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E-5

E-5

THEORY OF OPERATION

FIGURE E.5 – MAIN TRANSFORMER

 

INPUT

MAIN

OUTPUT

 

 

RECTIFIER

 

 

TRAMSFORMER

RECTIFIER

 

INPUT

AND

POSITIVE

CONTACTOR

RECONNECT

 

CHOKE

 

 

LEFT

 

 

THREE

 

SWITCH

 

 

 

BOARD

 

 

PHASE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return

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INPUT

 

FET

POWER

 

ASSEMBLY

INPUT

AUX.

CT

TRANS

 

LINE

 

SWITCH

 

RIGHT

 

 

 

 

SWITCH

PROTECTION

FAN

BOARD

BOARD

 

 

FET

ASSEMBLY

POWER

BOARD

CONTROL

BOARD

WATER

COOLERDISPLAY

BOARD

PC

INTERFACE

NEGATIVE

SHUNT

SNUBBER AND

SENSE LEADS

LCD

DISPLAY

KEYPAD

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WF1 WF2

MAIN TRANSFORMER

Each Switch Board assembly works as a switch pair. Each board feeds current to a primary winding of the Main Transformer. These primary currents are moni- tored by the Current Transformer (CT). The CT sends a signal through the Protection Board to the Control Board. If the primary currents become abnormally high, the Control Board will shut off the FETs, thus dis- abling machine output. The right and left sides of the transformer are isolated from each other. The right side of the transformer is supplied from Switch Boards #1 and #2, while the left side of the transformer is sup- plied from Switch Boards #3 and #4. The DC current flow through each primary winding is clamped back to each respective input capacitor when the FETs are turned off. The firing of the four Switch Board pairs occurs during halves of a 50 microsecond interval, creating two constant 20 kHz square waves on the pri- mary side of the transformer. The current flow through the Main Transformer primaries induces a 20 kHz AC square wave output signal at the secondary of the Main Transformer.

NOTE: Unshaded areas of Block Logic Diagram are the subject of discussion.

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Lincoln Electric SVM112-B service manual Figure E.5 Main Transformer