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A phase may be repeated more than once by entering the number of repetitions in the menu:
JOBS
MANAGEMENT > EDIT JOB > EDIT PHASE > SCRAP MONITORING OPTIONS > CHANNEL PHASE
OPTIONS > REPEAT PHASE
.
A phase may have a maximum waiting time after which a piece is classified as scrap due to time
elapse. To set th maximum waiting time, go the menu:
JOBS MANAGEMENT > EDIT JOB > EDIT
PHASE > PARAMETERS > OTHER PARAMETERS
.
4.12 Channel management
This menu is visualized only if multiple load cells are connected.
It is possible to connect up to six force transducers to
Press-Right to monitor six motion-force
curves. While a force transducer measures the force in a channel, the position transducer is a single
piece for all channels. It is possible to exclude one of more channels from the monitor by using the
menu
JOBS MANAGEMENT > EDIT JOB > CHANGE TAKS > SCRAP AND MONITORING OPTION >
CHANNEL PHASE OPTIONS > CHANNEL EXCLUSION
.
Under the graph, the force of a single channel at a time is displayed, using the number keys 1 to 6;
when the menus are not displayed, the current force of each channel may be viewed.
To visualize the curve of some channels, press the
key to view the main menu. In this way,
the status of the displayed channels is shown in a top-right box, followed by a 1 to 6 number key.
4.13 Self-verification
The self-verification function is used for periodic inspection of the machine operation by running
the sample pieces prepared deliberately out of tolerance.
This feature is accessible from the menu
TOOLS > COUNTERS AND SELF-VERIFICATION > SELF-
VERIFICATION
.
The self-verification test can be carried out whenever the device is turned on, whenever the job is
changed, whenever the job is edited, at set times (if he clock is installed), every a set amount of
pieces.
For every job the self-verification function can be excluded.
It is managed by
Press-Right as follows: Whenever the device is switched on or the self-verification
is managed by Press-Right as follows: Whenever the device is switched on or every N1 pieces, N2
sample pieces must be processed.
If the device performs further checks in addition to the verification of the force-motion curve, it is
possible to choose whether to execute such monitoring also during the the self-verification
procedure or whether the monitoring is to be run manually after the verification of the force-motion
curve.
It is possible to choose the number of samples to process. By entering zero, the self-verification of
the force-motion curve function is excluded.
4.14 Managing further monitoring
Press-Right can run up to three additional monitoring processes, in addition to the verification of
the curve, to determine whether the piece is good or scrap.
The result of the processing can be affected by the logical status of the three inputs. This logical
status can be monitored at different moments of the process.
For the additional check #1,
Press-Right may also activate a port before running an additional
monitoring session and, after a set time, read the input status.
The
INPUT TEST SETUP
menu allows for the configuration of inputs and assign a descriptive name.
In the
JOBS MANAGEMENT > EDIT JOB > CHANGE > OPTIONS AND SCRAP MANAGEMENT >
MANAGEMENT OF OTHER MONITORING SESSIONS
menu, it is possible to determine when and how to
perform the additional monitoring sessions. If a port is set up to run the additional check #1, by
using this menu it is possible to manually activate the port.