Lincoln Electric VRTEX 360 COMPACT Operator's Manual page 48

VRTEX 360 COMPACT
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LEARNING LEVELS
The Learning Levels, or Tolerance Level, feature in your VRTEX
provides 3 skill levels (Entry Level, Intermediate and Advanced) for
students. As the progression of skills and capabilities progress, you
can enable different levels to keep students challenged, excited and
engaged in learning.
DEFAULT
The "Default" settings are the original settings created for the VRTEX
program. They are a general setting used to teach the user the proper
welding angles, distances and motions. See the Operators Manual
provided with the unit for further information.
ENTRY LEVEL
The "Entry Level" Learning Level is designed to train the Entry Level
welder. The tolerance settings are slightly easier to allow the beginner
to become familiar with the welding motions. They are slightly more
challenging than the "Default" settings but teach the same general
techniques.
INTERMEDIATE
The "Intermediate" Learning Level is designed to be more challenging
than the "Entry Level" setting. This level is for the student with some
welding experience.
ADVANCED
The "Advanced" Learning Level is designed to be the most
challenging. This level is for the student that has more welding
experience. This level is the most challenging and hardest level to
score well in. The tolerances are set very close forcing the user to
almost perfect the angles, distance and motion of the welds.
Figure 95 – Advanced tolerance selection
ACCESSING THE LEARNING LEVELS
From the Sign In screen, enter the Instructors Mode. Once in the
Instructors Mode highlight the Tolerance block and Select the
tolerance. The Tolerance Selection Box will appear below the
Tolerance block. Toggle left or right through the available Learning
Levels. The tolerance files are in alphabetical order.
SELECTING A LEARNING LEVEL
Once Tolerance has been selected, toggle between the different
Learning Levels. In the Tolerance Selection Box there will be four
options that have an image of a lock next to them. The lock indicates
the tolerance cannot be changed. The four tolerances are Default,
Entry Level, Intermediate and Advanced. Select the tolerance to
activate the Learning Level desired. Upon selection, a prompt box will
appear asking if the selection is the intended tolerance level desired.
Select the tolerance again and the change will be made.
Any additional tolerance settings that have been created by the user
will also appear in this box. Those tolerance settings can still be
accessed and changed as the user deems necessary. The Learning
Levels are designed to teach student progression starting with the
Entry Level and progressing through the Intermediate and Advanced
levels until they become proficient with the welding movements.
EXITING THE LEARNING LEVELS
Once the user has chosen the desired Learning Level, press the
orange Back icon two times to exit the tolerance and Instructors
Mode. This will take the program back to the Sign In screen. Follow
the setup procedures to begin the learning experience.
RESTARTS
The "Restart" or "Tie-In" is a technique that should be mastered. The
ability to stop and restart as a welder creates a bead that not only can
affect the appearance of the weld, but also the integrity of the weld.
The Restart cues and Restart scoring will allow the user to practice
and evaluate this technique.
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Figure 96