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O p e r a t i n g S c r e e n s
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Home Page
The <Home> screen is always displayed after the initial boot screen. For a TrueBlend sys-
tem the <Home> screen displays the current status of the blending process. For a
TrueBlendExt system the <Home> screen will represent the current status of the extrusion
process. The display will return to the <Home> screen whenever the [Home] button is
pressed.
The appearance of the <Home> screen will vary based on the application, control modes,
and recipe entry method selected. For this reason, not all representations of this screen will
be discussed here, but the functionality of all these screen variations will be discussed. The
focus of this page is to monitor, start, and stop the operation of the blender.
Blender Monitor Components: The <Home> screen shows for each hopper the type of
aterial in the hopper, the set and actual target values for the hopper. If Resin Names are
enabled, the material type field is replaced with the name of the resin in the component
hopper. The hoppers are numbered clockwise similar to the numbering scheme of the com-
ponent hoppers on the physical blender.
If the hopper is experiencing an alarm condition, an alarm indicator will appear next to the
component graphic.
If the component hopper is actively feeding material, a downward arrow indicator is dis-
played below the hopper image.
A maximum of six hoppers can be displayed on a single screen. For additional hoppers, a
[Next] button will appear in the top right providing navigation to a screen showing the
remaining hoppers.
Batch Hopper : The status of the batch hopper is shown in the center of the screen below
the component hoppers. The current weight of material in the hopper is shown.
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An indicator will be shown if the batch hopper is dumping material into the mixer.
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If the batch hopper is experiencing an alarm, an alarm indicator will also be shown.
Mixer : The status of the mixer is shown below the batch hopper. Indicators for the mixer
include:
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The status of the mixer motor.
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The alarm state.
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The mixer dump gate.
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The state of the proximity sensor in the mixer has a graphic.
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