Conical Twin Screw TC Series

US Standard

Metric

• Conical Twin Screw Extruder Spec Sheet (PDF , 949 KB )

Milacron’s Mosaic Microprocessor Control System

The Mosaic Microprocessor Control System puts state-of-the-art automation on your extrusion floor.

Our innovative “Mosaic” software has proven to be fast and intuitive. The fifteen-inch, full-color, touch-screen is provided in English and with the touch of a button, can be changed to an optional alternative language.

The B&R APC620 control hardware is a proven performer and is backed by worldwide sales and parts support. The program is stored on a rugged and reliable compact flash card eliminating the need for a hard drive. Your program can be archived on a second compact flash card so you will never have down time due to a lost program. Fast boot-up time means that you start production quickly.

Well-designed screens allow your operators to easily monitor and adjust all temperature set points. Self-tuning PID algorithms make fluctuating temperature control a thing of the past.

The keyboard is dust & liquid proof and has large pads to allow easy operation even while wearing gloves. A high temperature rating and fully-sealed cabinetry is designed to keep you in operation in the harshest of environments.

Put today’s best extrusion control technology at your finger tips with Cincinnati Milacron’s Mosaic Control.

Mosaic Control Features

• Non-volatile memory is stored on a compact flash card. No hard drive to fail
• 2 USB ports provided for easy printer connection and data transfer via memory stick
• Rugged dust & liquid proof cabinetry designed to thrive in a factory environment
• B&R’s X20 slice I/O with high density I/O blocks with up to 12 I/O’s per slice compared with 8 I/O’s on competitive systems
• Significantly reduced space requirements due to the unique design of the X20 I/O platform
• Operator station is equipped with a 15-inch full-color touch-screen and has manual “quick” buttons on an attached keyboard
• Graphics are easy to follow, providing for a user-friendly system
• The controller can store up to 40 different recipes, making the system even more “operator friendly”
• Main control unit – One (1) 600MHz Celeron
• No hard drive Memory-Control uses Compact Flash Ram
• 15″ (381mm) color LCD screen
• Self diagnosis
• Two (2) ethernet ports
• Two (2) RS232 com ports
• CAN Bus interface capable for downstream interface
• X2X Communication Bus (machine/op station interface)
• Temperature Control:
• PID control of barrel and screw oil zones
• High/low temperature alarms
• Automatic PID barrel heat tuning
• Shorted thermocouple protection
• Pre-heating timer

Additional Control Features:

• Audible alarm
• Easy access of menus with icons on touch screen
• English/metric selectable units
• Alternative languages available
• Set point change log
• Machine control diagnostics
• Analog & digital I/O diagnostic screens with description of I/O
• Time-based plotting
• Export of plotting data to USB memory stick in CSV data format
• PLC3 printer interface over USB port
• Printout of machine run conditions
• Export of machine run conditions to USB memory stick
• Process alarms
• Internal parameter storage – 40 formulations or dies
• Password data entry via screens
• Historical alarm log
• Remote viewing of operator menus over Ethernet link and VNC Server Software
• Time and date information page
• Accepts signal from melt temperature & melt pressure probes
• 1/2 second power failure ride-through to maintain machine operation
• Onscreen keyboards for alphanumeric entries on menus
• Operator keypad easily used by operators wearing gloves for
• Starting & stopping motors and drives
• Increasing & decreasing motor speeds
• Locking & unlocking operator screens
• Operator screen pre-sets
• Quick access to calibrate screen menu
• Large single parameter display menu configured by operator
• Actual machine parameters displayed on bottom of screen also configured by operator

Mosaic Control Screen Displays

Machine View Menu

Provides an overview of the extruder operation. A click on a machine motor or temperature will advance the screen to the selected function. The display shows actual values for several machine parameters.

Synchronization Menu

Used to establish the speed of the extruder and other drivers. Press the synchronization button to enable synchronization. Press the synchronization button on the drive that needs to be synchronized, and select the name of the drive to which it should be synched.

Temperature Setup Menu

Used to establish the run and shutdown temperature setpoints for each Barrel Zone and, if equipped, the Screw Oil Zone, and VMEDS zones. This menu also displays the actual temperature of each zone. There may be as many as 10 temperature zones on this screen. Each zone can be turned ON or OFF.

Die Temperature Setup Menu

Used to establish the run and shutdown temperature setpoints for the die zones. This menu also displays the actual temperature of each zone. There may be as many as 10 temperature zones on this screen. Each zone can be turned ON or OFF.

Pre-Heat Menu

Used to set a time to enable the control to turn ON the Heat Control Master on the Extruder Temperatures or Die Temperatures menus.

Trending Menu

Can plot up to 4 selected items on the screen. Touch the carat at the right of the selection box. It will bring up a list of parameters to trend. Touch the parameter you wish to trend, and the screen will trend the parameter selected.

Extruder Monitor Menu

Contains information that allows you to monitor how well the Extruder and Feeder are running.

Run Sheet Menu

Allows the operator to capture the current running condition of the extruder and print out.

Trending Graph Menu

Shows bar plots of any parameter the control is trending

Options for Custom Extrusion Solutions

• Customized screw designs matched specifically to the customer process requirements for optimal performance.
• Feeding systems to meet process performance requirements: gravity, doser, crammer, single and multi-component gravimetric.
• Screw core temperature regulation options.
• Barrel cooling system: water, HTF, air
• Variety of drive and motor systems available including AC vector.
• Advanced materials of construction, including tungsten coated screws and tungsten clad barrels for maximum wear protection and the lowest possible life cycle costs.

• Extrusion-Brochure_FINAL (PDF , 2 MB )