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Operator's Manual
RANGER GUNITE
5000
MX0
February 2021
Rev 1.0
pg. 1
Operator's Manual, Ranger Gunite r1.0

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  • Page 1 ProAll Mobile Mixer Operator’s Manual RANGER GUNITE 5000 February 2021 Rev 1.0 pg. 1 Operator’s Manual, Ranger Gunite r1.0...
  • Page 2 5810 - 47 Avenue, Olds, Alberta, Canada, T4H 1V1 E info@proallinc.com | P 403-335-9500 | F 403-335-9560 pg. 2 Operator’s Manual, Ranger Gunite r1.0...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. RANGER GUNITE .................... 4 1.01 OPERATION .................... 4 1.02 HOME SCREEN ..................5 1.03 MENU ..................... 6 1.04 MIX ENTRY ....................7 1.05 MIX SELECT ..................... 8 1.05.1 MAIN SCREEN .................. 8 1.05.2 CUSTOMER INFORMATION ............. 9 1.05.3 VOLUME STOP ................10 1.06 TOTALS ....................

  • Page 4: Ranger Gunite

    1. RANGER GUNITE 1.01 OPERATION 1. The display is fully touch-sensitive; there are no physical buttons to be pressed. Some screens will have on-screen buttons to be tapped and certain fields can be activated for input, which will prompt a keypad for data entry.

  • Page 5: Home Screen

    1.02 HOME SCREEN 1. Auger speed percentage. The auger speed is adjustable from 0-100%. Speed setting is dependant on the materials used and the production rates required. For gunite, this is typically set around 60-80%. 2. With gate height verification sensor: The center number is the actual gate height position.

  • Page 6: Menu

    1.03 MENU 1. Mix designs are loaded and entered here. 2. Customer required mix design is selected here. 3. Current mix totals before reset. 4. Redundant mixer controls, over-rides and function selections can be found here. 5. The last 25 jobs are stored here. They can be viewed or re-printed. 6.

  • Page 7: Mix Entry

    1.04 MIX ENTRY 1. Use the arrows to navigate through the different mix designs database. 2. Load button. Mix designs can be loaded from a USB stick. The mix design file is a specially formatted CSV file. This file can be loaded from a previous back or edited in Excel and loaded back in. 3.

  • Page 8: Mix Select

    1.05 MIX SELECT 1.05.1 MAIN SCREEN 1. Use the arrows to navigate through the different mix designs database. 2. Customer and job information enter a pop-up window. See page 9. 3. Volume stop entry pop-up window. See page 10. 4. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 5.

  • Page 9: Customer Information

    1.05.2 CUSTOMER INFORMATION 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. Select if the customer information is to be printed on the job ticket or not. 3. Enter customer information here. This data would be printed on the ticket if this print option is active. 4.

  • Page 10: Volume Stop

    1.05.3 VOLUME STOP 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. The total volume mixed before the belt will automatically stop. 3. The total belt count before the belt stops. 4. Button to activate the volume stop function. pg. 10 Operator’s Manual, Ranger Gunite r1.0...

  • Page 11: Totals

    1.06 TOTALS 1. Print a ticket by touching this button. 2. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 3. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 4. Reset totals by touching this button. A reset acknowledgment screen will appear. The operator must select “yes” to finish the reset of totals and log the job to the memory.

  • Page 12: Digital Readouts

    1.07 DIGITAL READOUTS 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. This column of values is the various functions RPM readings. 4. This column is used for calibration and diagnostics purposes. Belt counts used in volume calculation. 5.

  • Page 13: Mixer Control

    1.08 MIXER CONTROL 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Auto vibrator set-up times are adjusted here. Total on-time in seconds for each vibrator can be set. VIB1-SAND Front, VIB2-SAND Back, VIB3-Cement and VIB4-Aux 4.
  • Page 14 18. Press Vib select button to activate the vibrator autoselect mode. If this button is activated the operator can press any of the required vibrators on the keypad to be in auto mode. The keypad vibrator button amber LED will come on to indicate the vibrator is in auto sequence.

  • Page 15: Job Log

    1.09 JOB LOG 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Selected job log number. Max number of jobs in the log is 25. After 25 the log writes over the first and subsequent jobs.

  • Page 16: Display Settings

    1.09 DISPLAY SETTINGS 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Display backlighting adjustment percentages can be viewed on the bar graph. 4. Display backlighting UP or DOWN. 5. Units selection. Volume and weight units are shown in blue along with the units system selected. The units are selected on the US and Metric units keys.

  • Page 17: Printer Settings

    1.09.1 PRINTER SETTINGS 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. Select the desired items to print on a job ticket if mixer equipped with printer. pg. 17 Operator’s Manual, Ranger Gunite r1.0...

  • Page 18: Diagnostics

    1.10 DIAGNOSTICS 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Hydraulic pressure. Shows current outlet pressure on the main pump. Also shows auxiliary pump pressure if equipped with hydraulic gunite pump outputs. 4.

  • Page 19: Alarm Log

    1.11 ALARM LOG 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Alarm log table. The table will store up to 100 alarm points. After 100 it writes over the first alarm and continues writing over previous alarms.

  • Page 20: Mixer Calibration

    1.12 MIXER CALIBRATION 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Press the button to go to the powder calibration screen. Cement, Aux, and Fibre are calibrated here. 4. Press the button to go to the gates calibration screen. Sand is calibrated here. pg.

  • Page 21: Powder Calibration

    1.12.1 POWDER CALIBRATION 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Powder or auxiliary calibration can be selected from the list using the touch screen. Once selected the “Name” will change (see item #4) to show the current type. 4.
  • Page 22 14. Data is automatically saved when new values are entered, however, it is a good idea to SAVE before a material type is changed or a calculation is done. 15. Calibration files can be loaded onto the display using the USB port. Calibration files can be copied to a USB stick and re-loaded at any time or edited in Excel and loaded.

  • Page 23: Powder Calibration Reset And Trials

    1.12.1.1 POWDER CALIBRATION RESET AND TRIALS 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. Load the counts generated by the auger in each trial using the load buttons. The button numbers refer to the trials/samples collected 1 thru 3. 3. Reset the auger counter to zero to start the next trial. 4.

  • Page 24: Gates Calibration

    1.12.2 GATES CALIBRATION 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Up to 10 different sands can be selected. Each type having its own unique set of calibration data. To select the type use the up / down arrow keys until the desired type is shown.
  • Page 25 14. Absorption percentage of the material. This value is used to correct for SSD moisture contents if moisture reading is not free moisture. 15. Calculated average weight per count for each gate position in the calibration. 16. Calculate the average weight per count for the current trial. 17.

  • Page 26: Gate Curve Slope

    1.12.2.1 GATE CURVE SLOPE 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. The gate curve slope is shown here. This is the linear slope of the gate setting versus the weight per count of the belt. This value can be manually entered if known when calculating mix designs. pg.

  • Page 27: Gates Calibration Reset And Trials

    1.12.2.2 GATES CALIBRATION RESET AND TRIALS 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. Load the counts generated by the auger in each trial using the load buttons. The button numbers refer to the trials/samples collected 1 through 3. 3. Reset the belt counter to zero to start the next trial. 4.

  • Page 28: Mixer Settings

    1.13 MIXER SETTINGS 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Mixer Controls settings screen. See page 29. 4. Mixer files screen. See page 32. 5. Factory Settings screen. This screen is password protected and only used for factory mixer parameters. 6.

  • Page 29: Control Settings

    1.13.1 CONTROL SETTINGS 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Press here to select mixer options pop-up. See page 31. 4. RPM delay time. This is the time the control system allows the high idle to get up to speed before it activates the mix mode.
  • Page 30 15. This value indicates how many cycles of the chain lube pump will occur of one revolution of the chain. 16. If the mixer is equipped with gate position sensors, a tolerance can be set here to allow the operator to adjust the gates without error in this +/- range.

  • Page 31: Mixer Options

    1.13.1.1 MIXER OPTIONS 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. Auger wash is not active in this version. 3. Gate material is an ultrasonic sensor on the sand gate that monitors if sand is being metered by the gate or if the sand bin is empty.

  • Page 32: File Copy

    1.13.2 FILE COPY 1. Menu shortcut. Return to the main menu. 2. Home shortcut. Return to the home screen. 3. Copy file buttons will copy the selected mixer file to a USB stick for backup or editing purposes. Make sure a USB stick is inserted into the back USB connector before pressing the copy button.

  • Page 33: Company Information

    1.13.3 COMPANY INFORMATION 1. Close pop-up when selection is complete. 2. Enter company information here. This data would be printed at the top of the job ticket. pg. 33 Operator’s Manual, Ranger Gunite r1.0...

  • Page 34: Alarm Symbols & Troubleshooting

    1.14 ALARM SYMBOLS & TROUBLESHOOTING Alarm messages, when activated, show on the screen in the form of a triangle with a brief description of the alarm. Depending on the alarm priority the alarm message may stay on the screen until the alarm is acknowledged by the operator.
  • Page 35 The hydraulic oil temperature is reaching a critical limit and should be monitored. Check to ensure the cooler is running and oil levels are sufficient. Cement low-level sensor activated. Must override to continue (see Mixer Control – page 13). To bypass this alarm temporarily the operator can select level over-ride on the mixer control screen.

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