Standard Features

Injection Unit

	Customer's choice of any one of three screw diameters.
	Open nozzle, spherical seating.
	Nitrided barrel & screw assembly.
	Balanced double carriage cylinders for deflection free connection between the injection and locking units.
	Screw drive by low speed, high torque hydraulic motor.
	Screw & carriage strokes monitored by LVDT's, 0.01 mm resolution.
	Screw speed monitor.
	PID temperature control for plasticising unit with over/under temperature alarms and graphical display of each zones performance.
	Cold start prevention for the plasticising screw.
	Sprue break facility with programmable fast/slow carriage movements.
	Programme for cold slug removal.
	Programme for intrusion before injection.
	Programme for injection/stamping.
	Freely programmable injection fill, 10 stages, position dependent.
	Freely programmable injection hold, 5 stages, time dependent.
	Change over from injection fill to hold by time, position &/or hydraulic pressure.
	Automatic melt cushion control with selectable alarms for 'out of cushion' signals.
	Melt decompression selectable before &/or after plasticising.
	Freely programmable plasticising, 5 stages, screw speed and screw back pressure, position dependent.
	Injection graphics, speed & pressure, with memory.
	Automatic barrel purge programme.
	Pre-heating calendar for plasticising unit, Sunday - Saturday, 24 hour.
	Lubrication free operation.

Locking Unit

	Two platen design with direct hydraulic clamping on each tie bar giving guaranteed even locking force distribution, plus small foot print.
	Platens & ejection system prepared to EUROMAP 2, JIS & SPI available as alternatives.
	Moving platen supported & guided by precision profile rail guides.
	Open base below mould space enabling product removal from three directions and providing space for ancillary equipment.
	Hydraulic ejector , all models, but with multi-point ejector plate for A50 and above.
	Lubrication free operation.
	Mechanical mounting interface for robot in upper edge of fixed platen as per EUROMAP 18.
	Freely programmable three stage mould open & close movements.
	Low pressure mould protection system with alarm & selectable 'kiss & try again' facility.
	Freely programmable single, multiple & pulsed ejection strokes, plus ejector inter cycle park position.
	Programme for low pressure, low speed, open/close for mould loading & unloading.
	Programme to use hydraulic ejector as core.
	Indicating mould cooling manifold with flow meters and thermometers in each channel, 6 channels.
	Platen and ejector stroke monitored by LVDT's, 0.01 mm resolution.

Hydraulic System

	Regulated variable displacement, energy saving, pump(s).
	Hydraulic components of European manufacture.
	Sealed hydraulic reservoir with air breather, level gauge and 'Oil level low' alarm.
	On line micronic filtration with 'Filter blocked' alarm.
	Hydraulic oil temperature monitor and alarm.

Control system & Electrical equipment

	All electrical equipment mounted in a sheet metal cabinet integrated into the machine base.
	One machine mounted circuit breaker for isolation of all electrical systems within the machine.
	Heating circuits with MCB protection and SSR switching.
	PC based control system, distributed architecture, with high speed bus.
	Coloured TFT monitor, 10.4 inch.
	Membrane keyboard with LED acknowledgement of selection / function.
	Internal mould data storage & retrieval facility.
	External mould data storage & retrieval facility by 3.5 inch floppy disc, FDD included.
	Real time clock incorporated.
	All machine setting parameters optimised by software.
	All proportional valves linearised by software.
	Continuous on line display of all speeds, pressures, positions, time & temperatures.
	256 alarm messages, plus acoustic general alarm signal, with individual selectable isolation of pump &/or heating for each alarm.
	Mimic diagram.
	Programme for quantity control with statistical data for current quantity, time left to run, completion time, bad shots, etc.
	Programme for quality control.
	Display of I/O status.
	Logs for both time per cycle phase & stroke per cycle phase.
	Interface for host computer.
	Interface for printer.
	Library of processing data for thermoplastic materials.
	Help function for on screen description of each item of setting data.
	10 resident languages for screen text, instantly selectable.
	Output signal for non-complying cycles.

Due to our continous development programme at Topfine's R&D, we reserve the right to modify any details of specification and equipment without prior notice.