2.1. Important information ................2.2. Warning signs ..................2.3. Safety precautions ................3. General information ................... 3.1. ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface in general ............4. Technical specifications ................4.1. ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface ..............5. Installation ....................5.1. Installation on air actuators ..............
1 EC Declaration of Conformity The Designated Company Alfa Laval Kolding A/S Company Name Albuen 31, DK-6000 Kolding, Denmark Address +45 79 32 22 00 Phone No. hereby declare that Top Unit for Valve Control and Indication Designation ThinkTop® Basic AS-Interface...
WARNING Indicates that special procedures must be followed to avoid serious personal injury. CAUTION Indicates that special procedures must be followed to avoid damage to the ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface. NOTE Indicates important information to simplify or clarify procedures. 2.2 Warning signs...
3 General information 3.1 ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface in general The ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface is designed to ensure valve control in conjunction with Alfa Laval sanitary valves and it is compatible with all major PLC systems (Programmable Logic Controller). The ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface can be equipped with 0-3 solenoid valves. The solenoids are electrically controlled via the AS-Interface and when activated the compressed air is activating the air actuator.
10. Terminals 20. N/A TD 800-267 TD 800-267 Type: Alfa Laval “No Touch” System. For wire connections: See 5.3 Electrical connection, internal“. Features - Easy and simple set-up, using locally pushbottons. - No manual sensor adjustments at all. - No sensor "movements" due to vibrations.
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Supply voltage: ..... . 29.5 - 31.6 VDC Typical power consumption ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface Test conditions = One ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface connected with 1 feedback active (on) and: No solenoids on...
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4 Technical specifications ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface Visual Indications LED Indications LED A “Energized” (Yellow) LED A LED B LED B “Setup/Fault” (Red) LED C LED C “Solenoid” (Yellow) “De-Energized" (Green) LED D LED D TD 800-030_1 Technical specifications solenoid valves Internal connections Terminals for wire connection of the solenoids mounted internally in the control head.
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Type 1 input requirements EN 61131-2 EMC Directive 2004/108/EF EN 61000-6-3, EN 61000-6-2 AS-Interface Version 3.0*) EN50295 UL/CSA 10-30 VDC, Class 2 input, 45 mA max. output UL 508-E203255 *) Max. 62 ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface units on a single master/gateway.
(A). Note: The threaded plate (B) is only used for the SRC and SMP valve types. TD 800-011_2 Step 3 1. Place the ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface on top of the actuator. 2. Make sure X-ring is mounted.
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2. Tighten the two Allen screws carefully (1.50 Nm). 3. Turn the actuator to have LEDs in a front view. Step 5 Fit the ø6 mm (1/4”) air tubes to ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface . (see drawing “Air connections” page 13). Step 6 Fit the air tubes to the actuator (see drawing “Air connections”...
Make sure the cable gland is completely tightened. TD 800-159 Step 10 Set up the ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface (see chapter 6 Setup diagram). NOTE! The unit can be set up by internal push bottons on sensor board. To energize the valve, use manual hold override on the solenoids valve or be in radio contact with the control room.
ThinkTop Basic Digital and AS-Interface A printable “one page” version of ThinkTop Basic setup diagram is available on the Alfa Laval website and can easily be found be typing the document name “ThinkTop Basic setup diagram” in the searh field.
2. Remove solenoid valves (up to three) and replace them with new ones. TD 800-235 Step 4 1. To dismantle the adapter (the lower part of the ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface) from base (the middle part), unscrew the three screws. 2. Turn the lower part a little clockwise and pull.
7 Maintenance Study the instructions carefully. Handle scrap correctly. Always keep spare X-rings in stock. Step 5 To remove the sensor unit untighten screw and pull out the sensor unit. TD 805-004 ® 7.2 Assembling the ThinkTop Step 1 Place sensor unit in base and tighten screw (torque: 1 Nm). TD 805-005 Step 2 1.
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1. Replace solenoid valves (up to three) with new ones. 2. Tighten screws (0.2 Nm). TD 800-234 Step 4 1. Replace the grey X-ring. 2. Replace cover of ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface and tighten the four screws (0.6 Nm). TD 805-007 Step 5 1. Replace the black X-ring.
8 Parts list and service kits The drawings show ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface v.3.0 (62 nodes) 29.5 - 31.6 VDC. The items refer to the parts lists in the following sections 8.1 Drawings for ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface AS-Interface (+) AS-Interface (-)
8 Parts list and service kits The drawings show ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface v.3.0 (62 nodes) 29.5 - 31.6 VDC. The items refer to the parts lists in the following sections 8.2 ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface TD 805-001...
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8 Parts list and service kits The drawings show ThinkTop Basic AS-Interface v.3.0 (62 nodes) 29.5 - 31.6 VDC. The items refer to the parts lists in the following sections Parts list Pos. Denomination Shell complete Screw Washer Sensor board...
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