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Lincoln Electric SVM199-A service manual Switch Boards and Main Transformer

Models: SVM199-A

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E-3

THEORY OF OPERATION

E-3

 

 

 

 

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FIGURE E.3 — SWITCH BOARDS AND MAIN TRANSFORMER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSFORMER

CURRENT

Section

Master

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENSOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD

 

 

OUTPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERMINAL

to

to

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

INPUT

 

 

DRIVE

 

 

 

 

Return

Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTACTOR

RECTIFIER

R

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

W

 

PRIMARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

I

 

CURRENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

T

 

SENSOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

CAPACITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

C

VOLTAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

H

FEEDBACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

P S

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O W

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOKE

 

 

E T

I

B

 

 

 

RIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

R C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

N O

 

 

 

SWITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

P A

 

 

 

 

 

OUTPUT

 

 

 

U R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

D

CONTROL SIGNALS

 

PWM

CAPACITOR

 

TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRIVE

VOLTAGE

 

THERMOSTATS

 

 

 

#1 AUX.

 

 

 

 

 

FEEDBACK

 

 

 

 

 

RECTIFIER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOC

TOC

 

TRANS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65VDC

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT FEEDBACK

AUX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL BOARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLTAGE FEEDBACK

Section

Master

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECONNECT

#2AUX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANS.

FAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOTOR

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

to

to

 

 

 

 

 

 

40VDC

 

 

 

STATUS

Return

Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WIRE FEEDER

RS232

VOLTAGE

THERMAL

LIGHT

 

115VAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEPTACLE

CONN.

SENSE

LIGHT

 

 

RECEPTACLE

 

 

 

 

RECEPTACLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWITCH BOARDS AND MAIN

 

 

 

 

TRANSFORMER

 

 

 

 

There are two switch boards in the INVERTEC® V450-

Each switch board feeds current to a separate, oppo-

TOC

TOC

PRO, each containing an input capacitor and insulated

sitely wound primary winding of the main transformer.

gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) switching circuitry. Refer

The reverse directions of current flow through the main

 

 

Section

Master

to Figure E.3. When the machine reconnect switches

transformer primaries and the offset timing of the IGBT

are configured for a lower input voltage (below 300

switch boards induce an AC square wave output signal

 

 

 

 

VAC) the input capacitors are connected in parallel.

at the secondary of the main transformer. These pri-

to

to

When the machine is configured for higher input volt-

mary currents are monitored by the current transformer

ages (300 VAC and above) the input capacitors are

(CT). If the primary currents become abnormally high,

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connected in series.

the control board will shut off the IGBTs, thus disabling

 

 

 

 

 

 

machine output. The DC current flow through each pri-

 

 

When the input capacitors are fully charged they act as

mary winding is clamped back to each respective input

 

 

power supplies for the IGBT switching circuit. The

capacitor when the IGBTs are turned off. This is need-

 

 

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors switch the DC

ed due to the inductance of the transformer primary

 

 

power, from the input capacitors, “on and off” thus sup-

winding. The firing of the two switch boards occurs

 

 

plying pulsed DC current to the main transformer pri-

during halves of a 50 microsecond interval, creating a

 

 

mary windings. See IGBT Operation Discussion and

constant 20 kHz output.

 

 

Diagrams in this section.

 

 

to Section TOC

to Master TOC

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Unshaded areas of Block Logic

 

Return

Return

 

 

 

Diagram are the subject of discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVERTEC® V450-PRO

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SVM199-A specifications

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