Rice Lake CB-2 Concrete Batch Controller Version 2.0 - Manual (Page 6)

2 Installation/Operation Manual
1.0 Introduction
The CB-2 is a versatile, efficient concrete batching control system ideal for ready-mix, central mix, and block
plants. The CB-2 makes it easy and affordable to streamline your plant. From weighing raw material to automatic
printing of tickets and reports, the entire operation can be cost-effectively controlled from this one controller.
iRev
provides functions for installing the new software into the CB-2.
Standard Features - Hardware
Standard hardware features of the CB-2 include:
• Panel type 920i HMI digital indicator that can
control up to three scales
• Six totalizing counters for units with admix
metering
• One addition totalizing counter for units with
metered water
• Twenty switch board assemblies with their
a s s o c i a t e d s w i t c h e s a n d a p p r o p r i a t e
annunicators which are mounted on the front
panel of the CB-2 enclosure
• 920i expansion card with 1MB of memory
• Four digital I/O boards
• 4 - 24 channel relay boards
• Standard manual override controls
Standard Features - Software
Standard software features of the CB-2 include the
following:
• One aggregate and one cement scale sampling
60 times per second
• Batch/Load report
• Automatic aeration control for cement silos
and weigh hoppers
• Multiple free fall values per material with
automatic “learning” abilities
• Split batching for loads larger than plant
capacity with pre-weighing next batch for
maximum throughput
• Automatic dust collection outputs
• Precision control of inching gates for
aggregate and cement discharge
• Passcode protection
• U.S. or metric units
• Order loading with customer, job site, directions,
and special instructions