Figure 15: Blender Menu Structure (Standard Unit)

Continuous Loss-in-weight Blender Control System Menu Structure

“Recipe” Page (Start)

¾Extruder RPM is displayed

¾Extruder throughput is displayed

¾Blender throughput is displayed

¾Blender percentages are displayed

¾Hopper weights are displayed

¾Steady flags are displayed

¾Access “Recipes”

¾Access “Recipe Book”

¾Access “Clean out”

¾Access “Inventory” Page

¾Access “Setup” Page

¾“Next” to access “Inventory” page.

“Inventory” page

¾Clear Inventory

¾“Next” returns to “Recipe” page

Clean out

¾Run feeders manually

“Recipe Book” Page

¾Save the running recipe to the book

¾Delete a stored recipe

¾Load a stored recipe

¾Erase all stored recipes

¾Modify the product ID for a stored recipe

Return to the “Recipe” page

Hopper Setup

¾Hopper size

Calibration

¾Scale Calibration

¾Feeder Calibration

Panel View Config

¾Panel view GH version

¾PLC GH version

Password

¾New Password

¾Verify Password

Units

¾English or Metric

FIFO

¾Mass Flow FIFO Data

¾Feeder FIFO Data

Alarm Log

“Setup” Page

¾Touch the ACS icon and enter in the “user password”

¾View, print, and clear the alarm log

Alarm Setup

¾No Material Flow

¾Re-fill to Long

¾No Material

¾Load cell Failure

¾Load cell over max.

¾Extruder Flow Alarm

¾Blender cannot keep up

¾Pop ups enabled

Network Info

Continuous Loss-in-Weight Blenders

Chapter 4: Operation

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Sterling 100, 600, 015, SLC 5/04, 060 specifications Continuous Loss-in-Weight Blenders Operation

060, SLC 5/04, 015, 600, 100 specifications

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