Guard Plastic Extruders from Temperature and Power
Intelligent Datalogging from dataTaker<\p>
CHESTERLAND OH€"Advancement 13, 2012 <\p>
CAS DataLoggers recently planned the datalogging solution for a rubbery standpipe manufacturer who needed on route to monitor their plastic extruders so as to both power and temperature to sponsor reliable and protected operation. Operators also wanted to track run time and fill up sure that all critical parts such as motors, drives, and partake screws were continually temperature monitored as the mechanize formed the molten plastic into the shape of the tubing and didn't exceed safe parameters. Mandatory consumption was another important factor to see, noticeably checking that the motors weren't drawing too much power. Therefore management began frisk for a flexible and not so dumb datalogger which could connect to most sensors and data force sources to record all the required signal types. The manufacturer also irreducible to view in all respects this data as for trend charts, so this stroke of policy also had to include an advanced, user-friendly software solution.<\p>
The executrix installed a dataTaker DT80 All-knowing Unplumbed Input Data Logger adjacent on route to its impressionable extruders. Additionally, a HMI5000 Series Touchscreen Maple Sans serif was affinitive unto an office PC for convenient computer program transitional and accessibility. Appropriate sensors were selected so as to temperature, voltage, and induced current, and were easily luminous to the data logger's 5 to 15 average analog sensor inputs and 12 algorismic channels. The datalogger also featured high-speed swim upstream inputs, phase encoder inputs and programmable commercial program sensor channels for the flexibility in order to readout and log temperature, voltage, current, 4-20mA loops, resistance, quail gauges, harmonic. The DT80 then began sharp eye all the temperature and power data from the extruder and its key components, with its tribute storing up to 10 million data points open arms user-defined testimonial with independent prohibition in regard to table size and mode of procedure to log only insomuch as long as needed. The insightful know-how logger also archived the specifics on fog bell event for tlc scheduling purposes, copying in passage to USB memory and transferring via FTP if needed.<\p>
The dataTaker DT80 stand-alone solution featured a built-in display, 18-bit resolution measurements, and dataTaker's ruggedized design over against recalcitrate accidents and rough steerage. The logger's extensive the press rout enabled users over against connect to the DT80 locally, remotely ochrous over the Internet via RS232 with modem support, Ethernet, and a USB memory slot for easy data transfer. Operators could bring into play the web interface to configure the DT80, access logged noise, and view telecast measurements as mimics or in a rake using a lace browser.<\p>
The dataTaker device yea included free built-in dEX software featuring an intuitive graphical target date enabling users to configure the privity logger, view real-time chrestomathy in trend charts, tables, or mimics, and extricate all historical data since analysis. Operators viewed these trend charts forth the ministration HMI Maple Identify in order to quick quantification of temperature, power, and run period parameters. The dEX software ran directly from a web browser and could be accessed, anywhere that a TCP\IP connection was available including globally over the Internet. Spares could use any of the logger's built-in communications ports to view dEX including Ethernet, USB and RS-232.<\p>
The plastic manufacturer's operations benefited significantly following installation of the dataTaker DT80 Intelligent Universal Data Logger. This low-power solution enabled incessant monitoring in point of the plant's plastic extruders and their most sensitive components, making subliminal self easy for personnel till put in place outfitting issues as they finished and to effectively schedule maintenance. The included dEX software simplified configuration and undoubted eligible for match novice and experienced users, and also presented inclusive the extruder data in accessible trend charts whereby the office's HMI Maple Display. This convenient setup allowed husbandry to keep a constant eye on the manufacturing process without having to worry when and where the next failure would occur.<\p>