matt1978
www.lorch.eu
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In some ways machines are easier to get running than before from a service technicians point of view purely for the reason almost all of it nowadays is just PC board exchange, damaged one out, new in in, Job done.
For instance our 500 amp pulse mig has basically 2 engines, (2 x 300 amp inverter modules) if one of them fails, the service technician can make a small adjustment inside the machine so that the faulty side is switched off and the machine will still be able weld with 250 amps (like a car in limp home mode) so at least the machine can still be used to some level whilst the parts are sourced for the repair of the other inverter. One of the small benefits of the wifi would be that the disablement of the damaged inverter and swap over to the good side could be done remotely, without a screw driver leaving the box. This would be really good in a production environment like a robot cell that runs 24/7 and it was on the night shift at a customer that was 3 hours drive away
For instance our 500 amp pulse mig has basically 2 engines, (2 x 300 amp inverter modules) if one of them fails, the service technician can make a small adjustment inside the machine so that the faulty side is switched off and the machine will still be able weld with 250 amps (like a car in limp home mode) so at least the machine can still be used to some level whilst the parts are sourced for the repair of the other inverter. One of the small benefits of the wifi would be that the disablement of the damaged inverter and swap over to the good side could be done remotely, without a screw driver leaving the box. This would be really good in a production environment like a robot cell that runs 24/7 and it was on the night shift at a customer that was 3 hours drive away
