Glossary - Emerson Branson 2000X ae Operating Manual

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Glossary

The following terminology may be encountered when using or operating a 2000X-series
ultrasonic welding system. Some of these terms may not be available in all Controls
(Power Supply model) configurations:
AB Amplitude: The amplitude at the horn face during the afterburst step.
AB Delay: Time delay between the end of the hold and the start of the afterburst.
AB Time: The duration of the afterburst.
Abort Current Printing: Terminates the current printing request.
Actual: A reported value that occurred during the weld cycle. The converse is the set
parameter that was requested during the setup.
Afterburst: Ultrasonic energy applied after the hold step. Used to break away sticking
parts from the tooling.
Alarm Beeper: An audible signal that sounds when a general alarm has occurred.
Amplitude: The peak-to-peak movement at the horn face. Always expressed as a
percentage of the maximum.
Amp A: The amplitude applied to the part from the start of the weld to the step change.
Amp B: The amplitude applied to the part from the step change to the end of the weld.
Amplitude Graph: A graph of amplitude percentage plotted against time.
Amplitude Step: A change in amplitude during the ultrasonic portion of the cycle.
Amp Control: The ability to set amplitude digitally or by an external control.
Automatic: A pretrigger condition indicating that pretrigger engages when the actuator
leaves the upper limit switch.
Baud Rate: The rate of data transmission over the serial communication port.
Beep: An audible signal produced by the Branson control board. Used to alert the
operator to an unexpected condition.
Cold Start: A condition that restores a setup to its default values.
Control Limits: Additional parameters that determine the end of the ultrasonic portion of
the cycle and the move to the hold state.
Converter: The device that converts electrical energy into mechanical vibrations at a high
frequency (an ultrasonic rate). The Converter is a central component of the welding
system and is mounted in the Actuator.
Counters: A record of the number of cycles run by category, for example, alarms, good
parts, and so on, recorded in the Controls.
Digital Filter: A smoothing technique used to provide more meaningful data.
Down Speed: The user-definable speed of descent (percentage of maximum speed)
during the down stroke of the Actuator.
Energy Mode: A mode of operation in which ultrasonics are terminated at a user-
specified energy value.
External Amplitude Control: Enables you to access real-time amplitude control directly.
External Frequency Control: Enables you to access real-time frequency control directly.
Form Feed: When using a printer with the 2000X Power Supply to capture weld data, you
can insert a form feed after print setup, print graph, or after reaching the number of lines
per page.
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