LINK Systems 5100-8 Tonnage & Analog Signal Monitor - Manual (Page 79)

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10 PART TRACKING
The System 5000 Press Control and the OmniLink II Automation Control have the ability to track the
status of parts (good, bad, or empty) traveling through stations of the die. Up to 12 strips of 32 stations
each can be monitored.
Part tracking enables new capabilities for the system as a whole. Analog Signal Monitor channels and
Die Protection channels can mark parts as bad or empty. Analog Signal Monitor channels and Die
Protection channels can be bypassed based on the status of the part in a particular strip and station.
Limit switch outputs can be made to “fire” only when a part of a certain status is in a particular strip and
station. Taken together, this allows for in-die part measurement, a determination of whether a part is
good or bad based on one or more measurements, and the ability to then reject and/or direct a bad part to
a scrap bin automatically.
More detail on these capabilities can be found in the operator terminal manual.
The tonnage monitor can not mark parts as bad or empty, but it can automatically bypass its low limits
based on whether there is a bad or empty part anywhere in the die. An empty part will typically, but not
always, result in a lower than normal peak tonnage. A bad part can also sometimes have this effect.
Settings in the “Bypass Setup” screen (see section 3.4 on page 29) allow the user to choose to bypass
low limits for either, or both, of these conditions are present. These settings apply on a job-by-job basis.
In other words, one job might bypass low limits when an empty part is in the die, while another job does
not.