products

The Product Detection Controller (PDC) is designed to detect a fault due to the

absence of a required feature such as a label, insert, cut-out, glue, printing, cap,

etc. When a fault is detected, a "Machine Stop" signal is activated. This can be configured to stop the equipment and/or notify the operator of a fault condition.

Using the input from two sensors the PDC can detect virtually any product

feature. Sensor #1 is the "Trigger" sensor which detects the product carrier:

box, label, bottle, etc. Sensor #2 is the "Product" sensor which detects the

feature of interest: label, insert, glue, cap, etc.

If a required feature is missing, the PDC will

activate a set of normally closed contacts and

a set of normally open contacts. The normally

closed contacts may be wired into the existing

machine "E-Stop" circuit. The normally open

contact may be wired into the existing machine

"cycle stop" circuit or to a remote indicator.

Two small indicator lamps display the status of

the controller. A green lamp indicates the PDC

is "Ready". A red lamp indicates that the Product

Detection Controller has activated the Stop

circuits. After a 5 second delay, the Stop circuits

will automatically reset at which time the "Ready"

indicator will turn on. The "Fault Detect" indicator

lamp will flash a fault code.