Siemens SIJECT15, SIJECT16 Operation Manual

SIJECT15/16
Operation Manual

Software Version 1

User Manual 06.2003 Edition

User Documentation

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General Documentation:

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Guide for

Start-up

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Operation
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SINUMERIK

Start-up

SIJECT 15/16
Operation Manual

Software Version 1

User Manual

Introduction

Operator panel keys

SIJECT OP15B Screen

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2

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Valid for

Control System Software Version

SIJECT 15/16 1.08

06.2003 Edition

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Table of Content

1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 1-1

1.1 Operating panel layout ......................................................................... 1-2

1.2 Overview of screens............................................................................. 1-4

1.3 Working process of injection molding machine.................................... 1-6

2 Operator panel keys .................................................................................... 2-1

2.1 Liquid crystal display (LCD) ................................................................. 2-2

2.2 Soft keys............................................................................................... 2-3

2.3 Screen hot keys.................................................................................... 2-6

2.4 Manual Operating Keys........................................................................ 2-8

2.5 Number Keys...................................................................................... 2-11

2.6 Cursor Keys........................................................................................ 2-11

2.7 Operating mode keys ......................................................................... 2-12

2.8 Motor keys and Heater keys .............................................................. 2-15

3 SIJECT OP15B Screens ............................................................................. 3-1

3.1 Hot key Screens ................................................................................... 3-2

3.1.1 Information Screen 3-9

3.1.2 Monitoring screen 3-12

3.1.3 Alarm screen 3-14

3.1.4 Temperature screen 3-16

3.1.5 Timer screen 3-17

3.1.6 Counter screen 3-19

3.1.7 Function screen 3-20

3.1.8 Save/load screen 3-22

3.1.9 Data screen 3-24

3.1.10 Service screen 3-26

3.2 Manual operation screen.................................................................... 3-38

3.2.1 Mold open/close screen 3-38

3.2.2 Ejector screen 3-40

3.2.3 Carriage Screen 3-42

3.2.4 Injection screen 3-43

3.2.5 Charging screen 3-45

3.2.6 Core 1 screen 3-47

3.2.7 Core 2 screen 3-50

3.2.8 Air blow screen 3-52

3.2.9 Mold adjustment screen 3-53

1 Introduction

Contents

Section Heading Page

1.1 Operator panel layout 1-2

1.2 Overview of screens 1-4

1.3

Working process of injection
molding machine

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Introduction

1.1 Operating panel layout

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Fig. 1-1 Operator panel layout

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Introduction

Description of softkey area

Explanation of the function of each softkey area is in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1 Description of softkey area

Operating area Key numbers Meaning

1

Liquid crystal display

2

Soft keys

3

Screen hot keys

4

Manual operating keys

5

Number keys

5

Cursor keys

7

Operating mode keys

8

Motor keys and heater
keys

-

5 keys

10 keys

26 keys

12 keys

6 keys

7 keys

4 keys

Display different control screens.

Call selected pictures from different screens.

Press each key and corresponding screen will be
displayed. Parameters setting, production
monitoring and data saving can be executed.
Call the parameter-setting screen with the key,
then control the machine movement manually.

Input number parameter. Create recipe data.

Move the cursor to the required position with
“Cursor key”, then press ”Enter” key to confirm
the setting.
Or, when screen displays the message “press
ACK key”, press “ACK” key to confirm.
Select machine mode with “Mode key”. When in
Semi Auto/Auto mode, press Run/Stop key to
start/stop the Semi Auto/Auto mode cycle.
Or, use “Manual Mode” key to select manual
mode, then you can press manual control key for
manual movement.
Or, press “Mode adjustment key” to select mold
adjustment mode, then you can do manual or
auto mold adjustment.
Control the motor start/stop, and heater on/off.

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Introduction

o

)

A

1.2 Overview of screens

Hot key screen
structure Service screen is designed in multistage structure, It is oriented to the

All hot key screens are listed in Table 1-2 for reference.

Table 1-2 Hot key screen structure

These screens are configured in different nested level. For instance, the

OEM-customer. Therefor it comprises the most important function
parameters for OEMs. Altogether nine different screens can be
displayed.

Screen 1.3
Manual lube

Screen 2

larm(con'd)

Screen 1.1

Event

Screen 1

Alarm

Screen 1

Temperature

Screen 1

Timer

Screen 1

Counter

Screen 1

Function

Screen 1

Load/save

Screen 1

Data

Screen 2

Data (con'd

Screen 1

Service

Screen 1.1

Password

Screen 1.2

Load/save

Screen 1.3

Set prop.valve

Screen 1.2

Purge

Screen 1.1

Event

Screen 1

Monitori ng

Screen 1

Version inf

Screen 1.1

OEM

Screen 1.2

DI

Screen 1.3

DO

1-4

Screen 2

Linear scale

Screen 2.1

Pump

Screen 2.2

Lubrication

Screen 2.3

Set function

Screen 2.4

Set ramp

Screen 2

PLC/CI Info

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Introduction

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Screen structure of
manual operating keys

The screen structure here is relative simple in comparison with hot key
screen structure. It has only one level, and only the screens of core 1
in/out and core2 in/out have the 2
function.

The parameters like position, press, flow, delay, time, counter and mode
selection can be set in these screens.

Table 1-3 Screen structure of manual operating keys

Screen 1

Mld Clo/Opn

Screen 1

Eject

Screen 1

Carriage

nd

level, that is, they are used for core 3

Screen 1

Injection

Screen 1

Charging

Screen 1

Core 1

Screen 1

Core 2

Screen 1

ir blow

Screen 1

Mold adjust

Screen 2

Core 3

Screen 2

Core 3

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Introduction

Working process of injection molding machine

General The most important components in the injection molding machine are:

— Injection unit

Mold close unit

—

— Electrical and hydraulic control

Fig. 1-2 Injection molding machine

SIJECT 15/16 Siject 15/16 is a compact control system. It can be widely used to control

injection molding machine from low end to middle and high end
customer. It is a series product and consists of different versions, i.e.
SIJECT 15
international version.

+

, SIJECT 16, SIJECT 16 international and SIJECT 16DP

Please see the manufacturer documentation “SIJECT 15/16 Start-up”
for detailed information.

Control process The configuration of individual injection molding machine can be

different, but the working process should be implemented in a similar
way. Thus we describe it roughly in the following diagram.

It is provided in the diagram that the Core-in acts before Mold Close Start
or during Mold Close Process, the Core-out acts before Mold Open Start
or during Mold Open Process.

!

Caution

Other functions not described in the following diagram might be executed

in the control system. It is only available for reference.

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Introduction

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Time-full auto

Close mold

Cycle start

Ejector

retract end?

Yes

Core 1 in

Core 2 in

Sensor-full

auto

Safety door

close

Cycle key

start

No

Full auto

Semi auto

Yes

Cycle end

Yes

Counter

arrive

No

Ejector

auto-

retract?

Ejector retract

Yes

No

Yes

Carriage

retract

Core3 in

Mold clo se

end?

Yes

Carriage
advance

Injection/

holding

Back

feeding?

No

Charging

Suck back

Start cooling time

Ejector shake time

ir blow

Yes

No

Shake

times

arrive?

Ejector shake

Yes

Ejector
shake?

Ejector

advance

Yes

Mold open

end?

Core 1 out

Core 2 out

Stay time

No

Ejector

stay?

No

No

Open mold

No

Front

feeding?

Fig. 1-3 Flow chart for one cycle in injection molding machine

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Yes

No

Carriage

retract

Core 3 out

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Contents

Section Heading Page

2.1 Liquid crystal display 2-2

2.2 Soft keys 2-3

2.3 Screen hot keys 2-6

2.4 Manual operating keys 2-8

2.5 Number keys 2-11

2.6 Cursor keys 2-11

2.7 Operating mode keys 2-12

2.8 Motor keys and heater keys 2-14

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2.1 Liquid crystal display (LCD)

General The LCD display with CCFL back-light has a good performance to

display:

Alarms

—

— Recipe data

— Customer specific picture

— Operation status

Performance The LCD has the following characteristics:

— 320x240 pixel

5.7” Chinese/English languages

—

— the brightness can be adjusted manually

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Operator panel keys

2.2 Soft keys

General Users can press softkey to complete different operation as well as to

enter other screens.

Softkey F1：

1

Softkey F1

“ ” ——》 ：OEM（ Original Equipment Manufacturer )

Operation path and function

specific picture

i

“

“ ”

“Purge start”

“Injection reset”

Manual

“

Lubrication”

Softkey F2：

Softkey F2 Operation path and function

“ ”

”

——》

i

：Event information

Selection key

——》

”Purge start”: start up the purge

——》

function.

——》”Injection reset”: execute reset fuction of injection

counting.

——》 ——》 ——》”Manual lubrication”:

lubricate manually.

Page down

“

”

“Purge stop”

“Product reset”

1

Functions can be executed, which is also applicable for soft keys in following tables.

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——》

purge key

：

”Purge stop”: stop purge function.

——》

——》”Product reset”: execute product reset function.

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Softkey F2

“PLC version”

“Force output”

“ ”

Softkey F3：

Softkey F3 Operation path and function

“Manual lubrication”

“ ”

——》

——》

——》

——》

——》

Operation path and function

”PLC version”: display PLC version of

——》

MMC card.

”Manual lubrication”: lubricate manually

”Force output”: force output.

——》

——》

Digit input。

：

Pump combination

：

“ ”

“ ”

“ ＋ ”

“ ”

“ ”

“ ”

Softkey F4：

“ ”

Softkey F4 Operation path and function

——》

——》

——》

——》

——》

——》

——》

save mold parameters into MMC card or CI

：

increase screen brightness

：

——》＋ ：

——》 ：

set the password

：

——》

digit output

：

increase limit value

save program into MMC card

set manual lubrication

：

“ ”

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——》

load mold parameters from MMC card or CI

：

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Softkey F4

“ ”

“ － ”

“ ” ——》 ——》 ：load program from MMC card。

“ ”

Softkey F5：

“

“ ”

Softkey F5 Operation path and function

”

——》

——》

——》

——》

——》

Operation path and function

decrease screen brightness

：

——》－ ：

——》

proportional valve start-up

：

——》

reduce limit value

temperature setting

：

ramp data setting

：

Softkey F6：

Softkey F6

Page up

Operation path and function

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2.3 Screen hot keys

General Press each key and corresponding screen will be displayed. If the screen

has more than one layer, use the soft keys of page down

the next layer. Press the page up key
previous screen.

Alarm key

Press Alarm key to enter Alarm screen, and the current alarm will be

displayed on this screen. Press F1 key to enter the event record screen,
and you can check the record of all events.

Temperature key

at right to go back to the

to go to

You can also choose the control mode of nozzle (open loop/close loop).

Timer key

Counter key

Press this key to enter Counter screen. You can set the quantity of

Function key

Press Function key to enter

Press this key to enter Temperature screen where the set value of each
temperature channel can be input, and the actual value of temperature
channel can be displayed as well. In addition, you can choose the “heat
holding” function, and you can set the tolerance of temperature control.

Press this key to enter Timer screen. Every time duration can be set,
such as cycle time, cooling time, mold open/close time, as well as every
delay time and monitoring time.

products and the products of each mold. Also the current product
quantity, number of injection and products quantity after machine power
on can be displayed.

Function screen

language (Chinese/English), selection of robot and back light functions
can be set.

. The screen brightness,

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Load/save key

Press this key to enter
saved into CI/MMC, and saved mold recipe data can be loaded from
CI/MMC.

Load/save screen

. Mold recipe data can be

Data key

Press this key to enter Data screen. You can review the production data
of last 10 injection cycles, including the position and time of each activity,
such as injection number, the position of mold open end point, injection
start point, injection end point, pressure hold end point, charging end
point and ejector end point, and the time for mold hold, mold lock,
injection, cycle and charging.

Service key

Information key

Press this key to enter
and functions here. Nine service screens are provided, including function
selection, linear scale setting, password setting, load/save setting,
proportional valve setting, pump setting, lubrication setting, temperature
setting and ramp setting.

When OEM has finished the start-up of injection molding machine, these
parameters will normally be protected by Password 2 by OEM.

Service screen

. OEM can set the factory data

Users can also check the operating status of each digit input/output.

Press Information key to enter Information screen where the version
message of OP, CI and PLC program can be read. Then press the
softkey F2, and continue to display the PLC status and OP
communication status.

Monitoring key

Press Monitoring key to enter Monitoring screen, which is the main

screen of system. The current machine running status are displayed,
including the positions of mold, screw, ejector; rotation speed of screw;
production quantity; power on time; cycle time and current mold number.

Additionally, the purge and lubrication can also be operated.

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2.4 Manual Operating Keys

General All the manual keys

the Manual mode and Mold adjustment is running.

Mold key

Press the middle Mold key to enter Mold screen.

Input corresponding parameter (Position, pressure, flow and protecting
time) for each step.

Mold will open continuously if you keep pressing the left key.

Mold will close continuously if you keep pressing the right key.

Mold close/open keys can be operated in combination with core in/out
keys, for example, “Core in” can be done during, before or after mold

close, or “Core out” during, before or after mold open.

Ejector key

Press the middle Ejector key to enter

Now you can input corresponding parameter (Position, pressure, flow
and counter) for ejector advance and retract, and set counter and
ejector mode.

Ejector will retract continuously if you keep pressing the left key.

Ejector will advance continuously if you keep pressing the right key.

Repeat above-mentioned two steps to carry out multiple ejection.

Carriage key

Press the middle Carriage key to enter Carriage screen.

Now you can input corresponding parameter (pressure, flow and
injection time) for carriage advance and retract.

Carriage will advance continuously if you keep pressing the left key.

Carriage will retract continuously if you keep pressing the right key.

and described below can function only after

Ejector screen

.

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Injection key

Press the middle Injection key to enter Injection screen.

Input corresponding parameter (pressure, position, flow and total
injection time) for injection.

Machine will inject once if you press the left key. Keep pressing the left
key, the machine will come into pressure holding status automatically
after injection is finished.

Machine will suck back, i.e., screw retract, if you keep pressing the right
key.

Charge key

Press the middle Charge key to enter Charge screen.

Input corresponding parameter (Position, pressure and flow) for
charging.

Screw will be charging if you keep pressing the right key.

Core 1 key

Press the middle Core 1 key to enter

Input corresponding parameter for core 1, such as position, pressure,
flow, time and counting.

Keep pressing the left key to let core 1 in.

Keep pressing the right key to let core 1 out.

Core 1 screen

.

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Core 2 key

Air-blow key

Press the middle Core 2 key to enter Core 2 screen.

Input corresponding parameter for core 2, such as position, pressure,
flow, time and counting.

Keep pressing the left key to let core 2 in.

Keep pressing the right key to let core 2 out.

Press the middle Air-blow key to enter

Input corresponding parameter (position and time) for Air-blow 1 and Air­blow 2.

Air-blow 1 will work if you press the left key.

Air-blow screen

.

Air-blow 2 will work if you press the right key.

Press the Air-blow key again to enter Core 3 screen.

Input corresponding parameter (pressure, position, flow and time) for
core 3 in/out.

Keep pressing the left key to let core 3 in.

Keep pressing the right key to let core 3 out.

Mold adjustment key

Press the middle Mold adjustment key to enter Mold adjustment
screen.

Input pressure and flow for mold adjustment. There are two ways to
adjust mold. When manual mold adjustment is selected, you can set
pulse here. If auto mode is selected, you can set the time of adjusting.

Mold adjustment retracts if you keep pressing the left key.

Mold adjustment advances if you keep pressing the right key.

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2.5 Number Keys

General

The number keys comprise 0~9 numbers, decimal and Cancel key. They
are used to set the recipe data.

2.6 Cursor Keys

General

The cursor keys are consisted of Cursor left, Cursor right, Cursor up,
Cursor down and the ENTER key, and Acknowledge key “ACK key”

When alarm appears and the system message displays on the screen,
press the “ACK” key to confirm them.

Example:

If you want to input a parameter like pressure or flow of injection, first
press injection key to enter Injection screen, then use cursor keys to go
to corresponding field. Input parameter using number keys, and press
ENTER key to confirm your entry.

!

Caution

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Be sure not to change any parameters during system running!

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2.7 Operating mode keys

General You can start the machine in different mode: Semi-Auto mode, Timer-

Full-Auto mode, Sensor-Full-Auto mode, Manual mode and Mold
adjustment mode.

When machine starts for the first time, select Semi-Auto mode, Timer­Full-Auto mode, Sensor-Full-Auto mode. The function is actuated only
after the Run key is pressed, and the safety door opens hereafter. For
Manual mode and mold adjustment mode, it is not necessary to use Run
key.

Semi-Auto
mode key

First set all the recipe data, then press this semi-auto mode key and wait
for the LED on.

Timer-Full-Auto
mode key

Set all the parameters necessary (including total cycle time), press this

Timer-Full-Auto mode key and wait for the LED on.

Sensor-Full­Auto mode key

Set all the parameters necessary (including part counter), press this
Sensor-Full-Auto mode key and wait for the LED light on.

Press the RUN key
cycle.

Another cycle should be started by pressing RUN key
safety door is opened/closed once.

Lubrication can be done automatically if the machine has run more times
than the lubrication counter setting number.

Press the RUN key
the cycle automatically, until the set product quantity has been reached.
Then the machine stops and LED off.

Lubrication can be done automatically if the machine has run more times
than the lubrication counter setting number.

. Machine will start automatically for one

again, or

to start the system. The machine will execute

Press the RUN key

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to start the system. The machine will execute
the cycle automatically, until the set product quantity has been reached.
Then the machine stops and LED off.

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During this process, when a cycle is finished, the sensor will check
whether the product has fallen down. If it is OK, the next cycle will run
successfully. Otherwise, alarm is on and the machine will stop.

Lubrication can be done automatically if the machine has run more times
than the lubrication counter setting number.

Manual mode
Key

This mode shall work with other manual operating keys together.

Press manual mode key and the LED is on.

In manual operating area, press the middle key to open the desired
screen. Input necessary parameters and press the manual left key or
right key to continue every action.

System will run continuously until you release the key, or when the timer
or counter is full.

Following operations can be carried out in this mode, they are:

Mold open/close; ejector advance/retract; injection/suck back; charge;
core 1 in/out; core 2 in/out; core 3 in/out; air blow 1 & 2 and
lubrication/purge.

This mode can also be used to reset the parameters and clear the alarm.

Mold Adjustment
mode key

This mode is especially used for mold adjustment when a new mold is

installed in the machine.

Following operations can be carried out in this mode, they are:

Mold open/close; ejector advance/retract, injection/decompression,
charge, mold adjustment advance/retract and lubrication.

Press this Mold adjustment mode key and mold adjustment key
enter mold adjustment screen. Input the parameters, then press mold
adjustment advance/retract key to adjust mold manually, or press auto
start key to start auto mold adjustment.

To protect mold from damaging, the mold open/close in this mode should
keep a low speed and invariable pressure and flow.

Run key

Run key is to run Semi-Auto mode / Timer-Full-Auto mode / Sensor­Full-Auto mode.

Stop key

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Stop key is to stop Semi-Auto mode / Timer-Full-Auto mode / Sensor-

Full-Auto mode.

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2.8 Motor keys and Heater keys

General The following two sets buttons are used to control the motor and heater.

Motor key

Push the left key to start the motor. The motor will be actuated in star
mode at the beginning, after the delay time it will switch to triangle mode.

Push the right key to stop the motor.

Heater key

Push the left key to switch on the heater, push the right key to switch off
the heater.

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Contents

Section Heading Page

3.1 Hot key screen 3-2

3.1.1 Information screen 3-9

3.1.2 Monitoring screen 3-12

3.1.3. Alarm screen 3-14

3.1.4 Temperature screen 3-16

3.1.5 Timer screen 3-17

3.1.6 Counter screen 3-19

3.1.7 Function screen 3-20

3.1.8 Save/load screen 3-22

3.1.9 Data screen 3-24

3.1.10 Service screen 3-26

3.2 Manual operating key screens 3-38

3.2.1 Mold screen 3-38

3.2.2 Ejector screen 3-40

3.2.3 Carriage screen 3-42

3.2.4 Injection screen 3-43

3.2.5 Charge screen 3-45

3.2.6 Core1 screen 3-47

3.2.7 Core 2 screen 3-50

3.2.8 Air blow screen 3-52

3.2.9 Mold adjustment screen 3-53

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SIJECT OP15B Screens

3.1 Hot key Screens

Startup information

After power-on, the customer specific picture (CSP) will be displayed for

After CSP screen, the SIJECT-OP15B Information screen will be

Power on the control system.

3 seconds.

displayed for 3 seconds. On this information screen, the PLC version,
OP and CI version will be displayed.

Then, the system will change to monitoring screen automatically.

Fig 3-1 Customer specific picture screen

Fig 3-2 SIJECT OP15B system information screen

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SIJECT OP15B Screens

Fig 3-3 Monitoring screen

Screen description There are 3 screen fields on SIJECT OP15B monitoring screen:

• Status indicators

• Displaying field

• Soft key block

Status indicators：

Table 3-1 Description of Status Indicators

Element Indicator Meaning

（1）
Current
screen

Monitoring screen：

Main screen. Display the working status of
injection molding machine. The purge and
lubrication can be controlled.

Information screen：

Display the system infomation, OEM picture and
the status of input/outputs.

Alarm screen：

Display 32 alarms and events.

Temperature screen：

Display the set value and actual value of 5 + 1
temperature channels.

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Element Indicator Meaning

Timing screen：

Display every set value and actual value of
timing.

Counter screen：

Display the set value of part count, and the actual
production quantity of this power on.

Function screen：

Select language, adjust the brightness and set
the back light function.

Load/save screen：

Load/ save mold number and parameters to/from
CI or MMC card.

Data screen：

Display the position and time during the latest 10
injections and cycles.

Service screen：

Display the service information for OEM, such as
linear scale, proportional valve, password, etc.

Mold open/close screen:

Set the process parameters for 3 mold
open/close modes.

Ejector setting screen:

Set the process parameters for 3 ejector
advance/retract modes, and ejector mode.

Carriage setting screen:

Set the process parameters for carriage
advance/retract, and charging mode.

Injection setting screen:

Set the process parameters for 4 injection modes/
3 pressure holding modes, and switch mode.

Charging setting screen:

Set the process parameters for 4 charging
modes, and back pressure selection.

Core 1 setting screen:

Set process parameters for core 1, and select
core 3.

Core 2 setting screen:

Set process parameters for core 2, and select
core 3.

Air blow setting screen:

Set parameters for air blow 1 / 2 .

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Element Indicator Meaning

（2）

Current
status

Mold adjustment screen:

Select manual mode or auto mode, and set
process parameters.

Manual mode status：

Users can carry out every action manually under
this mode.

Semi-auto mode status：

The machine can complete one process cycle
under this mode. Use Run key or safety door
open/close to start.

Timer full-auto mode status：

Users can set cycle time on timing screen, and
set actual cycle time on monitoring screen. Press
Run key, and the machine runs automatically.
The machine will stop when the set cycle time
has been reached.

Photo-sensor full-auto mode status：

Users can set product counting on counter
screen, and set actual product total quantity and
product of this power-on on monitoring screen.
Press Run key, and the machine runs
automatically. The machine will stop when the set
product counter is full.

（3）

（4）

（5）

（6）

（7）

Mold adjustment status：

This indicator is flashing under mold adjustment
status.there are two modes: semi-auto mold
adjustment and manual mold adjustment.

Cooling time status：

This indicator is flashing during cooling. When
cooling time is over, it will stop flashing.

Lubrication status：

This indicator is flashing during lubrication. When
lubrication is over, it will stop flashing.

Heating status：

This indicator is flashing when heating is over. It
will stop flashing after Heater key is pressed.

Motor status：

This indicator is flashing when motor is power off.
It will stop flashing after motor starts.

Safety door status：

When safety door is open, this indicator is
flashing. It will stop flashing after the door is
closed.

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Element Indicator Meaning

（8）

（9）

Injection status：

Screw is forbidden to be started if barrel
temperature has not reached the set value, and
this indicator is flashing. When the temperature
reaches the set value, it will stop flashing.

Event message：

（10）

When this indicator is flashing, it means certain
events happened. Check the event screen and
take correction activities. Once the event is
eliminated, it will stop flashing.

Alarm message：

When this indicator is flashing, it means certain
alarm happened. Check the alarm screen and
take correction activities. Once the event is
eliminated, it will stop flashing.

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Displaying field:

when one small square indicator becomes light on, it means the

（1）

machine is working at the indicated step.

when a parameter block is not backlighting, it means this block

（2）

is allowed to be set; if a block is backlighting, then this block is
parameter displaying.

if the screen with cursor function selection, it is requested to

（3）

use the cursor first. Move the cursor to the wanted item, and

press the Selection key
key to select the function and use “Enter” key to confirm the
setting.

for the basic operating pictures, it is necessary to enter

（4）

password 1 to set parameters for the first power-on; or, after 5
minutes, users should input password 1 for the second time to
carry out parameters operation. For service picture (OEM),
password 2 must be input. Refer to section 3.1.10 “Service
screen” for password setting and changing.

. Then press cursor up or down

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Soft key block：

Table 3-2 Description of soft key block

Element Symbol Meaning

Soft key F1 Used as event record information,

（1）

OEM picture, and function selection.

Soft key F2 When there is a second screen, this

（2）

key is normally used as page down.
Also it could be used for other
functions, e.g. purge key.

Soft keys F3～F5 Soft keys with assigned functions.

（3）

Soft key F6 Always as return key, the key to go

（4）

back previous screen

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3.1.1 Information Screen

Fig. 3-4 Information screen 1

Fig. 3-5 Information screen 1.1 --- OEM picture

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Fig. 3-6 Information screen 1.2 --- Digit inputs

Fig. 3-7 Information screen 1.3 --- Digit outputs

Fig. 3-8 Information screen 2

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Operating sequences

Press Information key to enter the Information screen 1 and current
system information will display, i.e., OP version, CI version and PLC
version. See Fig 3-4, Information screen 1.

Press soft key F1
See Fig 3-5, Information screen 1.1 --- OEM picture. Siemens can realize
specific requirements if customers have any, such as displaying
company name, address, symbol, etc.

Press soft key F3

digit inputs for SIJECT15
See Fig. 3-6, Information screen 1.2 --- digit inputs. Users can check the
status of each input/output.

Press soft key F4

digit outputs for SIJECT15
spare). The box will backlight if there is a signal. See Fig. 3-7,
Information screen 1.3 --- digit outputs.

Force Output is to make certain point force output. For example, input

3.4 and press softkey F2 “Force Output”. Now DQ3.4 on the screen will
backlight, and this point in the system will give output and LED on.

and OEM customer specific picture will display.

to display the status of all 32 digit inputs（24

+

. The box will backlight if there is a signal.

）

to display the status of all 40 digit outputs（35

+

. DQ3.5 ~ DQ3.7 and DQ 4.6~DQ 4.7 are

Press softkey F2
Information screen 2. The type of CI and the position of PLC switches
are displayed here. When PLC powers on, the system will check the
running status of PLC automatically, such as PLC startup, PLC cycle, OP
communication and CI EPROM.

to enter the next screen. See Fig 3-8,

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3.1.2 Monitoring screen

Fig 3-9 Monitoring screen 1

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Fig 3-10 Monitoring screen 1.1– event record

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Fig 3-11 Monitoring screen 1.2 – purge screen

Operating sequences

Press Monitoring key to enter Monitoring screen where current system
pressure and flow of the machine can be monitored. The real time status
of the machine is also displayed, such as mold open/close, injection and
core in/out, etc. see Fig. 3-9, Monitoring screen 1.

On this screen, following parameters can be monitored: Positions (mold
position, screw position and ejector position), speed (screw rotation
speed), quantity (part count, today’s production), time (cycle time) and
mold number (recipe number).

Press soft key F1
Monitoring screen 1.1 --- event record screen. If there is event message
during operation, then indicator ⑨ (see table 3-1) is flashing. Users
should check this screen and take correction activities. It is different from
alarms.

Press soft key F2
screen，and the purge time or purge counting can be set. Then press
softkey F1 “Start purge” to start the purge operation. Or, press F2 “Stop
purge” to stop the purge operation. See Fig. 3-11, Monitoring screen 1.2

--- purge screen.

Press soft key F3 “Manual lubrication” to carry out lubrication manually.
During lubrication, the indicator ④ (see table 3-1) is flashing to inform
users that the machine is now under lubrication.

Note：

During manual lubrication, related parameters should be preset on
service screen. See section 3.1.10 “Service screen – Lubrication setting”.

to display event record screen. See Fig. 3-10,

on monitoring screen 1 to enter the purge

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3.1.3 Alarm screen

Fig 3-12 Alarm screen 1

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Fig 3-13 Alarm screen 1.1 – event record screen

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Fig 3-14 Alarm screen 2 - continued

Operating sequences

Press alarm key to enter the alarm screen, altogether 32 alarms are

displayed here. See Fig 3-12 Alarm screen 1 and Fig 3-14 Alarm screen
2 – continued. When an alarm appears, the alarm indicator ⑩ (see Table
3-1) is flashing to inform the user to check the alarm screen.

On the alarm screen, the box in front of the current alarm is backlight.
Then users should take corresponding correction activities to clear alarm

resource, and press acknowledgment key
to acknowledge and delete the alarms.

Press soft key F1

Alarm screen 1.1 – event record screen. This screen can also be called
by pressing Information key.

Press soft key F2 to enter the next layer of screen. See Fig 3-14

Alarm screen 2 – continued. Other alarms can be checked.

to enter the event record screen. See Fig 3-13,

or manual mode key

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3.1.4 Temperature screen

Fig 3-15 Temperature screen 1

Operating sequences

This screen is used for SIJECT 15

Press this key to enter the Temperature screen 1. See Fig 3-15,
Temperature screen 1.

barrel and 1 channel for oil temperature. Temperature values for each
channel can be set on this screen. For the nozzle, either open loop or
close loop can be selected.

If the nozzle is under open loop control, the indicator at “Open loop” will
backlight. Users can set a percentage value in Nozzle block so as to
make sure the percentage of heating on/off in a time unit. For example, if
time unit is 20s, and nozzle is set as 30%. Then heating time is 20 x 30%
= 6s and heating off time is 14s.

If the nozzle is under close loop control, the upper and lower tolerance
can be set here which is valid for all temperature zone. When the
temperature is within specification, channel heating will maintain the
temperature within this range. The indicator ⑧ (see table 3-1) will stop
flashing, which means the screw can work at this situation.

If Hold function is selected, the block of Holding will backlight. Holding
temperature can be set for each temperature channel.

+

with 5 temperature channels for

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The unit of temperature will be °C.

Note:

Here, the thermocouple should only be type K.

Nozzle open loop control: no thermocouple is mounted on nozzle. Nozzle
heating can be executed via heater on/off.

For the selection of open loop / close loop, please refer to section “3.1.10
Service screen --- temperature setting”.

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3.1.5 Timer screen

Fig 3-16 Timer screen 1

Operating sequences

Press this key to enter the timer screen 1. See Fig 3-16 Timer screen 1.

On this screen, the working time for every action and the delay time for
action switch, as well as protection time for charging can be set.

Cycle time (TmCyc) － It is the time to monitor one machine cycle. If the
actual machine cycle time is longer than the set value, then there is
alarm.

Interval time (Interval) －

interval time before the next machine cycle start. This setting is only
applicable in time auto mode.

Cooling time (TcCool) － When injection is finished, the timer begins to
work. This interval is to make sure that the material has enough time for
cooling.

Charging delay (TdCha) －

charging, which is to prevent the overheating of plastic material.

Injection delay (TdInj) －

position, it will wait certain time before injection.

Core in delay (TdCorIn) －

begin after a delay time.

Core out delay (TdCorOut) － When previous work is finished, core out
will begin after a delay time.

Ejector advance delay (TdEjeAdv) － When mold open is ended,
ejector advance will begin after a delay time.

Ejector retract delay (TdEjeRet) － When ejector advance is finished,
ejector retract will begin after a delay time.

When one cycle is finished, there is an

It is the interval time between injection and

When the carriage arrives at the injection

When previous work is finished, core in will

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Mold close time (TmMldClo) － The total time for mold close, which is
monitoring time. There is event message if the setting time is exceeded.

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Mold open time (TmMldOpn) － The total time for mold open, which is
monitoring time. There is event message if the setting time is exceeded.

Carriage advance time (TmCarAdv) －

advance, which is monitoring time. There is event message if the setting
time is exceeded.

Carriage retract time (TmCarRet) － The total time for carriage retract,
which is monitoring time. There is event message if the setting time is
exceeded.

Ejector advance time (TmEjeAdv) － The total time for ejector
advance, which is monitoring time. There is event message if the setting
time is exceeded.

Ejector retract time (TmEjeRet) The total time for ejector retract, which
is monitoring time. There is event message if the setting time is
exceeded.

Pre-decompression time (TmPreDec) －

decompression, which is monitoring time. There is event message if the
setting time is exceeded.

Decompression time (TmDec) － The total time for decompression,
which is monitoring time. There is event message if the setting time is
exceeded.

Charging time (TmCha) －

monitoring time. There is event message if the setting time is exceeded.

The total time for charging, which is

The total time for carriage

The total time for pre-

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3.1.6 Counter screen

Operating sequences

Press this key to enter the counter screen. See Fig 3-17 Counter screen.

Part count and part numbers for each mold can be set on this screen.

Fig 3-17 Counter screen

Part counter (Part Count) － Set the production quantity.

Part numbers for each mold (Part Nr/Mld) － Set the production

quantity for each mold.

Shots counter (Shot Count) – Display the number of shots.

Parts of this power on (Parts from Startup) – Display the production

quantity of current power on.

Softkey F1 － Clear shot. Press this key, and the injection time will be
reset.

Softkey F2 － Clear part. Press this key, and the part count will be reset.

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3.1.7 Function screen

Fig 3-18 Function screen

Operating sequences

Press this key to enter the function screen, see Fig 3-18, Function

screen.

On this screen, users can set the robot operation, back light function,
and language (English/Chinese).

Robot － select or deselect robot.

Back light (Back Light) －

selected, then the screen will be in back light mode automatically after 3
minutes. If not selected, then the screen will always have display.

Language － Select English or Chinese.

Examples

1. Press key

3. Cursor is at selection field, press

4. Press “Enter” key to confirm the selection.

For robot selection, you can do as follows:

or to enter the robot setting field;

2. Press
“1111”, then confirm the entry by “Enter” key);

key（for the first time, it is required to input password 1 of

select or deselect back light function. If

or to select;

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Brightness adjust

Press softkey F3

password”. Press “Enter” key and return to function screen. Then, press

softkey F3

contrary, press F4

key and the system displays the message “

again, and the screen brightness is increasing. On the

, the screen will become darker.

Type

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3.1.8 Save/load screen

Fig 3-19 Save/load screen

Operating sequences

Press this key to enter the Save/load screen. See Fig 3-19, Save/load
screen.

Here, users can select save/load medium and set the recipe number.

Save/load Medium － recipes can be saved/loaded to/from CI board or
MMC card.

Recipe number (Recipe No) －

and CI board can save 1~30 recipe data. And, 1~50 recipe data can be
loaded from MMC, and 1~30 recipe data can be loaded from CI.

Example For MMC selection, you can do as follows:

1. Press
medium field;

2. Press selection key
password 1 of “1111”, then confirm the entry by “Enter” key);

or key to move the cursor to the save/load

MMC card can store 1~50 recipe data

( for the first time, it is required to input

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3. Press

4. Press “Enter” key to confirm the selection;

When saving the current recipe parameter to the MMC card, you can do

as follows:

1. Select recipe number in Recipe No., such as 6;

2. Select MMC card in Save/load medium, and confirm it with “Enter”
key;

or key to select the MMC card;

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3. Press soft key F3 to do the saving. The system will display
“success” when saving operation is finished.

4. Press

to acknowledge it.

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3.1.9 Data screen

Fig 3-20 Data screen 1

Fig 3-21 Data screen 2

Operating sequences

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Press this key to enter the Data screen 1, and press page down key F2
on this screen to enter the Data screen 2. See Fig 3-20 Data screen 1
and Fig 3-21 Data screen 2.

Data screen provides the important data of the latest 10 shots, the latest
one is always on the top.

Shot － Shot number. The latest shot is always on the top.

Mold open end (MldOpn) －End position of mold open, in mm.

Start injecting (InjStr) －

Start position of injection, in mm.

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Injection end (InjEnd) －End position of injection, in mm.

Holding end (HldEnd) －End position of pressure holding, in mm.

Charging end (ChaEnd) －End position of charging, in mm.

Ejector advance end (EjeEnd) －

mm.

Mold protection time (MProTm) －

protection, in second.

Mold lock time (MLckTm) －

in second.

Injection time (InjTm) － Total time of 4 stages injection, in second.

Cycle time (CycTm) －

Charging time (ChaTm) － Time record of every charging operation, in

second.

Time record of every machine cycle, in second.

End position of ejector advance, in

Time of low-pressure mold

Time of high-pressure mold lock operation,

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3.1.10 Service screen

Fig 3-22 Service screen 1 – parameter setting

Operating sequences

Press this key to enter the service screen. See Fig 3-22 Service screen 1

--- parameter setting.

On service screen, input password 2 (2000) before any parameter
setting. Then, confirm your entry by “Enter” key.

Parameter setting See Fig. 3-22 Service screen 1 --- parameter setting.

Carriage retract mode (CarRetMod) － Carriage retract can be set as

position mode or time mode.

Photo sensor mode (CycSenNSTD) － Photo sensor can be set as

normally open mode or normally close mode.

Lubrication error (LubErrNSTD) － Contactor in alarm circuit can be

set as

normally open mode

Fast mold open (FastMldOpn) － It can be set as normal mode or

special mode

Special function 1 (SpecSel 1) － Spare.

Number of screw cams (ScrewCam) － The cam numbers set on the

Motor protection (MotStrPro) －

if there is delay time during motor star triangle startup. Motor protection
can also be deselected.

Special function 2 (SpecSel 2) －

screw during screw speed measurement. Range: 1～255.

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.

or

normally close mode

Motor protection can be selected, i.e.,

Spare.

.

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Motor shut-down when alarm occurs (Motor Shut) － When there is

alarm, the time passing by from alarm occurring to motor shut. Range:
30~999s.

Heat off when alarm occurs (Heat Off) － Select Heat On or Heat Off

when there is alarm.

Tolerance when ejector retract (EjeRetTol) － When using linear

scale, users can set the tolerance of ejector retract. Range: 0.1～9.9
mm.

Special parameter 3 (SpecPar 3) － Spare.

Special parameter 4 (SpecPar 4) － Spare.

Example Select Position at Carriage retract mode (CarRetMod).

Tolerance when mold open (MldOpnTol) －

open. Range: 1.0～99.9 mm.

1. Press
mode field;

2. Press

3. Press

4. Confirm the setting with “Enter” key;

or key to move the cursor to carriage retract

key to start the setting mode;

or key to select “Position” mode;

Set the tolerance of mold

Linear scale setting

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Fig 3-23 Service screen 2 – linear scale setting

Press soft key F2
Service screen 2 --- linear scale setting.

to enter the next service screen，see Fig. 3-23

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Linear Scale mold:

Switch --- Proximity switch signal. When mold close is at position, the

box will backlight, showing the reference point of linear scale.

Reference point

of linear scale.

Length --- setting value. The length of linear scale can be set here,
ranged from 1～6553mm.

Actual value --- displayed value. Display the actual value of linear scale.

Current value

reference point.

--- setting value. Mold lock end should be the reference

--- displayed value. It is the difference from actual value to

Linear scale injection:

Reference point --- setting value. Reference point of linear scale can be

set here.

Length --- setting value. The length of linear scale can be set here,
ranged from 1～6553mm.

Actual value

Current value

reference point.

--- displayed value. Display the actual value of linear scale.

--- displayed value. It is the difference from actual value to

Linear scale ejector:

Switch --- Proximity switch signal. When ejector retract is at position, the

box will backlight, showing the reference point of linear scale.

Reference point

reference of linear scale.

Length --- setting value. The length of linear scale can be set here,
ranged from 1～6553mm.

Actual value --- displayed value. Display the actual value of linear scale.

Current value --- displayed value. It is the difference from actual value to

reference point.

Linear scale ejector

deselected here.

--- setting value. Ejector retract end should be the

--- Linear scale ejector can be selected or

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Fig 3-24 Service screen 1.1 – password setting

Password setting Press soft key F3

24 Service screen 1.1 --- password setting, and password can be set or
changed here.

New Password 2 --- A new password 2 can be set here, then confirm by

Upper:

Higher password --- the highest level. The default value of this system is

xxxx (Please ask manufacturer), then confirm by Enter Key.

Enter Key. The default value of this system is 2000.

Retype Password 2 --- retype the new password 2, and confirm it with
Enter Key.

When the password has been successfully changed, the screen will

display a message. Press Acknowledgment Key
operation.

to enter the password setting screen. See Fig 3-

to finish the

Lower:

Higher password --- it is the password level 2. The default value of this

system is 2000, then confirm it by Enter Key.

Retype password 1 --- retype the new set password 1, then confirm it by

When the password has been successfully changed, the screen will

New password 1

Enter Key. The default value of this system is 1111.

Enter Key.

--- a new password 1 can be set here, then confirm by

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display a message. Press Acknowledgment Key
operation.

to finish the

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Operating sequences Press softkey F4 to enter save/load screen. The PLC/menus/CSP

Program types

MMC PLC version --- displayed value. Press softkey F2 “PLC version”

Fig 3-25 Service screen 1.2 --- Save/load screen

can be saved/loaded to/from MMC.

--- User can select PLC, menus or CSP.

to show the PLC version in MMC.

Operating examples

1. Press cursor key

2. Press Selection Key

3. Press cursor key

4. Press Enter Key to confirm.

To select Menus in Program types. Steps are as follows:

or to enter program type selection;

, and the cursor moves to the left;

or to select “Menus”;

1. Plug in MMC card in the CI;

2. Select “Menus” in Program Type;

3. Press softkey F4

4. Restart the system after the transfer process is finished. The operation

Download Menus from MMC. Steps are as follows:

to start data transfer;

is over.

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Fig 3-26 Service screen 1.3 – Proportional valve adjustment

Operating sequences Press softkey F5

See Fig. 3-26 Service Screen 1.3 --- proportional valve adjustment.
Proportional valve can be adjusted here, and you can test pressure, flow
and back-pressure in force output mode.

to enter proportional valve adjustment screen.

Valve Type --- select the type of valve: flow / pressure / back-pressure /

Valve Limit --- select min. / max. value.

Pressure Test --- in force output mode, input pressure value, ranged

Flow Test --- in force output mode, input flow value, ranged from

BackPressure Test --- in force output mode, input pressure value,

Operating sequences Firstly, start valve adjustment:

Adjust Valve --- select On/Off to start valve adjustment.

reserved.

from 0～140bar.

0～100％.

ranged from 0～140bar.

Select “ON” in Adjust Valve mode:

1. Use cursor key

or to enter valve adjustment selection;

2. Press selection key

3. Use cursor key

4. Press Enter key to confirm.

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, and the cursor moves to left;

or to select “ON”;

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Secondly, select valve type, such as pressure valve; then select valve

limit, such as maximum:

Choose “Max.” in valve limit, and change its value by softkey:

1. Use cursor key

2. Press selection key

3. Use cursor key

4. Confirm it with Enter Key;

5. Press softkey F3 “＋” to increase the “Max.”; or use softkey F4“-”

to reduce “Max.”. This process can be observed by external
amperemeter.

In the “Force Output” mode, implement the “Pressure Test”:

1. Press softkey F2 “Force Output”, and the upper box will backlight;

2. Set the value of 140bar in Pressure Test;

3. Check if the external amperemeter reaches the maximum, such as

Lastly, check the adjustment result:

1Amp.

or to enter valve adjustment selection;

, and cursor moves to left;

or to select “Max.”;

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Fig 3-27 Service screen 2.1 – pumps setting

Pumps setting

Pump3 Flow --- flow range 0～100％.

Pump4 Flow --- flow range 0～100％.

On service screen 1, press softkey F2

- linear scale setting. Then, press softkey F2

combination setting screen. See Fig. 3-27 Service Screen 2.1 --­combination setting. Pump2/pump3/pump4 can be selected here and the
flow can be set accordingly.

Pump2 Flow --- flow range 0～100％.

to enter service screen 2 --

to enter pump

pump

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Fig 3-28 Service screen 2.2 – lubrication picture

Operating sequences On service screen 1, press softkey F2

- linear scale setting. Then press softkey F3

setting screen. See Fig. 3-28 Service Screen 2.2 --- lubrication picture.
Lubrication time and lubrication count can be set here.

Lubrication Time --- every lubrication time can be set here, ranged from

0.0～99.9sec.

Lubrication Count --- set one cycle here and the system will be

lubricated automatically. The range is from 1 to 9999.

Lubrication Status

lubrication, then the box will backlight, and

Lubrication Oil Level

oil level is very low, then the box will backlight and alarm occurs, i.e.,

is flashing.

--- Press softkey F1 “manual lubrication” to start the

--- Inform the user to add lubrication oil when the

to enter service screen 2 --

to enter lubrication

is flashing.

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Fig 3-29 Service screen 2.3 – temperature setting

Temperature setting On service screen 1, press softkey F2

- linear scale setting. Then, press softkey F4

temperature setting screen. Temperature channel can be set from 1 to 5,
and temperature can be set accordingly.

Temperature Tolerance Plus --- set the tolerance plus for each

temperature channel.

Oil Upper --- set the upper limit of hydraulic oil temperature.

Nozzle Mode

Channel 1 --- select or deselect

Channel 3 --- select or deselect

Channel 4 --- select or deselect

Channel 5 --- select or deselect

Temperature Tolerance Minus

temperature channel.

Oil Lower

Temperature Compensation

system has been set the compensation before delivery, and it is
unnecessary for users to set it again.

loop or open-loop.

Channel 2

Oil Temperature Alarm

upper/lower limit of oil temperature has been set, there is no alarm if oil
temperature is within the specification and alarm occurs if it is out of
specification.

--- set the lower limit of hydraulic oil temperature.

--- two modes are available, it can be assigned as close-

--- select or deselect

--- If oil temperature alarm is selected: when the

--- set the tolerance minus for each

--- set the temperature compensation. The

to enter service screen 2 --

so as to enter

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Fig. 3-30 Service screen 2.4 – Ramp setting

Operating Sequences On service screen 1, press softkey F2

-- linear scale setting. Then, press softkey F5

setting screen. See Fig. 3-30 Service Screen 2.4 --- setting ramp data.
The ramp data for every movement can be set accordingly.

Mold Close --- there are four ramps to be set: pressure and flow for each

ramp, and ranged from 0 to 99. The values should be the differences for
pressure and flow between every two PLC cycles when there is action
switch.

Carriage --- it refers to the ramps during carriage advance and carriage

retract: set pressure and flow for each, and ranged from 0 to 99. The
values should be the differences for pressure and flow between every
two PLC cycles when there is action switch.

Charge --- it refers to the ramps when charging starts and charging

Mold Open --- there are four ramps to be set: pressure and flow for each

--- it refers to the ramps when injection starts and injection

Inject

completes: set pressure and flow for each, and the range is from 0 to 99.
The values should be the differences for pressure and flow between
every two PLC cycles when there is action switch.

completes: set pressure and flow for each, and the range is from 0 to 99.
The values should be the differences for pressure and flow between
every two PLC cycles when there is action switch.

ramp, and ranged from 0 to 99. The values should be the differences for
pressure and flow between every two PLC cycles when there is action
switch.

Ejector

pressure and flow for each, and the range is from 0 to 99. The values
should be the differences for pressure and flow between every two PLC
cycles when there is action switch.

Decompression

and decompression completes: set pressure and flow for each, and the

--- it is the ramp before and after the actions of ejector: setting

--- it refers to the ramps when decompression begins

to enter Service screen 2 -

RAMP

to enter ramp

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range is from 0 to 99. The values should be the differences for pressure
and flow between every two PLC cycles when there is action switch：

--- it is the ramp for core 1 in/out: set pressure and flow for each,

Core 1

and the range is from 0 to 99. The values should be the differences for
pressure and flow between every two PLC cycles when there is any
action switch.

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3.2 Manual operation screen

3.2.1 Mold open/close screen

Fig 3-31 Mold open/close screen

Operating sequences

Press Mold open/close key to enter the screen. See Fig 3-31.

Four status of mold close are displayed on the screen: slow, fast,
protection with low pressure, lock mold with high pressure. Three status
of mold open are displayed on the screen: high pressure, fast and slow.

The parameters, such as position, pressure, flow and time are set on this
screen. Additionally, users can select mold close with differential valve;
set tolorence of mold open; display the position of mold and display the
actual working times.

Mold close slow (MldClo 1) － set position, pressure and flow

Mold close fast (MldClo 2) － set position, pressure and flow

Mold protection with low pressure (MldPro) －

and flow. In addition, to protect mold from particles, users can set mold
protection time here. If mold protection with low pressure cannot be
finished within the set time, the mold will retract to the end position of
mold open and send alarm.

Mold lock with high pressure (MldLck) －

as well as the time for mold lock. If mold lock signal is not detected within
the set time, the machine will stop and send alarm. Here, the indicator
will show the mold lock signal. If it is backlight, then mold lock is at
position.

Mold close with differential valve (DifValve) － differential valve can
be selected to add mold lock force. Users can also deselecet it.

Mold open with high pressure (MldOpn 1) －set position, pressure and
flow.

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set the pressure and flow,

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Fast mold open (MldOpn 2) －set the position, pressure and flow of fast
mold open.

Slow mold open (MldOpn 3) －

slow mold open.

Mold open tolorence (MldOpnTol) －

open end position. When mold is within this tolorence, then the system
will consider the mold is opened to the end.

Mold position (MldPos) － display the actual position of the mold.

Press
open the mold manually.

key to close the mold manually，and press key to

set the position, pressure and flow of

set the allowed tolorence of mold

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3.2.2 Ejector screen

Fig 3-32 Ejector screen

Operating sequences

Press the middle key to enter the ejector screen. See Fig 3-32.

Four status of the ejector advance / retract are displayed on the screen:
ejector advance 1, ejector advance 2, ejector retract 1 and ejector retract

2.

All related parameters can be set here, including position, pressure, flow
and counter. When Vibrate is selected, then the vibration position can
also be set.

Ejector advance 1 (EjeAdv 1) － During ejector advance, users can set
position, pressure and flow for ejector advance 1.

Ejector advance 2 (EjeAdv 2) － During ejector advance, users can set
position, pressure and flow for ejector advance 2.

Ejector retract 1(EjeRet 1) － During ejector retract, users can set
position, pressure and flow for ejector retract 1.

Ejector retract 2(EjeRet 2) － During ejector retract, users can set
position, pressure and flow for ejector retract 2.

Vibrating position (Vibrate) －

position and then advances. This is so called vibration ejection.

Ejector backward indicator (EjeBck) －

position, this indicator will backlight, indicating that the end position signal
has been detected.

Ejector mode (EjeMode) － users can select once, multiple or vibration
mode. Once mode: ejector advances after mold open, but it will not
retract. Multiple mode: ejector advances and retracts to the end position,

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Set position here. Ejector retracts to this

when ejector retracts to the end

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then advances again. It advances and retracts according to the set
numbers. Vibration mode: ejector advances and retracts to the set
position, then advances again. It advances and retracts according to the
set numbers. If this item is deselected, that means this machine does not
use ejector.

Ejector position (EjePos) － display the actual position of ejector

Ejection counter (Eje Count)－

is selected, users can set the numbers of ejection.

Press

and press

key to forward ejector to remove part from mold manually,

key to retract ejector manually.

when ejector multiple / vibration mode

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3.2.3 Carriage Screen

Fig 3-33 Carriage screen

Operating sequences

Press the middle key to enter the carriage screen. See Fig 3-33.

The status of carriage advance and retract is displayed here, also the
mode of feeding.

Carriage advance (CarAdv) － set the pressure and flow of carriage
advance.

Carriage retract (CarRet)－ set the pressure, flow and time of carriage
retract. The time set here is used for monitoring the carriage retract. If
carriage does not retract to the end during this time, then it will send
alarm.

Feeding mode (Feed mode) － there are three modes for feeding: fixed,
front and back.

Fixed feeding: the carriage is fixed, first charging then decompression.

Front feeding: the carriage is at the front, first charging then
decompression, then the carriage will retract.

Back feeding: the carriage will retract first, then charging and
decompression.

Press

Press

key to make carriage retract manually.

key to make carriage advance manually.

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3.2.4 Injection screen

Fig 3-34 Injection screen

Operating sequences

Injection 1(Inject 1) － set the position, pressure, flow and time of

Holding 1 －set the pressure, flow and time for pressure holding 1.

Press Injection key to enter the injection screen. See Fig 3-34.

The system offers four Injection modes and three Pressure holding

modes, and the transition between injection and pressure holding can be
selected. On this screen, corresponding parameters can be set, such as
position, pressure, flow and time.

injection 1.

Injection 2 (Inject 2) －

injection 2.

Injection 3 (Inject 3) －

injection 3.

Injection 4 (Inject 4) －

injection 4.

Transition mode (TraMode) －

injection and pressure holding. Three modes can be selected: Position
mode, Time mode, and Position/Time mode.

set the position, pressure, flow and time of

set the position, pressure, flow and time of

set the position, pressure, flow and time of

it refers to the transition mode between

Screw position (ScwPos) － display the current position of screw.

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Holding 2 －

Holding 3 －

Press Manual injection key

Decompression key

set the pressure, flow and time for pressure holding 2.

set the pressure, flow and time for pressure holding 3.

to do injection once manually, and press

to suck back once.

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Note:

There are three transition modes between injection and pressure
holding.

If Position mode is selected, then the set time is monitoring time. The
alarm is warning when the time is exceeded.

If Time mode is selected, then the set time is control time. The set
position value is invalid.

If Position/Time mode is selected, then the one who reaches the set
value first takes the priority.

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3.2.5 Charging screen

Fig 3-35 Charging screen

Operating sequences

Press the Charging key to enter the charging screen. See Fig 3-35.

Four charging statuses are provided on the screen, and related

parameters can be set here, including position, pressure and flow. In
addition, backpressure can be selected to set the pressure.

Pre-decompression (PreDec) － implement decompression before

charging, and the position, pressure and flow can be set here.

Charging 1 (Charge 1) －set the position, pressure and flow for

charging 1. If proportional backpressure valve is used, then the value
should be set as backpressure.

Charging 3 (Charge 3) － set the position, pressure and flow for

Decompression (Dec) －implement decompression after charging, and

Back pressure selection (BP Select) － you can select the proportional

Screw position (ScwPos) － display the current position of screw.

Charging 2 (Charge 2)－

charging 2. If proportional backpressure valve is used, then the value
should be set as backpressure.

charging 3. If proportional backpressure valve is used, then the value
should be set as backpressure.

Charging 4 (Charge 4) －

charging 4. If proportional backpressure valve is used, then the value
should be set as backpressure.

the position, pressure and flow can be set here.

backpressure valve or deselect it.

set the position, pressure and flow for

set the position, pressure and flow for

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Screw rotation speed (ScwRmp) － display the actual screw rotation

speed.

In manual mode, press charging key
the key , and the charging will stop.

to begin charging. Release the

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3.2.6 Core 1 screen

Operating sequences

The screen displays the core 1 in/out status, and the related parameters

Press the Core 1 key to enter Core 1 screen. See Fig 3-36.

can be set here, including the position, pressure, flow, time and counter.
The core operation can be controlled by position, by time, or by counter.

Fig 3-36 Core 1 in/out --- screen 1

Core 1 in － set the pressure and flow for core 1 in. If it is by position,

then position value should be set. If it is by time, then the time should be
set as a parameter and the actual time will be displayed. If it is by
counter, then the counter should be set and the actual counting value will
be displayed.

Core 1 out － set the pressure and flow for core 1 out. If it is by position,

then position value should be set. If it is by time, then the time should be
set as a parameter and the actual time will be displayed. If it is by
counter, then the counter should be set and the actual counting value will
be displayed.

Core 1 selection (CorSelect) － select or deselect core 1 in/out.

Core 1 mode (CorMode) － select position mode, time mode or counter

mode.

Core in position (CorInPos) － set the position to do core in. The core

in can be at the start of mold close, during mold close, or at the end of
mold close.

Core out position (CorOutPos) －

core out can be at start of mold close, during mold close, or at the end of
mold close.

set the position to do core out. The

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Mold position (MldPos) － display the current position of mold.

Press Manual Core 1 in key

Manual Core 1 out key

to do core out.

Fig 3-37 Core 1 in/out --- screen 2

to do core in manually, and press

On Core 1 screen 1 (see Fig 3-36), press softkey F5
1 screen 2. See Fig 3-37. Core 3 in/out can be set here.

The screen displays the core 1 in/out status, and the related parameters
can be set here, including the position, pressure, flow, time and counter.
The core operation can be controlled by position, by time, or by counter.

Core 3 in － set the pressure and flow for core 3 in. If it is by position,

then position value should be set. If it is by time, then the time should be
set as a parameter and the actual time will be displayed. If it is by
counter, then the counter should be set and the actual counting value will
be displayed.

Core 3 mode (CorMode) － select position mode, time mode or counter

Core 3 out －

then position value should be set. If it is by time, then the time should be
set as a parameter and the actual time will be displayed. If it is by
counter, then the counter should be set and the actual counting value will
be displayed.

Core 3 selection (CorSelect) －

mode.

set the pressure and flow for core 3 out. If it is by position,

select or deselect core 3 in/out.

to enter Core

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Core in position (CorInPos) － set the position to do core in. The core

in can be at the start of mold close, during mold close, or at the end of
mold close.

Core out position (CorOutPos) － set the position to do core out. The

core out can be at the start of mold close, during mold close, or at the
end of mold close.

Mold position (MldPos) － display the current position of mold.

Press soft key F3 “Core in” to insert the core into mold, and press F4

“Core out” to do core out.

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3.2.7 Core 2 screen

Fig 3-38 Core 2 in/out --- screen 1

Operating sequences

Press the Core 2 key to enter Core 2 screen. See Fig 3-38.

The screen displays the core 2 in/out status, and the related parameters

can be set here, including the position, pressure, flow, time and counter.
The core operation can be controlled by position, by time, or by counter.

Core 2 out － set the pressure and flow for core 2 out. If it is by position,

Core 2 selection (CorSelect) － select or deselect core 2 in/out.

Core out position (CorOutPos) － set the position to do core out. The

Core 2 in －

then position value should be set. If it is by time, then the time should be
set as a parameter and the actual time will be displayed. If it is be
counter, then the counter should be set and the actual counting value will
be displayed.

then position value should be set. If it is by time, then the time should be
set as a parameter and the actual time will be displayed. If it is be
counter, then the counter should be set and the actual counting value will
be displayed.

Core 2 mode (CorMode) －

mode.

Core in position (CorInPos) －

in can be at the start of mold close, during mold close, or at the end of
mold close.

core out can be at the start of mold close, during mold close, or at the
end of mold close.

set the pressure and flow for core 2 in. If it is by position,

select position mode, time mode or counter

set the position to do core in. The core

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Mold position (MldPos) － display the current position of mold.

Press Manual Core 2 in key

Manual Core 2 out key

to do core out.

to do core in manually, and press

On Core 2 screen 1 (see Fig 3-38), press softkey F5
2 screen 2. See Fig 3-39. Core 3 in/out can be set here.

The operation of core 3 is the same as described in section 3.2.6.

Fig 3-39 Core 2 in/out --- screen 2

to enter Core

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3.2.8 Air blow screen

Fig 3-40 Air blow screen

Operating sequences

The screen displays two statuses: Air blow 1 and Air blow 2. When the

Press the air blow key to enter the air blow screen. See Fig 3-40.

mold reaches the position, air can blow by the set time.

Air blow 1 (Air 1) －

reaches the position, air blow will be controlled by the set time.

Air blow 2 (Air 2)－

reaches the position, air blow will be controlled by the set time.

Mold position (MldPos) －

Press Manual Air blow 1

to enable air blow 2 function.

select or deselect the air blow 1. When the mold

select or deselect the air blow 2. When the mold

display the actual position of mold.

to activate air blow 1, and press air blow 2

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3.2.9 Mold adjustment screen

Fig 3-41 Mold adjustment screen

Operating sequences

Press the mold adjustment key to enter the mold adjustment screen.

Press Mold adjustment mode key on the operator panal to make
the machine at mold adjustment status. The indicators ② on the screen
(see table 3-1) is flashing to inform users that the machine is under
adjustment.

The system provides two mold adjustment modes: pulse adjustment and
automatic adjustment.

For pulse adjustment, users can set pulse value for mold adjustment.

For automatic adjustment, users should first set time. If mold adjustment
does not finish within the preset time, then the system will retract the
mold automatically.

Mold close during mold adjustment (MldClo) － in mold adjustment

mode, set the pressure and flow during mold close.

Mold open during mold adjustment (MldOpn) － in mold adjustment

mode, set the pressure and flow during mold open.

Carriage movement during mold adjustment (Carriage) － in mold

adjustment mode, set the pressure and flow during carriage movement.

Ejector during mold adjustment (Ejector) － in mold adjustment mode,

set the pressure and flow during ejector movement.

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Injection during mold adjustment (Inject) － in mold adjustment mode,

set the pressure and flow during injection.

Suck back during mold adjustment (SuckBck) －

mode, set the pressure and flow during suck back (decompression).

Charging during mold adjustment (Charge) －

mode, set the pressure and flow during charging.

Mold advance during mold adjustment (Advance) －

adjustment mode, set the pressure and flow during mold advance.

Pulse of mold advance (AdvPuls) － in pulse mold adjustment mode,

Pulse of mold retract (RetPuls) － in pulse mold adjustment mode, set

Pulse mold adjustment (PulsAdj) – select or deselect.

Mold close time (MldCloTim) － in Auto adjustment mode, set the mold

Mold retract during mold adjustment (Retract) －

mode, set the pressure and flow during mold retract.

set the pulse of mold advance.

the pulse of mold retract.

close time for mold adjustment. Users can set an initial value and the
system will judge it automatically. If mold cannot be adjusted within this
time, then the system will retract the mold to fulfil automatic adjustment.

Auto mold adjustment (AutoAdj) － select or deselect.

Current status (CurStatus) －

system.

display the pressure and flow of current

in mold adjustment

in mold adjustment

in mold

in mold adjustment

When pulse adjustment mode is selected, press advance key

the system will run the set pulse to make the mold advance. Press

retract key
retract.

When auto adjustment mode is selected, press soft key F4 “Auto Start”

to start the auto mold adjustment; and press F5 “Auto Stop” to end the
adjustment.

and the sytem will run the set pulse to make the mold

and

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