LINK Systems LinkNet I - Manual (Page 31)

LinkNet
5.5
manual rev 2.1 March 25, 1999
Note that when a quick report is generated, it
only applies to the machine that was clicked on
to generate the report and only applies to the
current day. If a report is desired for all
machines or for a different day than the current
day, use the “Reports” menu.
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Number of presses the die ran on in this
time interval.
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Standard SPM (strokes per minute) for
the die.
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Actual SPM the die ran, on average.
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SPM variance between standard and
actual.
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Die utilization percentage.
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Die uptime percentage.
5.7 Die Tonnage Alarms Report
The die tonnage alarm report shows how many
and what kind of tonnage alarms a die has
experienced in a given time frame. To generate this
report, select the “Reports” menu, then the “By Die”
submenu, and finally “Tonnage Alarms” as shown in
figure 5.2. A dialog box similar to figure 5.5 will
appear to allow a selection of the time of interest
(see section 5.2 for a discussion of how this works).
After the day, week, etc is selected, the dialog box
of figure 5.6 will appear with a list of dies and shifts
that are valid for that time period.. Select the dies
and shifts that are to be included in the report and hit
the “OK” button to generate the report.
Information on this report applies to the time
period selected (day, week, month etc.) and
includes:
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The run time of the die.
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Number of strokes.
@
Number of high limit alarms, low limit
alarms, and reverse limit alarms.
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Date and time the die was first run.
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Date and time the die was last run.
5.8 Die High/Low/Average Tonnage Report
The die high/low/average tonnage report shows
the highest good tonnage, lowest good tonnage, and
average tonnage over the time interval selected. To
generate this report, select the “Reports” menu, then
the “By Die” submenu, and finally “High/Low/Avg
Tonnages” as shown in figure 5.2. A dialog box
similar to figure 5.5 will appear to allow a selection
of the time of interest (see section 5.2 for a
discussion of how this works). After the day, week,
etc is selected, the dialog box of figure 5.6 will
appear with a list of dies and shifts that are valid for
that time period.. Select the dies and shifts that are
to be included in the report and hit the “OK” button
to generate the report.
Note that the highest good tonnage and lowest
good tonnage are only those tonnages that fell
within the high or low setpoints in the tonnage
monitor. The purpose of this report is to show
process variability and to show abnormal hits would
make that information unavailable. Each die that
was selected is shown with the tonnages for each
channel and each data window, if configured, for
every press it ran on.
5.9 “Quick” Reports
For quick reports on the current days data for a
specific machine, use the right mouse button to click
anywhere on the row for a machine on the overview
screen. A pop-up menu will appear with two report
options - “Show Event Log” and “Show Summary”.
“Show Event Log” will display a new window
with the press event log from the start of the current
day to the present time (see section 5.1 for details on
the Event Log).
“Show Summary” will display a new window
with the press summary report from the start of the
current day to the present time (see section 5.2 for
details on the summary report).