VI. a - THE SMARTCHILL CONTROL - OVERVIEW:
This unit is equipped with our exclusive SmartChill
®
microprocessor control (Traulsen Blast Chill units
manufactured prior to 6/03 were equipped with the
DIGITRAUL II control, please refer to owner's manual
part number 375-60180-00 for more information).
The SmartChill
®
controller provides the ability to:
•
Select the chill mode: By Product, By Time or By
Temperature (chill or freeze)
•
Display the current air and product temperatures
and time.
•
Monitor product temperatures with three smart
probes to reduce chances of freezing.
•
Select Soft Chill to reduce the chances of
freezing in the final phase of chilling.
•
Provide service diagnostics to quickly check
machine functions and control circuitry.
•
Send Chill
®
Cycle data via an RS232 port to
SmartChill
®
computer software, providing state
of the art HACCP data management.
VI. b - PRINTING CAPABILITY:
The standard printer provides the ability to:
•
Print data from the last chill cycle with time,
date, and temperature information.
•
Charts chill temperatures vs. time at intervals
that can be set by the supervisor.
The label printer can print a condensed
"
LABEL
"
type
of report with both PRODUCT and USER information.
VI. c - CONTROL BASICS:
Begin by choosing a selection from the menu that
appears on the control
'
s display by pressing the button
graphically connected to the display prompt. Four
buttons are arranged on the left and four on the right.
For example, to select BY TEMP, press the second
button on the left.
VI. d - START-UP:
When power is turned ON to the blast chiller the start-
up screen below appears.
VI. e - OVER TEMPERATURE:
An OVER TEMPERATURE situation occurs if interior
cabinet air temperature rises to 160
°
F or above. The
unit will shut down and a service technician should be
notified.
VI. f - IN THE EVENT OF A POWER INTERRUPTION:
Following a power interruption, the system resumes
at the previous activity. A report will also be printed
containing the time of the power loss and the time of
power return.
VI. g - GETTING STARTED:
The Traulsen Blast Chiller is designed to chill its
respective capacity of hot product from 135
°
F down to
40
°
F in approximately 90 minutes if loaded in pans no
more than 2” deep. However, it is important to follow
all the preceding guidelines for product loading and
batching in order to duplicate this performance
on-site.
Once you have insured that product is properly loaded
into the pans and batched correctly, proceed to the
next section in order to correctly operate the SmartChill
controls chill feature modes.
VI. h - EZ START FEATURE:
All Traulsen Blast Chillers built after June 1, 2006
include an
“
EZ-Start
”
feature which allows a blast
chill batch to be initiated with the touch of a single
button located on the main menu.
Please note that in order to use this feature, one or
more of the food probes must first be placed into hot
product which is at least 40
°
F warmer than the interior
cabinet temperature
When using this feature the factory preset chill cycle
parameters are: Blast Chill, By Temperature, with a
product end-point of 37
°
F, and are not adjustable by
the operator.
VI. THE SMARTCHILL
®
CONTROL
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The SmartChill
®
Controller
SmartChill
RBC100
VERSION X.XX
MAIN MENU AIR 41
°
F
BY TEMP
BY PROD
BY TIME
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