Soft Start Routine 97
User Guide v 2.3 — September 2015 Heating the Mold
bake out cycle, the system will automatically shut down and trigger a bake out alarm. If there
is no more moisture in the system after the selected number of bake out cycles have finished,
the soft start process will begin.
To configure the length of each bake out cycle, do the following:
1. On the System Setup screen, in the Bake Out section, touch the Bake Out Time Per
Cycle field.
2. Enter the desired value.
3. Touch the Accept button.
To configure the number of bake out cycles, do the following:
1. On the System Setup screen, in the Bake Out section, touch the Number of Bake Out
Cycles field.
2. Enter the desired value.
3. Touch the Accept button.
9.3 Soft Start Routine
During the soft start routine, all the Altanium zones warm up simultaneously, rising in
temperature at the same rate. The soft start routine results in even thermal expansion and
identical residence time on the material.
NOTE:Soft start is not active during staged startup.
Once the system is started, Altanium does the following:
1. After touching Start, Altanium begins the bake out process if necessary.
NOTE:If the ART process has not been completed, the ART Process screen will appear
when starting soft start.
2. The ART process begins if it has not already run.
3. Soft Start displays in the status bar. The power applied to the heaters varies from the
probes to the manifold zones, the probes receiving less power and the manifolds
receiving more. All of the zones increase in temperature at the same rate to ensure a
smooth even thermal transfer within the mold. This helps to eliminate mold leakage.
4. Once all temperatures are near their setpoint, running is displayed in the system mode.
9.3.1 Enabling Soft Start
Once soft start is enabled, it will be applied the next time the mold heats are turned on.
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