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Installation Planning |
Flowcon will provide: |
Hardware: The Computer Control:
System
Components
Full
documentation for the:
* Electrical, including pictorial
drawings of the connections at the (provided) AC barrier strip.
* Scale displays, including calibration
setup. The scale displays are shipped pre-tested, configured for your application.
Shipping of all components FOB Encinitas.
Software
Development
of the PC-Batch control per the agreed upon specification.
Installation Phone
Support Flowcon
will provide telephone support to customer personnel to connect and verify supplied
cabling:
* The round, shielded 50-wire cable
between the computer and the AC relays.
* The cable(s) between the computer and
the scale module(s), one per scale.
* The cable between the computer and the
printer.
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Startup: Installation process:
* Flowcon will provide telephone support
to the electrical and scale personnel.
* Telephone support for customer's scale
company to calibrate and verify operation of the Flowcon supplied stand-alone scale
display(s). These interface the customer's loadcells to the Flowcon computer system.
Startup
process:
* Flowcon will
travel on-site and direct
the entry of operational parameters.
* Perform the initial start-up for
automatic mode.
* Flowcon will have a qualified engineer
on site with product development capability.
* Will perform on-site enhancements to
the product, to maximize usability and productivity.
Note:
* There is an AC barrier strip located
on the relay mounting boards housed in the wall mounted NEMA relay control box.
* This may be viewed as the
transition line
between the Flowcon PC-Batch system and the customer's process.
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Labor and
responsibility to:
Connect the
relay control panel (supplied):
Flowcon provides a wall mount NEMA enclosure, which contains all the control and limit
sensing relays, typically using 117V AC
Customer
electrician:
* Provide 117V
AC (20a) service to the
box and scale displays.
* Provide all AC output control and
input status wiring to the panel=s barrier strip(s).
* Provide additional limit switches or
automated controls as necessary.
* Verify that output loads are 3 amps or
less. A typical load is a 480V AC starter with a 117 volt coil.
* Verify each input and output signal for
correct operation.
Provide
a separate manual
backup:
Should the computer go down, it is important that the customer have a totally manual
push-button system they can use. This system needs to be isolated from the automatic
PC-Batch system with switches. Recommended methods are in the installation documentation. |
Connect scales:
Scales convert customer loadcell signals for display and transmit them to the computer.
* Wire (existing) load-cells to the
Flowcon provided scale weight displays (one per scale), using accepted methods.
* Calibrate the supplied scale
display(s).
Install Flowcon supplied cable:
* Advise cable lengths needed to go from
the system to each scale, and from the system to the relay control box. We need this prior
to our shipping date.
* Route the Flowcon supplied signal
cables from the scales and relay box to the computer.
NOTE:
Low voltage (loadcell, scale and
relay) cabling may share the same conduit and junction boxes,
but must be exclusive
of any AC wiring, both for code and noise immunity requirements. |
Summary of the Startup Process...
1. We
provide all equipment and software as listed.
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provide full electrical documentation for your electrician, showing how to connect to the
relay outputs and inputs.
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provide pre-configured scale displays, for your scale people to mount and calibrate.
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2. You
connect the system and pre-test the
connections to the system.
| Activate
the process manually, from the PC-Batch system's software (manual) panel.
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| Enter
your data files: Ingredients, Rations, Bin information
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3. Flowcon
will come on site, direct the start up,
and identify any corrections.
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installation verification and initial startup parameter entry will normally take about 3
hours.
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| Flowcon
will remain on site for about three days, fine tuning the software, and training a lead
operator. We bring full programming capability to the site.
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