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Feeder Type.
Feeder type is selected by pressing the button in the upper-right corner. The button text changes with
each press of the button in the following order:
(Default Mode)
An injection molding press provides a contact closure during the “Screw Recovery Cycle”, or that
period when the press is loading material prior to injection into the mold cavity.
The 2 types of extrusion presses are dependant on the input signal provided to the A250 additive
feeder. Simple extrusion provides a contact closure to input 5 of the PLC, and it is assumed that the press is
always run at the speed entered for the active recipe. Extrusion follower provides an analog signal to channel 0
of the analog module which changes in relation to the speed (throughput) of the press.