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05 connecting torch – Tweco 6000 Cutting System User Manual

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INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

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Four Mounting Bolts And

Washers (Customer Supplied)

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Base

Assembly

To Plasma

Power Supply

To Torch

Figure 3-3 Mounting Bolt Installation

3.05 Connecting Torch

WARNING

Disconnect primary power at the source before dis-
assembling the torch or torch leads.

The Torch Leads connect directly to a bulkhead inside
the Arc Starter Box. Connect the Torch Leads per the
following procedure:

1. Remove the cover from the Arc Starter Box if in-

stalled.

2. Remove the tape securing the shield of the torch

leads to the leads.

3. Unfold the shield towards the end of the leads.

4. Feed the torch leads through the boot on the torch

end of the Arc Starter Box.

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Torch Leads

Hose Clamp

Shield Braid

Torch Leads

Shield Assembly

(Brass Hub)

Figure 3-4 Hose Clamp

5. Feed the torch leads through the supplied Hose

Clamp.

6. Connect the torch leads connectors to the bulk-

head connections per the following figure.

NOTE

The Revision Letter is the last digit of the Serial
Number on the Data Tag.

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Torch Leads

Secondary Gas

Plasma Gas

(Left-Hand Thread)

Coolant Supply

Coolant Return

(Left-Hand Thread)

Units Before Revision Letter 'C'

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Torch Leads

Secondary Gas

Plasma Gas

(Left-Hand Thread)

Coolant Supply

Coolant Return

(Left-Hand Thread)

Units With Revision Letter 'C' or Later

Figure 3-5 Torch Leads Connections

7. Pull the shielding braid towards the end panel as

far as it will go up and over the brass hub. The
hub is part of the Boot Assembly and provides
the grounding point for the shielding in the torch
leads.