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Section C. ACS Operations Overview
Section C.
ACS Operations Overview
C.1
System Operation Walkthrough
This section details the steps and procedures you’ll need to familiarize yourself with in order to operate the ACS. This
includes all functions and the effect of every switch and button on the machine. The following is a brief breakdown of the
line’s operation. Beginning at can in feed and following through to finished product out feed.
The conveyer belt carries cans to the first gate. The gate, just after the fill head, has a dual function, A) stopping
and holding cans under the fill head, and B) opening just long enough to allow the five filled cans to pass after fill
cycle.
The fill head waits for ten cans to accumulate underneath it before lowering. The first set of five cans are filled
with beer. The second set of five cans are purged with CO2. When the beer level reaches the sensors the fill stops,
the head rises, and the gate opens to allow the 5 filled cans through and stops the 5 purged cans under the raised
fill tubes.
The filled cans leave the gate, pass under the lid dispenser where the leading edge of each can grabs a lid as it
passes under the slide, pulling a lid onto the top of each can. The area immediately under the lid dispenser and
the dome under the can lid are purged with CO2 during the process.
Cans then stop at the block before the #1 push cylinder. This block acts both to stop the flow, and trigger the
cylinder to push the can onto the seamer lift table. This sensor also triggers the lid dispenser to drop another lid
into the lid slide tray.
Once on the lift table the can is raised into the chuck, which rotates the can. The #1 die pushes into chuck making
the first seaming operation, followed by #2 which completes the seam, then the lift table lowers.
The lowered can is pushed off the lift table by the oncoming can and deposited in front of the #2 push cylinder,
which pushes it onto the out feed conveyer which carries it through the washer/dryer (if installed), after which
the final product is carried to the end of the process, the collection table.
C.2
Controllers
C.2.1
HMI Panel – Main Page
Main screen to start the seamer motor and the belt. Also, controlling CIP, Top Up, Foam Valves, Lid Dispenser. Main Screen
has integrated timers for better production monitoring while filling.
Figure 7 HMI Panel – Main Page screenshot