Rapid-Air ECONOMY CUT-TO-LENGTH WITH BATCH Count User Manual

ECONOMY CUT-TO-LENGTH

WITH BATCH Count

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

RAPID-AIR CORPORATION

4601 KISHWAUKEE ST. • ROCKFORD, IL 61109-2925

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ECONOMY CUT TO LENGTH WITH BATCH CONTROL

The Cut-To-Length Control when coupled with a Rapid-Air feed and cutter assembly can be put into
production with a minimum of adjustments.

The control is completely self contained and requires only 2 interface points, which are provided on the
outside of the electrical enclosure.

1. A cable connection that should be connected to the solenoid of the air feed.

2. A cable connection that should be connected to the solenoid of the cutter.

FEED SIGNAL OUTPUT:
The feed signal output should be connected, as intended, to a Rapid-Air feed solenoid. The amperage
of this output is 0.5 amp. at 120 amp. The output is labeled on the electrical enclosure to avoid any
confusion when connecting the cables.

The diagram, 85500212, illustrates the proper interface connection of the switch to the controller at
position (S2).

CUTTER SIGNAL OUTPUT:
The cutter signal output should be connected as intended, to a Rapid-Air cutter solenoid. The amperage
of this output is 0.5 AMP. at 120 VAC. The output is labeled on the electrical enclosure to avoid any
confusion when connecting the cables.

The diagram 85500212, illustrates the proper interface connection of the switch to the controller at
position (S1).

WARNING — THE CUT-TO-LENGTH CONTROLLER WAS NOT DESIGNED TO WORK WITH ANY
DEVICES OTHER THAN A FEED CUTTER COMBINATION. IF CONNECTED TO OTHER THAN A
FEED CUTTER COMBINATION, RAPID-AIR WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WARRANTEE OR
INJURY SUSTAINED BY THIS ACT.

The front of the multi-stroke unit has (9) components.

1. START/STOP POWER BUTTON:
Depressing the “START” button activates the unit.
Depressing the “STOP” button deactivates the unit.

2. STOP/RUN/START SELECTOR SWITCH:
In the STOP mode there should be motion or reset signal recognized by the circuitry. If the unit is
cycling and the switch is turned to stop, the cycle in process will finish before stopping.
In the RUN, mode, the multi-stroke can be started by turning the selector to start and then releasing it.

3. FEED STROKES PER CYCLE SELECTOR SWITCH:
The position of the selector switch determines how many feed cycles are completed before the solid
state relay is energized to allow the work cycle to begin. The minimum cycles is (1) and the maximum is
(9).

4. FEED/CUT DELAY POTENTIOMETER
This potentiometer is used to synchronize the timing of the feed to the cutter. As the electrical controller
is based on timing and there are numberous combinations of feeds and cutters, the potentiometer
adjustment will fine tune the timing of the feed stroke to the cutter stroke.

5. CUTTER DWELL POTENTIOMETER
Due to the wide range of materials that can be used in the cutter, Rapid-Air built in a cutter forward delay
through the use of a potentiometer. By tuning the potentiometer, the fastest cycle time can be achieved