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Installation/Operation Manual
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Introduction
The CB-2 is a versatile, efficient concrete batching control system ideal for ready-mix, central mix, and block
plants. The CB-2 makes it easy and affordable to streamline your plant. From weighing raw material to automatic
printing of tickets and reports, the entire operation can be cost-effectively controlled from this one controller.
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provides functions for installing the new software into the CB-2.
Standard Features - Hardware
Standard hardware features of the CB-2 include:
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Panel type 920i HMI digital indicator that can
control up to three scales
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Six totalizing counters for units with admix
metering
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One addition totalizing counter for units with
metered water
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Twenty switch board assemblies with their
a s s o c i a t e d s w i t c h e s a n d a p p r o p r i a t e
annunicators which are mounted on the front
panel of the CB-2 enclosure
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920i expansion card with 1MB of memory
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Four digital I/O boards
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4 - 24 channel relay boards
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Standard manual override controls
Standard Features - Software
Standard software features of the CB-2 include the
following:
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One aggregate and one cement scale sampling
60 times per second
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Batch/Load report
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Automatic aeration control for cement silos
and weigh hoppers
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Multiple free fall values per material with
automatic “learning” abilities
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Split batching for loads larger than plant
capacity with pre-weighing next batch for
maximum throughput
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Automatic dust collection outputs
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Precision control of inching gates for
aggregate and cement discharge
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Passcode protection
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U.S. or metric units
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Order loading with customer, job site, directions,
and special instructions