Cutting during traverse

CS FAB

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The TM2 table that I bought is second hand and has started to give me issues. It has started to keep the torch on during traverses. It doesn't do it all the time, last night after everyone quit for the day I was messing with it and it cut 16 parts perfectly. But today, it started acting up again. The part that I'm cutting has one hole in it. Once the hole is complete it will not shut the torch off and do a rapid traverse to the exterior of the part. Which leaves a nasty gouge line in the part. Sometimes it will shut the torch off once the exterior has been cut, sometimes it will not and travel to the next part.

Could this be a signal interference due to poor grounding? Could it be the contacts in the AVHC not opening up when they should? Could it be that it needs a forklift taken to it??LOL

The problem didn't start until I was about half way through a 4X8 sheet and was thinking it could be a bad cable causing it. (A broken connection or something in the cable.) But last night it ran fine and today it started again.

The plasma cutter is a Hypertherm 65 with a machine torch.
 
This can be attributed to plasma interference. Making sure the plasma cable is kept clear from the other cables, if they all travel in the same cable carrier tray then push the torch cable to one side and all the other cables to the other side, making sure none of the cables cross over the torch cable, on the floor as well. Move the plasma power supply further away from your electronics such as 6' or more.
 
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