Lincoln Electric IM8001 PRODUCTION MONITORING 2.2 - Manual (Page 14)

IM8001 Production Monitoring™ User Manual 1.1
Chapter 1
General Information
Introduction to Production Monitoring™
Production Monitoring™ is a data collection and reporting technology that is available for the latest models
of the Power Wave® family of Welding Power Sources.
The term “Production Monitoring” does not refer to any single feature. Instead, it refers to the entire
collection of features and functionality included with a Welding Power Source. These features include, but
are not limited to:
ƒ Collecting welding logs complete with statistics for each recorded weld.
ƒ Setting logical limits on WeldScore™, arc current, arc voltage, wire feed speed, and duration; and
reporting welds that violate the specified limits.
ƒ Creating distinct Weld Profiles with separate limit settings for each profile.
ƒ E-mailing users: Each Welding Power Source has the ability to send e-mails containing reports of
weld errors and other information.
ƒ Tracking wire usage and providing low-package warnings for each Welding Power Source.
STOP | Production Monitoring™ does not support consumable
tracking for dual wire-feeding systems.
NOTE | For Production Monitoring™ support in USA and Canada,
dial 1.800.691.5797. The direct dial number is
1.727.786.0121. The e-mail address is
[email protected] .
User Roles
For the purposes of this documentation, we use the following terms to help identify the person generally
responsible for the task being discussed. These are general terms to help illustrate the use of Production
Monitoring™ in your welding operations.
ƒ Weld Engineer or Engineer: If you see one of these terms, we generally mean the person in
charge of setting up the weld before the weld is made. In some cases, the Weld Engineer and
the Weld Operator is the same person.
ƒ Weld Operator or Operator: This person is the person (or robot) who is actually running the
welder and making the weld.
ƒ Production Monitoring™ Administrator: This person is responsible for managing the Production
Monitoring™ application. There could be more than one, depending on your company’s policies.