Any Professionals Using PRO with success?

[Greg9504]

@directioneast

Im not having good results with Hypertherms suggested pierce delays.

That is a known issue with the Pro and the way Hypertherm measure delays. Hypertherm starts the clock when the arc fires, Langmuir when the command is issued. Langmuir includes time for contact to close, arc to start. Here is their suggested method of finding the right value:

Powermax 45 Pierce Delay Settings

Here is how we recommend setting pierce delay for ALL plasma cutters, not just the Hypertherms: Set the pierce delay for 1 second in your program Start program and check to see if your pierces are too short. If motion starts before pierce through, use the pierce delay override in fire control to increase the delay until it is long enough to ensure pierce through before motion. If the pierce is excessively long, use the pierce delay override to reduce it until its not. After a while, you’ll ha…

@directioneast

had FC freeze up on me the other day

Was the torch firing at the time it froze? Have you removed the inductor?

FIX: FireControl Freezing due to Interference (L1 Inductor Mod)

Since beginning the delivery of CrossFire PRO machines, our number one priority as a company has been to chase down issues and offer permanent solutions to them. This is evidenced by our frequent updates to THC firmware and FireControl to fix known and reported bugs and also to add functionality requested by the community. The total number of reported issues has plummeted in the last few months which we are really proud of, but we are still not where we want to be. There are two issues that we …

If you are a little bit computer savay download OBS and capture the screen during each cut. This will allow you to replay what the THC is doing. Alternatively set your phone up to record the screen. Hopefully the new version of Firecontrol has THC logging, because it would really help diagnose situations like this.