Production - Conair TrueFeed User Manual

7.7 Production

The rotation direction of the feeding from the front view must be to the right (clockwise)
See Section 7.4 for the operation and regulation of the DUAL TRUEFEED.
Production (Motor On/Off)
Press the "START" button to begin feeding. (Only possible in Regrind mode)
The start LED blinks when the unit is waiting for an input signal.
The unit is feeding if the Start LED lights continuously.
When the unit is started the actual production data will be shown.
Press the "STOP" button to stop production.
Please notice that it is possible that the first feeding(s) are not sufficient, because the cylinder is filling with material.
The feeding cylinder require time to stabilize.
The unit will switch automatically to the STATUS screen.
PRODUCTION SETTINGS
Color % : %
Regrind %: %
Shot wth.: gr
Dos.time : s
Test : NO/YES
INJECTION MOLDING
The following parameters can be seen in the production screen, depending on operation or settings (made in
Supervisor mode):
Injection molding/Gravimetric mode
Production Settings
PRODUCTION SETTINGS
Color % : %
Regrind %: %
Shot wth.: gr
Dos.time : s
Test : NO/YES
Actual production data
PRODUCTION DATA
REGRIND COLOR
Set: x.xxx x.xxx gr/s
Act: x.xxx ***** gr/s
Wth: xxx>< xxx>< gr
Tim: x.x
RPM: x.x x.x
Sts: Std.by Std.by
3 levels of production screens:
COLOR
x.xxx%
CAL/OK
The status switches from "CAL" =
CALIBRATING to "OK" when the
deviation between set output and
actual output is less than 10%
Color % : Color amount (%)
Regrind%: Regrind amount (%)
Shot wth : Shot weight (gr.)
Dos. time : Feeding time (sec.)
Test : Initial production test with set speed and time
Actual color output is only visible after the first automatic RPM adjustment.
If there's not yet a value known *** will be displayed
Set. : Calculated output (gr/sec)
Act. : Actual color output (gr/sec)
Wth. : Material weight in the hopper
>< : Standstill sign. When the vibrations are too big, this sign disappears!
sec
Tim : count down of the actual feeding time (sec)
rpm
RPM : Actual motor speed (RPM)
Sts : Status of the feeding, Standby/feeding/filling
STATUS
REGRIND
x.xxx%
CAL/OK
(Menu Button)
(0-80%)
25
Set:
Act:
Wth:
Tim:
RPM:
Sts:
Feeding time only visible in Timer mode
Dual Feed TrueFeed Manual
PRODUCTION DATA
REGRIND COLOR
x.xxx x.xxx gr/s
x.xxx ***** gr/s
xxx>< xxx>< gr
x.x sec
x.x x.x rpm
Std.by Std.by