SKProfilemaster
NEW: Envelope Profile Monitoring
The SKProfilemaster monitoring technique represents the next generation of force monitoring
procedures. The conventional enveloping technology had to accommodate the often widely varying
force curve areas with one sensitivity setting only. So you were either not sensitive enough where it
mattered (in those areas where tools actually formed the metal), or you had to live with too many
unjustified machine shut-downs.
The SKProfilemaster technique now allows you to set different sensitivity profile zones that will per-
fectly match with the varying stability of your forming processes. Sensitive enough where needed,
and loose enough where necessary.
Each force channel can have the following individual settings:
- different sensitivity settings for upper and lower profile limits
- one, two, or three adjustable profile zones
(see supervisor’s manual for settings, modification and erasing of profile zones).
The example below shows a profiled envelope band (2 zones) with different upper and lower
Sensitivity settings per zone:
The SKProfilemaster envelope profile band.
Each segment has it’s own profile limit setting
allowing you to find a perfect balance between tight
limits where needed (to detect smaller tool failures),
and loose limits in other areas to prevent
unnecessary machine stoppages due to random
variation.
The channel shown on the left side works with
2 profile zones, each having individual high and
low profile limits.
How to set the SKProfilemaster band:
- touch the SK Profilmaster box to access sensitivity
entry mode in the single force curve screen
- separate sensitivity windows pop up for each
individual profile zone
- touch the border line directly to modify
the zone size
- set each zone’s desired sensitivity from
1 to 9 (1=coarse; 9=fine)
- confirm each zone’s selection by pressing the E key
(you are able to view immediately how your setting is
affecting the envelope width in each zone)
Sensitivity windows
SK 7
V5.2 E 10/04
SK7-12
