Hello all
This is my first post and I hope you will help me.
I am a novice at understanding electronics. I'm more of a mechanical guy but I know basic electronics (Kirchhof's law, power and voltage calculations, etc). Mostly academic.
Now I have to understand these diagrams of a machine in the company I work at. It is 50 years old. It is a machine that drills small holes in a part of very small size (0.2 to 0.4mm) through spark erosion. The idea is to create a potential difference high enough to ionise the space between the charged wire and the part, causing it to erode the material little by little.
Unfortunately my limited knowledge of the circuit does not help. For example I do understand that there is a transformer in one of the diagrams with 1 input and three different outputs at different voltages, but that's about it. It does not help either that there are vacuum tubes involved. I hope to understand this circuit and make use of digital ICs to achieve the same function some day (maybe a few months?)
Please help me. I don't need babysitting to be told the meaning of the entire diagram, you can simply point me to topics I should read that would help me make the most of this drawing. I can send pictures of the actual setup if so required.
If possible please do not share it outside of your technical circle as this is somewhat confidential. (I do understand the irony of posting this on a public forum).
Link to drawings:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CkS7K524fzfrg-B71uBU9zicqudNMb2?usp=sharing
Thank you in advance
This is my first post and I hope you will help me.
I am a novice at understanding electronics. I'm more of a mechanical guy but I know basic electronics (Kirchhof's law, power and voltage calculations, etc). Mostly academic.
Now I have to understand these diagrams of a machine in the company I work at. It is 50 years old. It is a machine that drills small holes in a part of very small size (0.2 to 0.4mm) through spark erosion. The idea is to create a potential difference high enough to ionise the space between the charged wire and the part, causing it to erode the material little by little.
Unfortunately my limited knowledge of the circuit does not help. For example I do understand that there is a transformer in one of the diagrams with 1 input and three different outputs at different voltages, but that's about it. It does not help either that there are vacuum tubes involved. I hope to understand this circuit and make use of digital ICs to achieve the same function some day (maybe a few months?)
Please help me. I don't need babysitting to be told the meaning of the entire diagram, you can simply point me to topics I should read that would help me make the most of this drawing. I can send pictures of the actual setup if so required.
If possible please do not share it outside of your technical circle as this is somewhat confidential. (I do understand the irony of posting this on a public forum).
Link to drawings:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CkS7K524fzfrg-B71uBU9zicqudNMb2?usp=sharing
Thank you in advance