PCM-22 Rotary Knife Controller
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The PCM-22 handles the Master position information differently
depending on whether a product registration (master) sensor is used or
not. Each of the two ways of handling the Master position information
have different applications but operate similarly in the respect that
Mater position information is continuously tracked whether a
Follower
Cycle
is executing or not.
Master Cycle Defined By Sensor Mode
When a
Zero Master Cycle
sensor input occurs, the distance traveled
from the last product position will be checked to see if it is between the
Master Length Upper Limit
and the
Master Length Lower Limit
. This
measured distance is factored into the
Average Master Length
starting
from the
user entered
Master Cycle Length
. Any necessary corrections
will be made to the
next
Follower axis motion profile. See
Average
Length, Master Cycles
screen and
Operational Timing
.
FX AMPLIFIER WITH PCM-22
REGISTRATION
MARKS
FOLLOWER
AXIS
FOLLOWER
SENSOR
MASTER AXIS (SYNC ENCODER)
MASTER SENSOR
ROTARY KNIFE
Figure 8
PCM-22 Rotary Knife System Example
Master Cycle Not Defined By Sensor Mode
If the Master is
Not Defined By Sensor
, the user entered
Master Cycle
Length
will be used by the PCM-22. No corrections to the Follower axis’
motion profile will be made for product or encoder slippage in this mode.