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APPLICATION NOTE

TESTING OF WELDING EQUIPMENT

Standards

• IEC60974-1ArcweldingEquipment-Part1:Weldingpowersources

• IEC60519-9Particularrequirementsforhigh-frequencydielectricheatinginstallations

• IEC60245-1Ratedvoltagesuptoandincluding450/750V-Arcweldingelectrodecables

• IEC60335-2-45Particularrequirementsforportableheatingtoolsandsimilarapplicances

Customer’s Challenge

Testingofweldingequipmentisverysimilartotestingoftransformers.Bothhavemainspoweredprimary,ironcoreandcasingandlowvoltagesecondary.

Typicallythesetypesofunitsaretestedasasequence,thefirsttestfromprimaryironandthesecondonefromsec-ondarytoiron.

Insomecasesthesetwotestsarereplacedwithonehighervoltagetestdirectlyfromprimarytosecondary.

Whenusingonlyonetestwecannotknowhowthetestvoltageisdividedbetweenprimarytoironandsecondarytoiron.Incaseofmodernelectronicinvertertypeinstrumentthiscanbeevendestructiveforelectroniccomponents.

Finero Oy – The Quality Control Company Tel. +358-5-7522 200Haltonintie 5, FIN-47400 KAUSALA, FINLAND Fax +358-5-3638 326www.qacontrol.com [email protected]

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APPLICATION NOTE

Advantages

• Veryfastandaccuratedoublehighvoltagetest,downto1stesttime

• Guaranteedtestparametersineachpartialtest

• AccurateleakagecurrentvalueswithDC-output,nocapacitiveleakagecurrents

• LesspowerneededinHV-tests

• Alltests,doubleHVandPE-continuity,madewithoneconnection

• FullyPCcontrolled,alsomanualPE-continuitytesting

• Storingpossibilityforunlimitednumbersofdifferenttestsequences

• Testdatastoringundereachproducttypeandserialnumber

• Usesstandardeconomicallypricedstandardcomputers,printersandbarcodereaders

• EasytointerfaceLAN,softwareandhardwareupdateseasilyavailable

Finero Oy – The Quality Control Company Tel. +358-5-7522 200Haltonintie 5, FIN-47400 KAUSALA, FINLAND Fax +358-5-3638 326www.qacontrol.com [email protected]

FinerohasdevelopedadoubleoutputhighvoltagetesterFST-210includingalsoaPE-continuitytester.Thistestercanprocess2highvoltagetestssimultaneously,bothtestvoltagesarefreelyadjustableandhaveowncurrentmeasure-mentandacceptancelimitsettings.

OutputvoltagesarerectifiedtogiveDC-output.ThisisimportantwithinvertertypeinstrumentshavinginternalEMC-filterswithhighcapacitors.TheDC-testvoltagepreventshighcapacitiveleakagecurrentthatmakesitpossibletomeasurerealleakagecurrentcausedbybadinsulationorworkmanshiperrors.

PE-continuityismeasuredasresistancevaluebetweenmainsplugPE-contactanddifferentpartsofequipmentcase.ThisismostoftenmademanuallyusingaseparatePE-testprobe.Automatictestingisalsopossibleallowingtotallyhandsfreeoperation.

Finero’s Solution

TESTING OF WELDING EQUIPMENT