ONI Rhytemper® FlowControl
Continuous temperature and flowrate monitoring for injection molding and in special applications
- Compact system of brass blocks
- Includes Profi visualisation unit with 15 inch TN or 10,4 inch TFT inch touchscreen control panel, graphic process data display, tooling data storage and USB connection, OPC and Ethernet for data transfer
- Installation close to tooling
- Space saving machine integration
- Individual circuit lettering
- Flowrate measurement by means of turbine measuring system in the feed line
- Flowrate calibration of all tooling circuits
- Greatest possible flowrate with 1½ inch water connection (central)
- Expandable to the FlexControl or HotPulse multiple circuit temperature control systems
Circuit control | proportional valve | proportional valve | proportional valve |
|---|---|---|---|
measuring principle | turbine | vortex | ultrasonic |
measuring range flow | 0.3 – 40 l/min | 1.8 – 32 l/min 1.0 – 15 l/min | 0.3 – 75 l/min |
max. medium temperature | 85 °C (185°F) / 140 °C (284°F) | 125°C (257°F) | 100°C (212°F) |
measuring medium | water | water | water |
connection of main media flow | 1½ inch inner thread | 1½ inch inner thread | 1½ inch inner thread |
connection of consumer circuit | ½ inch inner thread | ½ inch inner thread | ½ inch inner thread |
Nominal pressure | PN 10 | PN 10 | PN 10 |
Flexibly deployable system
The FlowControl system has a variety of setting options for individual utilisation of the impulse cooling operation, the continuous return flow temperature regulation and the flowrate regulation for each individual circuit.
Due to the building block structure of the single block modules, the compact brass distributor system can be individually adapted to each plant with any number of measurement and regulation circuits. The greatest possible flowrates of up to 75 l/min of water are realised via a 1½ inch main water connection per distributor block module.
The FlowControl system enables the precise and fastest possible specification and regulation of a prescribed flowrate value per individual circuit by means of electric proportional valves. These are located, as is the integrated volume flow measurement, in each consumer feed line, whereas the temperature measurement takes place in each consumer return line. The measurement sensors are hard wired in an electronic box which communicates with the visualisation unit via a bus system.
The simple and clear operator interface enables rapid and optimum setting of the system on the production process. Each individual circuit has individual flowrate calibration as well as flowrate identification. Besides specific freely selectable modes of operation (continuous cooling, continuous temperature control and impulse temperature control), the visualisation unit provides a graphic display for the cooling water flowrate, a flowrate diagnostic function and multilingual user guidance which permits the creation of password protected user levels. If required, preheating stations/temperature control units can also be activated from the visualisation unit. All set parameters can be assigned to a tooling set and saved as a dataset and subsequently retrieved. Data backup can also be effected externally via the front-located USB interface. Data transfer to MES systems can take place via the integrated Ethernet connection which also provides the prerequisite for remote maintenance.
Numerous other special functions and configuration options form the basis for our experienced application technicians to make the optimum adjustments for economic temperature control with the respective production processes.