Sterlco SIT Inventory Monitor Units - Manual (Page 14)

SIT Series
Inventory & Density Monitor Unit
14
Auto Inventory Shutdown
In many applications, the user of the SIT Series System produces large runs of blended
material on the same recipe during production. An example may be a 40,000 lb run of a
certain specification plastic extrusion. Others may wish to fill a 1,000 lb. gaylord box in
a central blending application. In either case, the manufacturer has provided a means
to automatically stop the blending system when the blended material has reached a
preset total blended weight. This is known as Automatic Inventory Shutdown.
When the Auto Inventory shutdown value is reached, the system will finish the current
batch of material. It will then stop, and display to the operator that the inventory value
has been reached.
To enable this feature, simply program in a desired shutdown weight value into the Auto
Inventory Shutdown display line, following the keystroke instructions on the second line.
To disable this feature, simply program in a (0) Zero Value.
Printer Menu
The SIT Series Inventory System may be purchased with an optional printer. When
this option is specified, an additional printer menu is available to the operator. This
menu is displayed in the SIT Series Menu structure shown in this manual. The printer
menu is accessed by selecting #6 from the main menu. The printer is used to obtain
batch ticket and inventory information.
A batch ticket contains the time & date information, the job number, and the
accumulated inventory numbers.
It should be noted that the printed inventory might not match the percentage shown, as
the percentage shown is the actual system percentage running the current recipe. The
inventory, depending on when it was manually cleared, may or may not reflect the
current recipe inventory. Some customers like to run an accumulated inventory on
ingredients coming from silos, etc., although several different recipes have been run on
the system. Others like to clear the inventory every time the recipe is changed. The
system gives the operator the choice of either method.