Specifications

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Eraser Company Inc. • Syracuse, NY USA • Ph: 315-454-3237 • [e-mail] • www.eraser.com • Fax [phone]
MODEL WC601A AUTOMATIC WIRE & TUBING CUTTER
RUNNING AN EXISTING BATCH:
Once a set of one or more batches are created, a
batch may be started with three key presses. Enter
the existing bath number and press the <RUN> key
at the batch select menu (the previous batch is the
default at this point) and press the <RUN> key again
to start the batch at the batch start menu.
JOG - JOG
CUT - CUT
MAIN MENU - ENTER
START - RUN
A number of events can interrupt a batch during
processing and stop the machine.
When the guard is opened during a running batch, it
is considered an exceptional event as well:
GUARD OPEN!
The machine will nish the feed and stop just before
actuating the cut mechanism. In manual mode, the
rmware allows the feed wheels to move but doesn’t
allow cut mechanism to actuate. In general, the
guard must be closed to activate the cutter. When
the guard is closed, we will see the exceptional
event recovery screen:
JOG - JOG
CUT - CUT
ABORT - ESC
CONTINUE - RUN
When the operator presses the <ESC/PAUSE> key,
the WC601A immediately comes to a halt and again
displays the exceptional event recovery screen:
JOG - JOG
CUT - CUT
ABORT - ESC
CONTINUE - RUN
This action allow the operator to halt the machine for
any reason and to resume with concern to the piece
being fed (e.g. if a 28” piece is interrupted at 8”, the
WC601A will continue to feed to 28” when the
continue option is selected).
KITTING FEATURE:
The WC601B also has a Kitting feature. This allows
a collection (or set) of batches to be run sequentially.
A Kit can be dened, for example, to be Batches 4
(one 6.0” piece), 5 (three 8.0” pieces) and 6 (one
2.0” piece). The WC601B will then process all
pieces in batch number 4, then batch 5, then batch
6. However, batches do not need to be programmed
in sequential (batch-numbered) order within a kit.
First, a kit is programmed by assigning batches
to it, and then the quantity of kits to be processed
is entered at the end of the Kit programming.
Kit quantities are not saved or stored within kit
programming.
Kit programming is initiated by entering pressing the
< . > (decimal) key at the default BATCH SELECT
screen.
After the < . > (decimal) key is pressed, the KIT
SELECT screen appears:
SELECT KIT 1
NEXT NEW KIT #2
At this point, the operator has 3 options:
1) The operator can dene a new kit.
2) The operator selects an existing kit number, if
previously dened. To run a dened kit, enter the
kit number, then press the <RUN> key twice to
go directly to the KIT QUANTITY screen (shown
below, just before the Automode Kit Operation
section).
3) The operator can return to the BATCH SELECT
screen by pressing the <ESC/PAUSE> key.
Since we’ll be describing kit programming, we’ll
follow option #1 above. Press the <ENTER> key at
the KIT SELECT screen above, using the default
of ‘1’ as the kit to be programmed. The KIT EDIT
screen displays:
INDEX #0 F KIT#1
SELECT BATCH: 0 A
LENGTH .0
QUANTITY 0
INDEX is the “place holder” within the kit that stores
the batch. The rst batch in any kit is stored at Index
#0, the second batch position in the kit is Index #1,
and so forth. Therefore, Batch position = [Index #]