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WeldCube
Operating Instructions
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Software
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Dear reader,
Introduction Thank you for the trust you have placed in our company and congratulations on buying this
high-quality Fronius product. These instructions will help you familiarise yourself with the
product. Reading the instructions carefully will enable you to learn about the many different
features it has to offer. This will allow you to make full use of its advantages.
Please also note the safety rules to ensure greater safety when using the product. Careful
handling of the product will repay you with years of safe and reliable operation. These are
essential prerequisites for excellent results.
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Contents
General ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Device concept ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Application areas .................................................................................................................................. 5
Welding system requirements............................................................................................................... 5
Firmware versions................................................................................................................................. 5
MICROSOFT software license conditions ............................................................................................ 5
The WeldCube user interface .................................................................................................................... 6
The WeldCube user interface ............................................................................................................... 6
Machines.................................................................................................................................................... 7
General ................................................................................................................................................. 7
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 8
Live view ............................................................................................................................................... 10
Machine information page..................................................................................................................... 10
Jobs - overview ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Jobs: Display selected job .................................................................................................................... 12
Jobs: Display history for selected job(s) ............................................................................................... 13
Jobs: Calculated Q-Master limits for selected job(s)............................................................................. 13
Jobs: Reset selection............................................................................................................................ 14
Jobs: Select all jobs .............................................................................................................................. 14
Component history................................................................................................................................ 14
Welding operations ............................................................................................................................... 15
Components............................................................................................................................................... 16
General ................................................................................................................................................. 16
Text filter ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Filter wizard........................................................................................................................................... 16
Part report for arc welds........................................................................................................................ 17
Part report for spot welds...................................................................................................................... 19
Arc welding operations............................................................................................................................... 21
General ................................................................................................................................................. 21
Text filter ............................................................................................................................................... 21
Filter wizard........................................................................................................................................... 22
Arc welds .............................................................................................................................................. 22
Spot welding operations............................................................................................................................. 24
General ................................................................................................................................................. 24
Text filter ............................................................................................................................................... 24
Filter wizard........................................................................................................................................... 25
Spot welds ............................................................................................................................................ 25
Statistics..................................................................................................................................................... 27
General ................................................................................................................................................. 27
Statistics................................................................................................................................................ 27
Consumption figures .................................................................................................................................. 29
General ................................................................................................................................................. 29
Consumption figures ............................................................................................................................. 29
Component administration ......................................................................................................................... 30
General ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Calculating Q-Master limits ................................................................................................................... 30
Add new component type / edit component.......................................................................................... 31
Materials .................................................................................................................................................... 32
General ................................................................................................................................................. 32
Welding wires........................................................................................................................................ 32
Gases.................................................................................................................................................... 32
Others ................................................................................................................................................... 33
Part monitoring........................................................................................................................................... 34
General ................................................................................................................................................. 34
Part monitoring...................................................................................................................................... 34
Configurations............................................................................................................................................ 36
General ................................................................................................................................................. 36
Machines............................................................................................................................................... 36
Part identification .................................................................................................................................. 36
System settings..................................................................................................................................... 37
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Network................................................................................................................................................. 38
User administration ............................................................................................................................... 38
Notifications .......................................................................................................................................... 39
Back-up................................................................................................................................................. 40
Recovery............................................................................................................................................... 40
Export.................................................................................................................................................... 40
Updates................................................................................................................................................. 41
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General
Device concept WeldCube is an industrial PC with special software for monitoring networked welding sys-
tems in manufacturing areas. The graphical user interface with self-explanatory symbols
allows simple and clear management of up to 50 TPS or DeltaSpot welding systems that
form part of a networked production line.
The location and status of each welding system can be seen at a glance. Tried and tested
settings can be copied easily from one system to another.
Application areas The application area encompasses all digital devices from the Fronius product family in au-
tomated and manual applications
- MIG/MAG welding and brazing (CMT)
- TIG welding
- DeltaSpot - spot welding
- Plasma welding
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Welding system
requirements
Firmware versions
- Digital power source
- Free LocalNet connection with "Ethernet" option on the power source
If no LocalNet connection is free:
- LocalNet passive splitter
For retrospective evaluation of welding data:
- RCU 5000i remote control
- or enable data documentation (Docu) and enable JobExplorer
For some functions, an RCU 5000i remote control must be connected to the respective
power source.
The device firmware must always be kept up-to-date in order to be able to use all WeldCube functions without any restrictions.
Minimum requirements:
TS 4000 / 5000, TPS 2700 / 3200 / 4000 (CMT) / 5000 (CMT) / 7200 / 9000
- Power source firmware: OFFICIAL UST V4.33.21 or higher
OFFICIAL UBST V1.08.6 or higher
- RCU 5000i firmware: OFFICIAL RCU V1.15.127 or higher
MICROSOFT software license conditions
Observe the software license conditions accessible via the following link:
http://www.fronius.com/QR-link/0005
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The WeldCube user interface
The WeldCube
user interface
After logging in to WeldCube, the following menu items are available in the menu on the
user interface:
- Machines
- Parts
- Arc welds
- Spot welds
- Statistics
- Consumption figures
- Part administration
- Materials
- Part monitoring
- Configuration
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Machines
General In the "Machines" menu item, all the configured welding systems in a network are listed.
Information on the individual welding systems, jobs, the components in use and the relevant welds can be called up.
Machines
Overview
Info (machine information page)
Jobs
Component history
Log book
Welds
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Live view
The machines are displayed sub-divided by status.
Brief information
Machine information page
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Status indicators used:
Machine is online, weld ok (no errors, no warnings)
Machine is not online
Fault on the machine
Machine is currently welding
The machine displays a warning
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Overview All the configured welding systems in a network are listed and the following data is dis-
played:
- Name *
- Serial number
- Model
- Location
- IP address
- Last welded
The devices listed can be sorted in ascending or descending order based on the
data displayed.
When you click on the menu symbol, the sub-menu opens. The following data can
be selected:
Info
when selected, the information page for the system is displayed
Jobs **
when selected, the jobs saved in the machine are displayed
Component history **
when selected, all changes made to the system are displayed, together with
the date and time of the change:
- Addition of components
- Removal of components
- Updates
Log book**
when selected, the log book of the machine is displayed.
The
Date range
selection box can be used to specify the history time period:
- Unlimited
- Last 7 days
- Last 30 days
- Today
- Specific (from/to, calendar entry, click on the "Apply" button to display)
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The
Show
selection box can be used to sort the log data displayed:
- All
- Jobs
- User
- Firmware
- Error
The date, type and details of the log data are displayed.
In the event of errors, the duration of the error is shown in the text if it is no
longer present.
The duration of an error is calculated from the start of the error to the occurrence of the next error or an error reset.
Welds
when selected, the display switches either to the "Arc welds" menu item or
the "Spot welds" menu item, depending on the welding process.
The following data is displayed:
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Arc welds
- Machine name
- Machine serial number
- Model
- Location
- IP address
- Seam number
- Date
- Duration [s]
- Limit violations
- Errors
- Part serial number
- Part item number
When a sub-menu item is selected, this is opened and displayed.
The other available sub-menu items can be selected in the upper section of the
page.
* The information page for the machine is displayed by clicking on the device name.
** Only on TPS machines
Spot welds
- Machine name
- Machine serial number
- Model
- Location
- IP address
- Spot number
- Program number
- Date
- Part serial number
- Part item number
- Errors
- Limit violations
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Live view Green area:
All active welding systems in a network are listed.
After clicking on the system required, the brief information is displayed with the following
data:
- Serial number
- Name
- Model
- Location
- IP address
- Last welded
The information page for this machine can be called up from the brief information.
Orange area:
Status / Machine / Problems
All non-active welding systems or welding systems with errors within a network are listed.
In the case of welding systems with errors, the error number and the corresponding error
description are also shown.
After clicking on the required system, the brief information is shown with the following data:
- Serial number
- Name
- Model
- Location
- IP address
- Last welded
Machine information page
The information page for this machine can be called up from the brief information.
The machine information page shows the following data:
Name of system
- Serial number
- Model
- Location
- IP address
Operating status overview
- Ten most frequent errors (pie chart)
- Number of errors within the last week (bar chart)
Components
- Last update (date, time) *
- Valid since (date, time) *
* The format depends on the browser language used.
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Clicking on the
Expand all
button displays all the available data for all components.
When activated, the
Display details
selection box displays additional information for troubleshooting (for the service engineer).
Data from individual components can also be displayed by clicking on the arrow symbols.
Jobs - overview All jobs saved in a TPS welding system are sub-divided into groups by job number and
name.
When a group is selected, all the jobs in this group are highlighted.
The jobs can also be selected individually.
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Display selected job
History for this job
- Date range
- Hide unchanged values
- Compare selection
- Reset selection
Display history for selected job(s)
- Date range
Calculated Q-Master limits for selected
job(s)
- Date range
- Standard deviation factor
- Refresh
- Send all jobs to machine
Job name | Voltage [V] | Amperage [A] | Wire speed [m/min] | Voltage graphic Amperage graphic | Wire speed graphic | Recalculated error rate [%] | Send job to machine
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Reset selection
Select all jobs
* Menu items in the upper section of the page
The views can also be called up by clicking on the menu symbols:
Details for this job
History for this job
History for selected jobs
(only if multiple jobs are selected)
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Calculate Q-Master limits for this job
Calculate Q-Master limits for selected jobs
(only if multiple jobs are selected)
NOTE! Modifying a job can be time-consuming.
The transmitting of changed values to the machine can be checked in the job history.
Jobs: Display selected job
When jobs are selected individually, the
Display selected job
button is activated.
When you click on the button, the job data are shown in various groups depending on the
device, e.g.:
- General
- Process
- Process parameters
- Process pre-sets
- Mode
- Mode pre-sets
- Job correction
- Q-Master
- Documentation
Using the
History for this job
button, the history of the job from creation to the latest version can be displayed,
including all changes.
Changes are highlighted in yellow.
The
Date range
selection box can be used to specify the history time period:
- Unlimited
- Last 7 days
- Last 30 days
- Today
- Specific (from/to, calendar entry, click on the "Apply" button to display)
In the job history view, unchanged values can be hidden by enabling the
Hide unchanged values
selection box.
If multiple entries are highlighted, these can be compared using the
Compare selection
button. The selected entries are listed alongside one another.
Changes are highlighted in yellow.
Using the
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