Novitool Aero - Home Screen Interface and Settings

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Operation of the Aero
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Press
Display: Home Screen
a. e Home screen shows a number of dierent set values and selections. Scroll through list by rotating
selector knob and select by depressing knob.
Home Screen Choices
i. Pressure
ii. Switch preheat OFF/ON
iii. Preheat temperature (if preheat is ON)
iv. Preheat dwell time (if preheat is ON)
v. Top temperature
vi. Bottom temperature
vii. Splice dwell time
viii. Cool temperature
ix. Load Recipe
x. Store Recipe
xi. Options
b. If a set value is chosen, all other values disappear. Once chosen, set value can be edited by rotating
selector knob right or le; push knob to conrm. Aer conrmation, Home screen is shown again.
c. Repeat for all set values you wish to modify. Once complete, the press is ready to start the splice
process.
d. General guidelines for intitial press settings:
i. Pressure: Typically 1.2 bar is sucient; slightly higher pressure for proled belt.
ii. Preheat: Use of preheat is not required, but it can be helpful if the splice is a thicker package (belt
and silicone pads). Preheat allows user to soak heat into thicker belt package before heating up
to splice temperature and reduce splice dwell time.
iii. Splice temperatures – to be optimized by trial splices
1. Approximately 347˚ F (175˚ C) for PVC
2. Approximately 320˚ F (160˚ C) for PU
iv. Splice temperature dierence top-bottom
1. Approximately 50˚ F (10˚ C) warmer bottom, if belt has a diamond prole (harder
formulation)
2. Approximately 50˚ F (10˚ C) colder bottom, if belt has a fabric bottom to reduce bleed through
v. Splice dwell time: Approximately 30 seconds per 1 mm thickness (including pads), to soak heat
into splice.
e. e OPTIONS and RECIPE choices are discussed on pages 20-23.
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