Tormach 1300PL Plasma Table Installation Video

hi jason with tormach in this video we're going to cover how to install your 1300 pl plasma table first off let me say thank you for supporting our business at tormach we're here to help people make things as a 100 employee-owned business we strive to be your high value source for capable and affordable manufacturing equipment whether it's a cnc plasma table mill lathe wood router or even an automatic bandsaw we can help you build out the ideal solution for your shop we recommend you read the operator manual that came with your product for all the warnings cautions the safety overview general site and space requirements and electrical requirements the operator manual will also show you what tools you will need to install your machine and to cover each step in full detail the 1300 pl was packaged to allow the machine to be delivered on a lift gate truck no need for a forklift when your machine arrives make sure you visually inspect it we see less than one percent of our machines get damaged in transit but in an unfortunate scenario it is best to reject the shipment at a minimum the driver will need to document the damage on the bill of lading and sign it but once the machine is safely off the truck and inside your shop we'll one position it towards the center of the room at least eight feet from a wall now let's get this thing opened up the crate is held together with some metal tabs and some screws along the bottom edge we can open these up by using a screwdriver or chisel and a pair of pliers it's easy enough to pry it up and then just straighten it out with the pliers start by removing the top panel now remove the screws from the bottom edge and then you can remove one of the sides this will allow you to slide the remaining three sides off as one piece making the crate easier to handle now we can move to unpacking all the pieces we just need to cut the tie downs and the plastic wrap off of everything and set it aside now that we have everything unpacked let's get the machine off the pallet using our pallet jack we're going to raise the machine up high enough to allow our engine hoist to slide underneath it to accomplish this we just use some wood blocking on the sides of the machine as well as on the pallet jack to be able to raise up the machine higher [Music] with the engine noise you need to extend the arm out all the way on ours we had it set out to the half ton position and we shortened the chain on the end of the boom as short as we could get it position the engine hoist at the center of the machine and secure a lift strap to the machine lift the machine just high enough to take the weight off using an eight millimeter allen wrench go ahead and loosen the top socket head cap screws you can remove one from each side to start so once the top ones are out we gotta remove the bottom bolts this is a 14 millimeter allen wrench to remove these if you don't have one of these laying around a life hack for you is to use a bolt with a 14 millimeter head if you add a couple nuts to the end of it and lock them together you can just use this to remove those bolts then remove the socket heads cap screws located at the top the pallet is designed to withstand the rigors of shipping so we're going to need to use a pry bar to get the machine off the lower mounting points raise the plasma table a few inches and once it's free we'll go ahead and slide the pallet out of the way all right so now we can get the machine down on these four by four blocks and let's get the legs installed when we set the machine on the 4x4 blocking we want to continue to support it with the engine hoist itself so make sure you keep tension on that lifting strap and on the machine we're gonna remove the cover plates from the end of the machine to access the leg mounting locations we're gonna need a two and a half millimeter allen wrench for this we can remove the shipping bolts from the top of each leg the location at which we install the legs is important you'll find labels on each leg and on the table we'll need to match these up and get the top two legs installed we're going to use a 14 millimeter allen wrench for this now we can lower the table down onto the feet so we're going to use the engine hoist to support the machine and we're going to start to lower down slowly and allow the engine hoist to slide backwards as we lower it down once the machine is on its feet we can move the engine hoist to the opposite side and install the remaining two legs for additional strap clearance while we're lifting this we can slide the water table to its forward position we'll just need a six millimeter allen wrench for this we can reinstall the bolts we removed to secure the table in this forward position so now we can lift up the other side of the table with the engine hoist and a strap on these final two legs there's two mounting nuts that are used to hold the machine to the pallet we're going to need to go ahead and remove these but we do not want to discard the allen bolts we're going to use this to mount the legs of the machine making sure to match up the labels again once we have the leg bolts tightened up we can go ahead and lower the machine back down and get it on all four feet and test the water table with your shop dog on to leveling the machine we will do this in two steps first we will level the machine itself and then we'll level the water table to level the machine we're going to place the spirit level on the x and y directions on all four sides of the machine we're going to find which sides are low we're going to use the machine feet to raise up the low sides until everything is level we're just going to verify this by placing the level on all four sides again and then once this is complete we can go ahead and tighten the jam nuts on the feet leveling or really rather aligning the water table is done using the z-axis this ensures that the working surface of the machine is parallel with the machine's travels so the water table is supported by two adjusting rails and each of these rails has two grub screws that can help you adjust the height so the first thing we're going to do is just check the height of the table we're going to do this by pushing the machine to the corners of the travel and we're going to use a tape measure or a ruler and we're going to measure from the water table to a reference point on the z-axis we're going to note this dimension then we're going to push the machine into each corner of travel now the 1300 pl comes standard with torch height control which will compensate for small variations in your workpiece heights you can expect the machine to perform well with the table that is level within a quarter of an inch the closer you get the better it works but you don't have to worry about making it perfect if an adjustment is needed we can loosen the bolts on the mounting rails we can then use the two grub screws on each rail to raise the low side of the water table up to get everything level we're going to go ahead and re-measure our heights and then continue adjusting as needed until we are within our one quarter of an inch just take a lap under here yeah well you got to move the dog around with you to put your head on onto the side panels we need to install the front and rear panels first the two side panels actually overlap these we will need four m8 button head cap screws and a five millimeter allen wrench to put these on okay so now we've got the front rear on we can move to the left side we're actually gonna leave the right side off until later this left panel is going to overlap the front rear panels and it's also secured with four m8 button head cap screws we're going to take two more of these m8 button head screws and we're going to get them started in the middle holes now we can take the cable track mounts and we can hang them on these two m8 screws and tighten these up we will need to flip the front two bump stops on the y-axis around so we'll go ahead and remove the rubber bump stop and we'll take the socket head cap screws out of this and just turn this bracket around and then we'll reinstall the rubber bumper so we're gonna go grab the cable track and we're gonna remove the top cover now we can mount the tray to the two brackets we just installed using the four m6 screws that are pre-installed in it so let's grab the electrical cabinet now and get it unwrapped we'll remove the m6 screws that are pre-installed in it and we'll use those to mount it to the bottom of the cable tray while we're installing this we want to leave one of the screws out that's closest to the rectangular cutout we're going to attach a ground wire to this now we can unwrap the cable guard that's bundled on the left side of the machine we're going to lay this all down and pass the cables through the rectangular cutout we'll mount this cable guard down using four m6 socket head cap screws to keep things easy let's move to installing the torch and the plasma leads now we can start this by installing the torch breakaway plate remove the allen bolt from the z-axis and insert the cable loop into the slot and then just reinstall the bolt this will catch your torch in case it gets knocked off the z-axis now let's open up the cable guard by removing all these link covers a flat base screwdriver works well for this when we get to the loop back portion here just pick a convenient spot to remove covers from both sides so we can patch the torch leads through the cable guard so now open up your plasma unit and place the power supply at the back left corner of the machine let's grab the torch lead and set it on the bench we'll need to remove this brass gear from the torch body depending on which torch and plasma unit you purchase this may be a little different the unit we have is a powermax 65 and for this one we need to take this threaded body and separate it and then we can slide the gear out on a powermax 45 you just need to take two little small screws out and the gear will slide out it's easiest to put your torch consumables in now so that when we install the torch onto the machine we can get the height set right away we didn't do this in the video but in hindsight it would have been a little bit easier you want to follow hypertherm or your torch manufacturer's recommendations when you install the consumables so now we can install the torch body into the breakaway holder we only want to tighten the screws on this just enough to keep the torch from falling out there's no cutting pressure here and these torch houses are made from ceramic so we don't want to over tighten them while we are here let's go ahead and pull out the ohmic probing wire that is tucked inside the x-axis motor housing we can install the ohmic probe wire quick and then we can round to torch leads through the cable guard as we're installing the wires in the cable guard it is good practice to keep the wires from crisscrossing each other this will reduce wear on the cables as the machine traverses around when we transition from the x-axis cable guard to the y-axis cable guard we don't want to run the torch leads through this step section this does not offer enough clearance for the torch leads and will cause premature failure once we get down to the bottom of the y axis we can pass the lead through that rectangular cutout and then route it back to the plasma power supply and plug it in we can grab the grounding strap that came with your plasma unit we can plug it into the power supply and then we can pass it underneath the side of the machine and just pass it back up to the water table now we can install the hypertherm control cable this ships with the machine and plugs into the round connector at the back of the plasma power supply and into the number 11 position on your machine's electrical cabinet now we can wrap up the torch installation by reinstalling all the cable guard link covers you can press these on by hand by starting on one side and then kind of clipping them over on the other side you may also find a flat bed screwdriver to be helpful for this task since we're finished running all the wires and through the cable guards it's a good time to reinstall that tray cover so we're going to need to route the e-stop cable and reset button cable through the rectangular hull we'll need to attach this ground wire to the screw we left off earlier then we can reinstall this top cover with four m4 socket head cap screws the two longer screws are installed on the inside of the cover while we're at the control cabinet let's finish up these rest of these connections the wires all have number labels on them and they correspond with the positions on the electrical cabinet we'll put the diagram on the screen here for you but it can also be found in the connector's reference section of your manual there's one more ground wire we need to pass through the side panel cutout and install it on the machine's ground block located underneath the table we are almost finished just a few more steps and we can get the machine powered up the machine arm holds the controller the monitor the keyboard the usb hub this is where we're going to be interacting and interfacing with the machine we can install this on either the left side or the right side the left side is the standard position and if this works with the space that you have it's best to just install it here in our space if we put it on the left side we'd be blocking our door so we're going to go ahead and move it to the right side we can then mount the keyboard tray and the monitor you're going to want to make sure that you mount the vase amount for your controller before you mount the monitor as you can see in the video i put the monitor on and then i realized i'd take it back off quick and reinstall it so go ahead and slide that in there ahead of time the controller mounts to this bracket using these little eye bolts and slides into place with a friction fit against the rubber feet we can now plug in the keyboard the mouse the hub and the ethernet cable we're going to route the ethernet and power wires down the arm and in through the panel cutouts and all the way back to the electrical cabinet we do have some cable trays located underneath the machine to help with the wire routing now we can plug the ethernet cable into the back of the control cabinet and the monitor and controller power cords will plug into the iec ports labeled accessory power port now that everything is hooked up we can go ahead and install the right side panel of the machine one quick check before we do this is to make sure that the water table's drain valve is installed and in the closed position filling the water tank with an open drain valve is not an ideal scenario for this we're going to use four more m8 button head cap screws and a five millimeter allen wrench we can go ahead and reinstall the end plates on the machine now let's get those slats installed and fill the water table up installing the slats in a curve helps them last longer and can more effectively support your parts when you're cutting to do this we're just going to offset the center of the slats by one position the water table holds 59 gallons of water and you can use a holes or buckets just get the thing filled up we recommend adding a plasma cutting fluid to the water to help stop corrosion something like green cut can work really well follow the manufacturer's instructions on how to mix this when we're filling the table we want to fill it to about a half inch below the top of the slats the water table is a critical safety feature on your 1300 pl it will trap the majority of the metal particulates that are released when you're cutting and will help keep your shop's air quality a lot cleaner you want to make sure and keep the water table at the proper levels when you're cutting let's get the machine up and running and verify the installation first we're going to open the electrical cabinet and we're going to verify that all the circuit breakers are in the on position then we're going to need to verify the electrical service meets the machine's requirements we're looking for 230 volts single phase power on a 20 amp circuit plug the machine in and turn the main disconnect switch on that is located on the front of the electrical cabinet once this thing starts to boot we can work through the on-screen instructions to configure path pilot operating system we need to release the emergency stop button which is done by rotating it and then we're going to press the blue reset button the reset button will illuminate and then we can verify on the status page of pathfile interface that the machine okay light will change from yellow to green at the bottom left of your screen you'll see a reset button that's flashing blue let's go ahead and press this and enable the software so the first test we're going to do is to verify that the emergency stop button is working so let's go ahead and push this in the button should stay in the depressed position and the blue reset button will turn off and the machine okay light will also turn off now let's power down the machine press the exit button on the bottom right of the screen and when prompted select ok when the display says it's safe to power off your machine let's turn the main disconnect switch we can go ahead and turn it back on and now the controller should automatically launch back into that pathpilot interface when it's powered back up let's go ahead and pull it out of reset again by releasing the emergency stop button pushing the blue reset and then pressing the reset button in the path pilot interface so next we're going to verify the machine motion so the first thing we're going to do is reference the machine on the bottom center of the screen you're going to see a reference x y z and a button so let's go ahead and start by referencing z reference y and reference x the reference position is all the way up in z all the way back in y and all the way to the left in x so let's test the jogging of the machine to do this we're going to use the keyboard and the arrow keys if we press the right arrow the machine should move in the positive x direction to the right and if we press the left arrow the machine will move in the negative x direction to the left if we use the down arrow the machine is going to move in the negative y direction and move towards us and if we use the up arrow the machine is going to move in the positive y direction and move away from us page down will move the z axis in the negative direction and page up will move the z-axis in the positive direction with the plasma's power supply powered up and the torch consumables installed we can test fire the torch there is a test torch button located at the bottom right of the pathpilot interface this will create a pilot arc while this arc is lit we're going to want to check the torch voltage display located at the bottom center of the screen we need to see a reading above 100 volts which indicates an open circuit if we do not see a voltage here we're going to want to refer to the voltage feedback section of the troubleshooting guide your 1300 pl plasma is equipped standard with a torch breakaway detection system this will stop motion in the scenario where your torch runs into a tip up or to a piece of material and gets knocked off of the z-axis so we're going to go ahead on the status page again there is a breakaway switch led this should be off if we go ahead and we pull the torch off of the machine we will see this light turn on let's test the ohmic probing to make sure that this system is working properly to do this what we need to do is we just need to check the circuit between the torch tip and the plasma unit itself we can go ahead and short the torch nose to the table using a piece of scrap metal if we jump to the status page in pathpilot we'll see this ohmic touch light we just want to see this light turn on when the torch tip is touching the ground so the olmic probing system on your 1300pl relies on a calibrated resistance between the torch cap and the workpiece you're going to need to calibrate this if you change consumables if your work pieces change this is one of those settings that you might have to adjust when you're using the machine because one of the side effects of this can be is if you start to get water to splash up into your torch nose it can trigger the probing system so to calibrate and to adjust this sensitivity if we open up the electrical cabinet and we can identify the tormach torch height control board is located here there is a sensitivity adjustment we can go ahead and short the torch nose to the table using a piece of scrap metal and then we'll watch the led number d8 on the bottom left of that board this should be lit up this is signaling to the controller that the torch is contacting the work piece if the led is not lit up let's verify that our work piece is touching the torch and that the ground clamp is connected and then we'll go ahead and make an adjustment when we dial this adjustment to the counter clockwise it's going to reduce its sensitivity so if our light is illuminated it should shut it off then we'll go ahead and turn it back to the right until that light just turns on then from here what we can do is we can jog the torch just above a piece of stock and we'll splash some water on it so that we have the torch touching the water but not the work piece itself and what we want to verify is that that probing light does not turn on in this scenario so your 1300 pl plasma cutter is also equipped with a physical probing switch the combination of the ohmic probing for your thinner materials where the weight of the torch and the pressure of the z-axis moving will bend and deform your sheets and give you inaccurate probing heights in addition to the mechanical spring-loaded switch that works really well on your thicker materials and doesn't have the drawbacks of the sensitivity to water like an olmic probe does one last step we can take before we start to cut some parts is just verify some settings in the pathfinder controller so if we go to the main tab and we go down to the mdi line and we type admin you'll see that all the admin commands start to populate below this so we're going to type in admin date and we can either type it in or we can select it out of the list this allows us to set the date and time on the machine this is important if we ever have to get in a troubleshooting scenario with you guys this gives us an accurate date and time stamp on things you also have optional admin settings to control your keyboard language as well as calibrating your touch screen if you need to so thanks for watching if you guys enjoy the content please subscribe to our channel and check our other youtube videos here

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Length: 22min 53sec (1373 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 28 2020