LINK Systems LinkNet II - Manual (Page 64)

SPM: The current strokes per minute of the press updated every 15 seconds. Note that in single stroke
operations with a long time between strokes this number may jump around quite a bit.
TTC: Estimated time to completion for the job in hours and minutes. This number is calculated using
the part count, part limit, and average strokes per minute. LinkNet polls machines every 10 minutes for
average tonnage and production rate. The average part per minute rate for the run is multiplied by the
remaining parts to be produced as given by the part counter to get an estimated completion time. Note
that if the part counter is turned off or the average production rate is 0, this field will display “N/A”
because there is not enough information to calculate a completion time. If the last 10 minute poll
production rate is 0, the current strokes per minute value is used instead.
Peak Tons: The peak forward tonnage of the last stroke if a tonnage monitor is present.
Each of these column headings can be clicked on to sort the machines by the heading data. For
instance, if the “Mach #” heading is clicked, the machine will be sorted by ascending machine number.
Likewise, if the “Peak Tons” heading is clicked, the machines will be sorted by ascending tonnage and
so on for each column.
5.2 Detail Dialogs
Additional detail can be viewed on a machine-by-machine basis by double clicking anywhere on the
row for a machine in the overview window. This brings up a tabbed dialog with several different
sections of information. Each section is a tab at the top of the dialog box.
5.2.1 Counter
Detail
Figure 5.2: Machine Detail “Counters” Dialog Box
The counter detail
screen (“Counters” tab -
see Figure 5.2) is the
default for the tabbed
dialog box. This has the
status, count, limit, and
estimated time to
completion of the part,
batch, and quality
counters. Estimated time
to completion is given in
hours, minutes, and
seconds and is calculated
using the average SPM
from this run (by
default), the last run, all
runs, the current SPM, or
the job standard SPM by
clicking the selections at
the bottom of the dialog
box.
Manual Version 1.1 10/28/2001 5.2