User guide

TrueFeed manual
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7.7 Production
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The rotation direction of the feeding at the front view must be to the right (Clockwise)
Production (Motor On/Off)
Press the “Start” button
to start feeding, a question will be displayed: Fill cylinder? YES/NO.
“YES” means that the dispensing cylinder will be filled before production.
The start LED blinks when the unit is waiting for an input signal.
The unit is feeding if the Start LED is continuously lit.
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 of the dispensing cylinder is filling with material.
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Test function
During a test function, the TrueFeed will dose material with the set feeding time and set/calculated speed.
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In Extrusion mode the unit will dose for 30 seconds.
To perform a test:
• Navigate to the PRODUCTION menu
• Fill in the production settings
• Use the arrow buttons to go to Test
• Select “YES” and then press “Enter”
• The unit will run with the set parameters.
It is possible to stop the test by pressing the “Stop” button
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START
MENU
PRODUCTION
Regulation mode :
Auto/Manual
Save data : NO/YES
PRODUCTION SETTINGS
Ref Curve: MOVA
Prod Job : xxxxxxxx
Material : xxxxxxxx
Color % : x.xxx %
Shot wth.: xxxx.x gr
Dos.time : xx.x s
Save Job : YES/NO
Test : YES/NO
STATUS
Set : 1,800 %
CALIBRATING/CALIBRATED
MIN or SHOTS
PRODUCTION DATA
Col.set. : x.xxx gr/s
Col.act. : x.xxx gr/s
Hopper : xxxx gr ><
Time : x.x sec
Speed : xxx.x rpm
Status : Dosing
MENU
MENU
Four levels of production screens:
The TrueFeed will automatically switch to the STATUS screen.
This screen is not available in
the OPERATOR use level.
(See Chapter 7.8 for more information)
In INJ mode the remaining number of shots will be shown
In EXT mode the remaining production minutes will be shown
Calculated with the actual hopper weight and hopper empty weight