Lincoln Electric IM8001 PRODUCTION MONITORING 2.2 - Manual (Page 15)

Chapter 1. General Information Introduction to Production Monitoring™
1.2 Production Monitoring™ User Manual IM8001
Weld Profiles
One of the principal goals of Production Monitoring™ is to report on welds that are outside of user-defined
limits with respect to WeldScore™, current, voltage, wire feed speed and duration. This goal would be
simple to implement if the Welding Power Source were to perform only one type of weld over and over.
However, in practical applications, this is not the case. The assembly of many different industrial
components requires welds of varying type and length.
The concept of Weld Profiles allows the Welding Power Source to apply different limit settings for each
weld that is performed on a certain part. Before the Welding Power Source begins a new weld, the wire
feeder or system controller selects the corresponding Weld Profile. The Weld Engineer can, therefore,
assign one Weld Profile to each weld required for the part assembly.
For more in-depth information about Weld Profiles, please refer to the Power Wave® Manager User
Manual.
Weld Logging
Production Monitoring™ records large quantities of weld statistics. Each log entry contains the following
welding statistics for each weld:
ƒ For current, voltage, wire feed speed and duration:
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Average
- Percent above limit
- Percent below limit
- Profile maximum limit
- Profile minimum limit
ƒ True Energy™
ƒ Date and time the weld was made
ƒ Duration of the weld
ƒ Weld status after limit checking
ƒ Part Number, Consumable Lot and Operator ID
ƒ WeldScore™
E-mail Capability
When a Welding Power Source has access to an e-mail server on your network and you have installed
Production Monitoring™ on the server computer, the power source can send e-mail notifications to
multiple addresses. Each e-mail address can be configured to receive messages from the Welding Power
Source upon any of several event conditions.