toll Free: (800) 343-3618 www.asahi-america.com - asahi@asahi-america.com Direct Sales: East (800) 232-7244 / Central (800) 442-7244 / West (800) 282-7244...
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