Rockwell Automation RSBizWare BatchCampaign Users Guide - Manual (Page 60)

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2. Select the recipe to be used in the campaign, and then select the Next button. (To filter
the recipe choices, see “Filtering Recipes” on page 50). The Campaign Sizing dialog
box opens.
3. Enter the Campaign Amount and Batch Count (number of batches in the campaign)
4. When the Allow a single odd sized batch box is selected, an odd-sized batch may be
created between the minimum and the maximum to fulfill the remaining campaign
amount.
For example, A 13,000 liter campaign size is created with a batch size of 5,000 liters.
With Allow Single Odd-Sized Batch selected, there will be two batches at 5,000
liters and a single (third) batch created with a batch size of 3,000 liters, thus fulfilling
the campaign size specified (2*5,000) + 3,000 = 13,000 liters.
5. The # of batches to keep buffered is an option used if the process may potentially,
but not always, have one or more bad batches.
For example, if a campaign size of 24,000 liters of fudge is created and the batch
amount is set to 4,000 liters, the batch count will automatically be set to 6 batches.
Potential exists for at least one bad batch in the campaign, but it cannot be known
ahead of time if a given batch is going to be bad. If 1 is entered into the # of batches
to keep buffered box and the batch count is increased by 1, the count becomes 7,
thereby increasing the campaign amount to 28,000 liters. One extra batch of 4,000
liters is created that will not automatically go to the batch list. It will remain in buffer
until an operator manually sends it to the list, though, only if all of the batches were
successfully executed.
6. Configure the Batch Size area according to the options listed in the table below:
Option Description
Minimum The minimum batch size (taken from recipe header).
Default The default recipe size (taken from recipe header).
Maximum The maximum recipe size (taken from recipe header).
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