
35
Autoflow Operation
When the
Top Dry
is in a ready state; that
is, with no grain in the
Drying Chamber
and wet
grain in the
Wet Storage Tank
,
Fill System #1
and
Fill System #2
will start to fill the
Drying Chamber
with wet grain when the start switch is pressed on
the
Dryer Control Panel
. In single fill system
units only
Fill System #1
will start. When grain
reaches the
Drying Chamber Low Level Rotary
Switch
the
Aeration Fan
, and the
Master Drying
Fan
will come on, and the
Fan Delay
will start to
count down. When the
Fan Delay
reaches zero the
Slave Drying Fan
will start, the
Airswitch
will
close, and the
Dry Timer
will start to count down.
In single fan units the
Fan Delay
will not count
down and the
Airswitch
will close after the
Master
Drying Fan
starts. After twenty second
Purge
Delay
the fan/heater unit(s) will ignite. When the
Plenum Temperature
reaches the
Cycle Setpoint
on
the
Hi-Lo Thermostat
the fan/heater unit(s) will
cycle to
Low-Fire.
When the
Plenum Temperature
falls ten degrees below the
Cycle Setpoint
the fan/
heater unit(s) will cycle back to
High-Fire
. The
fan/heater unit(s) will continue to cycle throughout
the drying process.
When grain reaches the
Chamber High
Level Rotary Switch
the
Load Delay
will begin to
count down. When the
Load Delay
reaches zero
Fill System #2
will shut off and the
Aux. 1 Delay
reaches zero
Fill System #1
will shut off. If grain
does not reach the drying chamber high level
rotary switch before 2/3rds. of the dry cycle is
complete the fill systems will shut off automati-
cally.
If the
Chamber High Level Rotary Switch
becomes exposed due to shrinkage of grain in the
Drying Chamber
, the fill system(s) will start and
refill the
Drying Chamber
. When grain reaches
the
Chamber High Level Rotary Switch
the fill
system(s) will shut off after the delays.
When the
Dry Timer
reaches zero and the
Grain Temperature Setpoint
on the
Moisture
Control Thermostat
has not been reached, the unit
will go into
Temperature Hold
. When the grain
temperature reaches the
Grain Temperature
Setpoint
on the
Moisture Control Thermostat
the
unit will continue to the
Cool Cycle
. In the
Cool
Cycle
the burner will shut off, the
Cool Timer
will
begin to count down, and the main drying fans will
continue to run, cooling the grain. When the
Cool
Timer
reaches zero the dryer will continue to the
Dump Cycle
. In the
Dump Cycle
the main drying
fans will shut off, the
Linear Actuator
in the
Actuator Control Box
extends, the dump chutes
lower, and grain is dumped from the
Drying
Chamber
into the
Storage Chamber
. Immediately
after the dump chutes open, the
Unload Timer
begins to count down. When the
Unload Timer
reaches zero the dump chutes raise. During the
Dump Cycle
all of the grain is dumped into the
Storage Chamber.
After the
Dump Cycle
the unit returns to
the beginning of the
Dry Cycle
, the Out of Grain
Timer begins to count down, the fill system(s)
refill the
Drying Chamber
and the process begins
again. If grain does not reach the
Drying Chamber
Low Level Rotary Switch
before the
Out of Grain
Timer
reaches zero, the dryer will give an Out of
Grain error and shut down. If the
Dry Timer
reaches zero after the grain temperature reaches
the
Grain Temperature Setpoint
on the
Moisture
Control Thermostat
the unit does not enter
Tem-
perature Hold
. If goes right to the
Cool Cycle
.
The unit continues with the same operation
until either no grain is present against the
Wet
Supply Rotary Switch
, or the
Storage Chamber
becomes full.
If the
Wet Storage Tank
becomes empty
while the fill system(s) are running, the
Unload
Delay
start to count down. When the
Unload
Delay
reaches zero the fill system(s) shut off along
with the dryer and a Wet Supply Hopper Empty
error is displayed on the
Dryer Control Panel
screen. If there is grain against the
Drying Cham-
ber Low Level Rotary Switch
the unit can be
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THEORY OF OPERATION
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