
Span Your Valves
Chapter 9
9-7
Span your flow valve for optimum velocity performance in three parts:
Confirm critical values
Span your injection flow valve
Test valve linearity with a velocity vs. position profile
Important: You may omit the subsection Span Your Injection Flow Valve
below if you have information from molding machine OEMs or hydraulic
valve manufacturers on spanning the working range of valves. If available
for your machine’s injection flow valve, enter valve spanning values into
velocity control limits INC45-48 and proceed to Test Valve Linearity.
First, confirm your critical values.
Confirm Critical Values
Confirm that your recorded configuration values (chapter 7) and profile
values (chapter 8) are correct for the velocity vs. position profile.
Important: Use the following configuration and profile values:
On Worksheet Confirm Your Configuration
With These Words or Bits
ProSet Addr.
7A
(chapter 7)
QDC module output to which you connected your
flow control valve
INC02B02, B01, B00
your selection
B38/16, 17, 18
Setoutput values for outputs to unselected valves
INC0912 = your values
N44:5, 6, 7, 8
All ramping is disabled with zero ramp rates
INC1720 = 0
INC2528 = 0
N44:1316
N44:2124
Velocity limits:
Minimum Velocity Control Limit
Maximum Velocity Control Limit
Selected Velocity Valve, Output for Minimum
Selected Velocity Valve, Output for Maximum
INC45 = 0
INC46 = max velocity per valve specs
INC47 = your value
INC48 = your value
N44:41
N44:42
N44:43
N44:44
7C
Endofprofile setoutput values
HDC3336 for zero output
N44:209212
8A
(chapter 8)
Velocity units are inches (mm)/sec
IPC03B14 = 1
B38/110
Openloop control
IPC04B03 = B02 = B01 = B00 = 1
B38/112115
Expert Response Compensation (ERC) is disabled
IPC04B11 = B10 = B09 = B08 = 1
B38/120123
Velocity setpoints
IPC09,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49
all equal to max velocity per valve specs
start @ N44:65
end @
N44:105
Endof segment position setpoints
IPC11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47,
equal segments over length of travel
start @ N44:67
end @
N44:103
8B
Logical bridge to stop and set outputs
HPC03B08 = 1
B38/296
Span Your Injection
Velocity Valve