Card Programming - Electrolux FLE120 Service Manual

Service
Manual
Machines with the card programming facility have an
automatic card device which reads a programmed
card. The machines are intended for cards with 12, 16
or 24 tracks. Each track consists of a number of pegs
which actuate the automatic card device's inbuilt
sensors thus controlling the different stages of the
washing process. The card is driven by mechanically
transmitted step pulses from the timer motor with a
speed of one step each 30 seconds, which is the
equivalent of one peg on the card. The cards are
available with 80 and 120 rows. These respectively
give 40 and 60 minutes effective running time.
Each track has its own function which is activated by
removing one or more pegs depending on the length
of time the function is required. For identification
purposes the tracks are marked with letters.
To locate the timing of the function changes, every
5th peg is numbered on one side with two different
number sequences; one marks the peg numbers and
one marks the peg numbers in relation to the front
panel of the programme unit. The machine is
delivered with a programmed card and a punch
device for punching the cards. The card is
programmed for normal wash. This can be used for
test runs and to wash normal soiled washing.
Four factors must be taken into account when
programming (punching) a card:
1. Type of soiling
2. Degree of soiling
3. Textiles
4. Previous experience
The following points should be noted during
programming:
• All tracks except machine stop have pegs in
position minus one. A good safety measure is to
punch position minus one on those tracks which
have position 0 punched. This allows the machine
to wash correctly even if the card is incorrectly
adjusted.
• Each peg on the programme card is the equivalent
of 30 seconds.
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5. Card Programming

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