Setting The Arc Times; Predefined Arc Handling; Table 4-11. Arc Detect, Arc Shutdown, And Tcc Times For Pre-Defined Targets - Advanced Energy Pinnacle 20 kW Manual

3. Press ENTER to accept and exit.

SETTING THE ARC TIMES

PROCESS → ARC → TIMES
You can customize your Pinnacle unit's arc handling. If you select "Custom," at the Process/
Arc/Times menu, then two more menu selections become available to you: "Shutdown" for
selecting an arc shutdown time, and "Detect" for selecting an arc detect delay time. Choose
among several values for each. If you select "Predefined" then the shutdown and detect times
are pre-set.
To select a custom arc shutdown time, follow these steps:
1. Press PROCESS → TIMES → CUSTOM
2. Rotate the MODIFY knob to select one of ten available settings in micro-seconds.
3. Press ENTER to accept and exit.
To select a custom arc detect delay time, follow these steps:
1. Press PROCESS → TIMES → CUSTOM
2. Press DETECT
3. Rotate the MODIFY knob to select one of ten available settings in micro-seconds.
4. Press ENTER to accept and exit.

PREDEFINED ARC HANDLING

This function lets you indicate the type of arc handling you would like for your process by
identifying the type of target in your process: metal or non-metal. This is useful in situations
where the arcing characteristics of a process are unknown, making it difficult to set "custom"
arc times. Selecting a metal or non-metal target initiates pre-programmed arc detect times and
arc shutdown times for the normal process cycle (PC) and for the target conditioning cycle
(TCC) if TCC is enabled. The following table shows those values:

Table 4-11. Arc detect, arc shutdown, and TCC times for pre-defined targets

Target Type
Metal
Non-Metal
Note: 10 kW and 20 kW Pinnacle units with a 208 V input configuration have minimum PC
Shutdown and TCC Shutdown times of 50 μsec.
To select a predefined arc handling mode follow these steps:
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PC Detect PC Shutdown
Time (μs) Time (μs)
0 30
0 500
I/O Communication and Control
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TCC Detect TCC
Time (μs) Shutdown
Time (μs)
20 50
20 500
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