Connectric Turnkey Systems

Application:

One of our customers manufactures plastic film packaging envelopes for major courier companies. They wanted to control glue guns to turn on and off so that the edges of the sealing flaps of the envelopes have no glue.

Solution:

Connectric provided a glue control solution to turn on and off the guns.  The customer sets the width of the envelope (e.g. 12"), and the width of the area where the glue gun is off (e.g. 1").  The envelopes are then cut / sealed in the centre of the area where there is no glue so that there is 1/2" of no glue on each edge of the envelope.  We provided an encoder with a measuring wheel attached, and a display controller.  The 1 " and 12 inch were programmed on the counter using buttons or touch screen, and a relay turned on and off the glue gun. The counter reset automatically every 12" for continuous unattended production.  

Some units were required to trigger on registration marks.  Dual counter controllers were provided, the customer just selected the mode he required.  The customer purchased multiple systems.
 

The customer wants to monitor the hoist position in a mine.

The hoist is equipped with a drum containing 4000 feet of cable distributed across 13 layers. Determining the hoist's position is essential for the customer. The cable layers exhibit varying diameters due to over wrapping, resulting in differing amounts of cable per drum rotation on each layer. To accurately measure the cable length, especially considering the changing position of the wire rope as it is unwound or wound back onto the drum, the system employs a straightforward method based on the drum shaft's rotation.

To facilitate precise length measurements, a linearization table has been integrated into the Connectric Length Measurement System. This table is specifically programmed to account for the cable lengths on each of the 13 layers. It effectively displays the total length of cable either released or retrieved, thereby providing an accurate representation of the hoist's current position.

Application:

The customer was using a commercial hand held infra-red temperature gun to measure the temperature in the production of carpet tiles.  He wanted accurate continuous measurement of the temperature for his quality control.

Solution:

Connectric provided a temperature measurement system using a permanently mounted temperature sensor mounted to a analogue display.  the display was scaled to read in degrees F.  Two versions are available, to read 0 - 400F or 300 to 1000F.  The sensor can be permanently mounted with ranges of 4 to 8 feet.  Optional alarms can be provided for over or under temperature settings allowing for unattended monitoring.

Application:

One of our customers manufactures carpet tiles.  They wanted to have a system that could provide greater cut accuracy and easy to add on to their existing machine

Solution:

Connectric provided a length measurement system with a controller, encoder, flexible encoder  mounting arm and an accurate measuring wheel.  The desired length is programmed into the touch screen display / controller.  When the length is reached, a timed output is provided to signal the cutter, and the counter is automatically reset to zero ready for the next cut.  The customer was extremely happy that with the system, he was able to improve the cut accuracy to less than 1/4".  (carpets stretch).  Batch cut and control is also available upon request.

Application:

One of our customers wanted to measure very accurately very long lengths.

Solution:

Connectric provided a length measuring system with the Connectric very high accuracy Measuring Wheel.  Each wheel is coated with non marking polyurethane and individually manufactured with a tolerance on diameter: .002” (+/- 0.052%).  We provided additional calibration instructions whereby the customer fine tuned the calibration by measuring a set length of say, 100 feet, and checking the read length.  By fine tuning the scaling, the customer verified the accuracy over the test length.  He was then able to get the desired accuracy on very long lengths.

Application:

One of our customers manufactures plastic film printed with registration marks.  The film is used by their customers to make bags.  Different production runs have different colour registration marks, the goal is to read marks of different colours against different backgrounds. 

The requirement is to count the registration marks during production of the film, and ensure that the end customer is getting the desired number of bags per roll.  This is a QC application.

Solution:

Connectric provided an easy teach registration sensor and a counter.  The push button teach allows the customer to change the film for different customers, and the high speed counter reliably counts the number of marks on the roll.  The optional output on the counter can provide RS232 output so that the number of marks per roll can be logged on a computer data base (customer provided).

One of our customers needed to monitor the position of a hoist in a mine down to 4000 feet, as well as track the speed of its descent. The hoist operates with a wire rope wound around a drum in multiple layers.

Solution:

The rope wraps around the drum in 13 layers, where the length of rope per layer varies due to over wrapping. Outer layers have a greater length per wrap compared to inner layers. Our customer provided details on wraps per layer and feet. Connectric calculated the wrap lengths for each layer and programmed the counter for linearization.

To monitor drum rotation and speed, Connectric recommended a Kuebler SSI encoder with an incremental track to be mounted on the drum shaft. This would perform 2 functions, display position and speed of rotation.  The SSI output provided position data, while the incremental track supplied speed information. In case of power loss, the SSI encoder would maintain position accuracy. The linearity feature of the Motrona IX350 SSI counter/controller was used to display accurately the hoist position, while the DX355 was used to display the drum rotation speed. Connectric individually programmed the displays for accurate monitoring of hoist position up to 4000 ft and drum rotational speed.  Full documentation including a colour coded wiring diagram and linearization table was provided to the customer.