target weight during the dispense, a BAILOUT occurs. This ends this dispense immediately just like reaching the end of the dispense time. This in no way effects accuracy. The dispense is checked and retries occur if required.
A bailout does not occur unless target weight is exceeded by the weight given in the BAILOUT ERROR parameter. This is primarily to prevent vibration from causing a false bailout to occur during a very small dispense. We set this parameter to a default of 00200 (20 grams or 200 grams). If vibration is causing false bailouts, then you may want to set a higher value in this parameter.
If the BER parameter has a 1 in the last position, (BER 00201), then a printout will occur of all cycle data anytime a bailout occurs for any single component. This is helpful if you want to be aware of occurrences where dispenses significantly exceed target. This will be the same information that you see when the PRINT flag is on (*54). A printer must connected.
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_XT (change if you want less then 00.1 percent)
_XT, is a number that will alter the meanings of the thumbwheel switches for COLOR (CXT) or ADDITIVE (AXT). This number, when set, will be divided into the thumbwheel setting, thereby reducing it's value. The only valid entries are 10 and 100. When set to "00010" the decimal point is moved left one place and the setting is read as X.XX percent. When set to "00100" the decimal point is moved left two places and the setting is read as .XXX percent. This allows closer control where requested dispense is less than 1 percent. When set to "00000", this parameter has no effect.
NOTE: MLAN does not display settings as changed, but does all calculations correctly.
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ROC (change if you want to add COLOR to your REGRIND)
ROC indicates the PERCENT of REGRIND that will be treated as natural when the COLOR and ADDITIVE dispenses are calculated. If you feel it is necessary to add a little color or additive to your regrind then this parameter will automatically see that this is accomplished.
EXAMPLE: ROC set to (ROC 00020).
The 20 means take 20 % of the REGRIND dispense and ADJUST the NATURAL dispense by this amount. Whatever amount of REGRIND is added, 20 percent of this amount will be added to the Natural amount before a color calculation is made.
Regrind dispense = 600 grams, Natural portion = 1400 grams. At 4 percent, if ROC=00000, Color would be 56 grams.
If ROC=00020; increase Natural by 20 % of 600, (120 grams).
Color is now calculated to be 4 % of 1520 grams (1400+120), which equals 61 grams.
In some cases, the addition of
produce overall better coloring because of more uniform dispersion of pigment. In this case you may want to add less color to the Natural portion when Regrind is present. Placing a 1 in the first digit of the
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