Plasma 120 S
Plasma 120 S
Plasma 120 S
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Plasma 120 S
General information:
These operating instructions are intended to support you in working effectively and
safely with the cutting device.
Please read the instructions carefully before putting the system into operation.
The information in these operating instructions must be made accessible to the
operating personnel. The manual should always be available as a reference work
near the system.
Warning:
Electromagnetic compatibility EMC (DIN EN 60974-10):
This Class A cutter is not intended for use in residential areas where the power
supply is provided by the public low-voltage power supply system. It may be difficult to
ensure electromagnetic compatibility in these areas due to both conducted and radiated
interference.
INFORMATION: The user is responsible for faults that result from the operation of the
system.
He must evaluate and take into account possible electromagnetic problems in the
environment.
A notice:
Safety test:
For safety reasons, the system must be subjected to a safety check at least once
a year by JÄCKLE or another authorized specialist
according to DIN IEC 60974 Part 4:
safety, maintenance and testing of arc welding equipment in use!
...these must be dimensioned for the largest effective mains current I1eff
(see rating plate)...
They do NOT need to be rated for maximum mains current!
Warranty:
Improper repairs or maintenance, technical changes to the product, unauthorized
interventions not expressly ordered or permitted by Jäckle GmbH, as well as
negligence during installation or use or failure to exercise due care in one's own affairs
will void any warranty claims.
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Plasma 120 S
EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
We hereby declare that the power source listed below meets the safety
requirements of the EC directives.
Relevant EC directives:
Additional information:
Reinhard Jackle
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Plasma 120 S
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Version 2.02
December 2016
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Plasma 120 S
1.1 Functionality
In the plasma torch, the air is heated to an extremely high temperature by an electric arc. An electrically conductive
plasma is formed through which the cutting current can flow from the electrode to the workpiece. The cutting nozzle
with a small bore constricts the cutting current and thus creates a strongly focused plasma cutting jet. This melts
metals very quickly and its high kinetic energy throws the melt out of the kerf. The result is a clean and smooth cut.
1.2 Benefits
Time savings thanks to the high cutting speed when cutting thin sheet metal compared to oxy-fuel cutting,
nibbling or sawing.
The high cutting speed and the bundling of the plasma arc result in low heat input. As a result, there is little or no
distortion of the workpiece.
Easy to use
1.3 Scope
Almost all conductive metals can be cut with the plasma cutting process.
These are, for example, high-alloy chromium-nickel steels, all hardened and unhardened tool steels, structural
steels through to non-ferrous metals such as aluminum and its compounds, brass, copper; even cast iron can be
cut with it.
2. Safety Instructions
The plant is built according to the relevant international standards. As with any technical product, however,
the system can pose a risk if it is used improperly or not as intended.
a) The system is intended exclusively for the plasma cutting process. The
operating personnel must be aware of the safety
safety instructions are taught. Under no circumstances may the system
be operated by untrained personnel
will.
c) Always pull out the mains plug during care, maintenance and repair
work and before opening the housing.
d) The system must always be kept in a functional condition. Modifications to
the system will void the operating permit and the guarantee unless you are
e)
Due to the action area, people working nearby must also be protected from
possible dangers.
Flammable materials are to be kept away from the cutting zone. You could be
ignited by sparks and hot slag.
Warning:
Do not cut containers that contain combustible materials (including their remains; risk
of flammable gases!)
Do not operate the system if the ambient air contains explosive dust or gases.
Containers or pipes that are under positive or negative pressure must not be cut.
(Danger of explosion or implosion!)
Warning:
Touching live parts can cause fatal electric shocks or severe burns.
When cutting, a circuit is created through the torch, the workpiece (all parts
connected to it) and the ground wire, back into the system. This circuit must not
be directly touched or interrupted during cutting.
The ground clamp must be applied to the workpiece with perfect metal-to-metal
contact, close to the part to be cut.
The cutting current must flow from the torch via the workpiece through the ground
cable back into the system. In the event of incorrect contacting of the workpiece
or ground cable, the cutting current can flow via an indirect connection and cause
damage there, eg via the protective conductor installation (PE, earth).
Since the operator could come into contact with improper use or a simple
defect, extended safety measures apply.
Wear gloves and shoes that provide adequate insulation. All clothing must be
kept dry.
Increased caution applies in an environment with high humidity!
All electrical lines connected to the system must be checked to ensure they are in
perfect condition.
Warning:
When changing the burner parts, shut down the system at the main switch.
Pull out the mains plug before opening the system housing.
2.3 Radiation
The radiation from the arc can cause eye damage and skin burns.
Therefore, a welding shield or hard hat should be used to protect
the eyes. The skin must be protected by suitable protective
clothing (welding gloves, leather apron, safety shoes).
When using the cutting device, there is a lot of noise, which can damage your hearing
in the long run!
The cutting area of the workpiece must be cleaned of solvents and degreasing agents
in order to avoid or reduce the formation of poisonous gases.
Cutting lead, also in the form of coatings, galvanized parts, cadmium, "cadmium-
plated screws", beryllium (usually as an alloy component, e.g. beryllium-copper) and
other metals that develop toxic vapors when cutting is only permitted with a protective
mask and as well as sharp suction and filtering of the toxic gases and vapors.
Increased caution applies when cutting containers; empty and clean them
beforehand.
Warning:
The formation of smoke gases or toxic vapors can lead to a lack of oxygen in
the breathing air. Always make sure there is enough fresh air! (or approved
respirator)
Gas cylinders are under high pressure and represent a source of danger. It is
essential to ask the gas supplier how to handle them correctly.
For example, the bottles must be protected from direct sunlight, open fire and
strong temperature fluctuations, e.g. B. very low temperatures.
Caution:
Connections must not be lubricated with oil or grease.
In addition to the notes in these operating instructions, there are generally applicable ones
Safety regulations must be observed, in particular the accident prevention regulations
We would also like to point out that the system can cause electromagnetic interference in certain areas of
use, despite compliance with emission limit values, and that these interferences are the responsibility of the
user.
Persons who wear pacemakers or hearing aids should consult a doctor before
working near the machines.
Attention:
It is possible that in the area of a hospital or similar, the operation of the system
could impair the function of electromedical, information technology or other
devices (ECG, PC, ...).
Before putting the system into operation, it must therefore be ensured that operators who operate such or
similar devices are informed in advance.
Special precautions are also required when using the system in the home.
Appropriate help for evaluating the area of application and for minimizing electromagnetic interference
(e.g. use of shielded cables) can be found in the EMC product standard for arc welding equipment:
3. Brief description
The Plasma 120 S plasma cutting system was designed using robust thyristor technology.
It is therefore for universal use for manual cutting as well as for that
Cutting with machines or robots is ideally suited.
Precisely regulated cutting current. The set cutting current remains constant - regardless of fluctuations in the
mains voltage, the plasma arc length and the material thickness. As a result, the cutting current setting can be
reproduced very well.
• Stepless cutting current adjustment with an external potentiometer 10 kOhm or with a control voltage of 0 -
10 V. (on request)
Compressed air as plasma gas and cooling medium for the plasma torch.
The system is equipped with a high-quality filter pressure reducer and a downstream microfilter as standard.
The finely filtered, pressure-controlled air branches off in the plasma torch body and serves as plasma gas and as a
cooling medium for the torch body, which is subject to high thermal loads.
On request, the system can also be converted to plasma torches that use argon, argon mixtures or nitrogen as the
plasma gas. It is also possible to convert to water-cooled plasma torches.
The central connection socket ensures that the plasma torch can be changed quickly.
HF ignited pilot arc. Thanks to the pilot arc, which is ignited by an HF ignition device, the cutting arc can be ignited
safely even on painted workpieces. In addition, this device can also be used for mechanical cutting.
safety shutdown. If the pilot arc does not come about or breaks off, the power source is switched off after approx.
2 seconds in order to protect the operator from the open-circuit voltage that is present.
4. Specifications
validation 32 A slow-blow
Degree of protection IP 22
type of cooling f
weight 150kg
5. Controls
1 2 3 4 15 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 6
2 8th
0 bar 10
test
F1 T2A 30 50
20 70
A
11 12 13 14
Figure 5.1 Controls
1 Main switch
position "O": System switched off.
Position "I": System switched on.
Danger! In the air-cooled system, the fan is controlled by the temperature of the power source. This
means that when the system is switched on when it is cold, the fan is not put into operation.
Only when the power source heats up due to the cutting operation does a thermostat switch
the fan on and off again after the power source has cooled down.
Depending on the water content of the compressed air, the water tanks must be
emptied regularly by actuating the drain valve.
6. Commissioning
6.1 Setting up the system
When setting up, ensure that there is sufficient space for the inlet and outlet of the cooling air so that the specified
duty cycle can be achieved.
If possible, the system should not be exposed to moisture, the plasma arc jet and the direct spark jet during grinding
work.
Connect the mains plug to the mains cable in accordance with the information on the rating plate. The yellow-green
wire is intended for the protective conductor connection PE. The three phases (black, brown and blue) can be
connected to L1, L2 and L3 as desired.
Connect the compressed air supply to the rear of the system using the quick-release coupling. It must be ensured
that there is a compressed air supply with the necessary pressure and air volume. In addition, the air should be as
oil- and water-free as possible.
Insert the hose package with the plug into the burner's central connection socket and hand-tighten with the union nut.
It can be cut both with a distance nozzle and with a plasma nozzle lying on the workpiece.
To protect torches with a low cutting current capacity, the cutting current can be reduced to 70 A, ie the cutting
current control range is reduced to 20 - 70 A. To do this, pins 2 and 3 in the central connection plug must be bridged
as shown in the sketch below.
In the case of machine torches that are designed without a safety contact, pins 1 and 8 must be bridged in the central
connection plug.
6.5 Connection of the cutting torch with individual connection (special version)
To open the side flap, turn the twist lock to the left as far as it will go.
Torch connections into the terminal compartment through the opening on the front
guide and screw tightly to the insulated threaded nipples G 1/4 and M6.
Control cable with the flat plugs in any way in the built-in flat tongue plug
plug in can.
Close the side flap and turn the twist lock to the right.
2 Torch connection cutting current and air G 1/4 (spare part no.:
703.015.017)
Connect the workpiece to the workpiece socket using the ground cable. Workpiece clamp well conductive on the
workpiece, ie not for paint, rust, etc. clamp.
6.7 Instructions for burners with water cooling and technical gases
b) Technical gases
Set the cutting current depending on the material and thickness of the workpiece.
In manual cutting mode, the cutting current should be set high enough so that the torch can be continuously guided
by hand.
In the case of contour cuts, the cutting current must be set in such a way that the guide machine can still follow the
contours precisely at the resulting speed.
Mount a suitable plasma nozzle in the torch according to the table below.
A plasma nozzle that is too large will reduce performance and cut quality. If the nozzle bore is too small, the plasma
nozzle will be overloaded and destroyed.
When changing wearing parts, ensure that they are firmly seated.
Plasma nozzle and electrode are wearing parts. In the case of a plasma nozzle with a heavily burned-
out bore and an electrode with a strong penetration crater, the ignition properties and the cutting quality
deteriorate.
The parts must then be replaced.
Pull the pressure regulator adjustment knob up to unlock. Set the operating pressure according to the manufacturer's
instructions for the burner used. The operating pressure must be set while the air is flowing (press the compressed
air test button).
8. Cutting
8.1 Ignition of the pilot arc
Bring the cutting torch with the cutting nozzle to the starting point of the cut to be made.
Press torch button. After a short pre-flow of gas, the pilot arc is ignited.
When the pilot arc touches the workpiece, the cutting arc is created.
If the cutting arc does not come about, the pilot arc is switched off after approx. 5 seconds.
Ignition of the pilot arc without cutting with it should not be repeated unnecessarily. The pilot resistor
could be overloaded and the consumable parts of the torch will be subjected to more stress.
8.2 Cutting
For manual cutting, pull the slightly resting torch over the workpiece at a constant speed.
In order to get an optimal cut, it is important to maintain the correct cutting speed according to the material
thickness. If the cutting speed is too low, the cutting edge becomes blurred due to the high heat input. The
optimum cutting speed is reached when the cutting jet tilts slightly backwards during cutting.
When the torch button is released, the plasma jet goes out and the power source switches off. The gas continues
to flow for about 1 minute to cool the burner.
The same process takes place when moving out of the workpiece with the torch button pressed.
The system must not be switched off during the gas post-flow time in order to avoid damage
caused by overheating of the burner.
When piercing in manual mode, hold the hand cutting torch at an angle and slowly bring it into a vertical position
to prevent spatter formation on the cutting nozzle.
When piercing in machine operation, bring the cutting nozzle of the machine cutting torch to a distance of about
7 - 8 mm from the workpiece and slowly approach it to a distance of about 4 mm.
- Blow out the interior of the system with compressed air, depending on how dirty it is.
A notice:
For safety reasons, the system must be subjected to a safety check once a year by JÄCKLE or another authorized
specialist
be subjected to!
When you press the burner A mains phase is missing Check mains fuse
button, it switches (Mains fuse has tripped, a mains Check power cord
Pilot contactor, but pilot arc cable wire has been interrupted)
does not occur or only burns
with an interrupted
Operating pressure too high see chap. 7.3 Set compressed air
Electric arc
pilot arc burns / A mains phase is missing Check mains fuse
cutting arc coming Check power cord
not come about
Ground cable not connected Connect the earth cable to the
or has no contact with the workpiece or improve the contact
workpiece due to a layer of
paint etc
Cutting arc burns, but Compressed air supply too low see chap. 7.3 Set compressed air
bad ones
Quality of cut / too little Wrong plasma nozzle in see chap. 7.2 Equip burner
cutting performance burner used
Worn plasma nozzle or electrode Check / change plasma nozzle / electrode
Cutting arc switches off Cutting speed too low see chap. 8.2 Cutting
Cutting current set too high see chap. 7.1 Setting the cutting
current
6 Torch trigger On
7 cutting current reduction.
A
trimmers
T1 gas pre-flows
T2 gas post-flows
(fixed pilot time = 5s)
p2
P3 I max
P4 I min
P5 I Pilot
PL_CONT1
LEDs
Operating voltage OK
1 Cutting current I>0 arc
23 voltage OK
trimmers
Fig.
12.4
34 thyristor set complete with cooling block and connecting cables 705.022.004
62 Fan control board VR1, 24V (only with air cooling) 600.022.008
control panel Tplasma 1-1 120A / 50Hz in repair exchange Control board 600.024.002A
TPlasma1-1
1.3 5.9 13 7:11 15
Q1 V1,V2,V3
2.4 6.10 14 8:12 16
8th
16 47R
14 9W 7
X2
12 0.68µF S8 6
6 250V~
2 5
4
A6 noise filter
3
T2 Y1
400v 24v 2 X4
A1
230V H1 Y2 1
F1 F2 K1 A2
0v 0v
T1 1U 1V 1w T2A T2A
5µF
S6 S7
E
8th
brown
black
blue 109876531 7 X6
E
E VR 1
A
sync 6
M1 M
valve
1
A7 fan control 5
A
lator
board
4
2U 2V 2W E 3
3V A 4 3
E 2 2
3U A 1
1
terminal strip
KM (+)
V1 v2 V3
K1 K3 K5
G1 G3 G5
- +
A4
A1 A5 P1-1
A3
(W)
AK5 2x 200k 4.7k
(V)
R2
AK3
(U)
AK1 Igniter SIG 3.2
T24 hb
K2 K4 K6
G2 G4 G6 T0 H0
A4
A5
+
KM
A4
UUU
~
AK1
~
AK3
AT THE (-)
L1 L2
~
AK5
1 2435 6
UUU K1 R1 L3
-
AT THE
S20
thyristor protection Power converter 0.1µF
K275
Board A3 1000V
unit
u u
L4
HFS 1
Thyristor wires:
K1,K2,... red
A5
G1,G2,... white
A1,A3,... blue workpiece connection HF protection board
SLF 2
Power outlet
1 10 remote control
terminal block
3 8th
A 1
2 9 S1
B 2
6
DGF 3 C 3 -
arc + height
D 4
adjust.
E 5
cutting current
Hand- machinery f 6
S12 Report
burner burner
G 7
8th
S2 S2
E
A 1 H 8th
9
R3 (external)
S1 A
2 I 9
1 J 10
3 P
bridge for
2 W
Burner 60 A E
R3 (internal)
A
5 Surname: Gerlach
circuit diagram
6 JACKLE
Date: 03/23/04
burner
PLASMA 120 S
No.: PS0-120.200
central connection sweat and
cutting technique
400V 3~50Hz
A2 driver board A1
PE L1 L2 L3 SGR2 AN.2
X1
u V W
positive negative positive negative positive negative
K1 A2 G2 K2 A1 G1 A4 G4 K4 A3 G3 K3 A6 G6 K6 A5 G5 K5 flat
ribbon
TPlasma1-1
1.3 5.9 13 7:11 15
Q1 V1,V2,V3
2.4 6.10 14 8:12 16
8th
16 47R
14 9W 7
X2
12 0.68µF S8 6
6 250V~
2 5
4
A6 noise filter
3
T2 Y1
400v 24v 2 X4
A1
230V
H1 Y2 1
F1 F2 K1 A2
0v 0v
T1 1U 1V 1w T2A T2A
A
8µF 5µF
8th
brown
black
blue brown
black
blue
7 X6
E
E
A
sync Water M M 6
pump 1
M2 M1 ventilator
__
A 5
4
2U 2V 2W E 3
3V A 4 3
E 2 2
3U A 1
1
terminal strip
KM (+)
V1 v2 V3
K1 K3 K5
G1 G3 G5
- +
A4 P1-1
A1 A3 A5
(W)
AK5 2x 200k 4.7k
(V) R2
AK3
(U)
AK1 Igniter SIG 3.2
T24 hb
K2 K4 K6
G2 G4 G6
T0 H0
A4
A5
+
KM
A4
UUU
~
AK1
~ AT THE (-)
AK3 L1 L2
~
AK5
124356
UUU K1 R1 L3
-
AT THE
S20
Power converter 0.1µF
thyristor protection 1000V
K275
Board A3
unit u u
L4
Thyristor wires:
HFS 1
K1,K2,... red
G1,G2,... white A5
A1,A3,... blue workpiece connection HF protection board
control board
A4 arc circuit board external fuse
1 10v
F1 control transformer prim.
2 S
X3 F2 Fuse control transformer sec.
3 0v
H1 Power indicator
4
H2 fault light temperature
5
H3 Compressed air fault light
6
H4 Fault light burner fault light
7
H5 water and flap
8th
9
K1 pilot contactor
H2 H3 H4 H5
10 L1 storage choke
L2 Blocking throttle HFT 20 S, HF
L3 Blocking reactor PLD 1, HF
1
L4 Power converter (cutting current)
2
S3 Q1 main switch S225-647904
X2 3
S4 R1 Pilot resistance 3 ohms
4 S9
S5 P P S10 R2 resistor 250 ohms / 100 W
5
R3 Potentiometer 10 k lin.
6 34V
SLF 2
Power outlet
1 10 remote control
terminal block
3 8th
A 1
2 9 S1
B 2
6
DGF 3 C 3 -
arc height
D 4
+ adjust.
E 5
cutting current
Hand- machinery f 6
S12 Report
burner burner
G 7
8th
S2 S2
E
A 1 H 8th
9
R3 (external)
S1 2 I 9
A
1 J 10
3 P
bridge for
2 W
Burner 60 A E
R3 (internal)
A
5 Surname: Gerlach
6 JACKLE
circuit diagram Date: 03/23/04
burner PLASMA 120 S No.: PS0-120.203
central connection sweat and
cutting technique
- with water cooling 400V 3~50Hz
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