In this article, we will show you the pictures and brief function specifications for the mold height adjustment on injection molding machines running Techmation controllers. It should be works on the machines like Powerjet, Guanxin, Yizumi, Haixing, Golden Eagle, etc.
Mold Height Auto Adjustment: This key provides two options of function, the first press is thick mold adjustment, the screen will display a transfer from the manual to thick mold, under this situation, mold distract and forward is able to move, meanwhile to provide convenient and safety to the mold platen.At the same time operating the open close mold, injection, charge, suck back, nozzle in and out pressure and speed eventually use the internal low pressure slow speed, the position of pressure speed will not change while operating, however, mold open, charge and injection distract will stop when they reach the position. Therefore, please use the thick mold which setting the mold platen.
The second selection will be the automatic mold adjustment, when the operator had done fixing with the mold platen, please set the pressure, speed, position and any other parameters etc, then close the safety door, press the Manual Mold Height Auto Adjustment key again to execute an automatic mold height adjustment until all preset parameters and conditions had been reached. When the machine gives an alarm, it means the work had been finished, and you can continue to do the next step operation.
Just press Manual key to turn back to Manual mode. It is not allowed to change into Auto mode from any Mold Height Automatic Adjustment mode directly.
Increased Mold Height Thick Adjustment key: same to the function of the above key, only the direction is opposite. The mold adjustment is moving backward. When the mold height is adjusted to the maximum position, the limit switch will be activated and mold height increase will stop.
Reduced Mold Height Thin Adjustment key: Under the Manual Mold Height Adjustment mode, you can press this key to reduce mold height roughly; If you press this key and release immediately, the platen will move slightly and stop, allowing for micro mold height Automatic adjustment. The reduced mold height will depend on how many times you press this key. If you press this key and hold it for one second, the mold plate will move continuously, releasing the key to stop the movement.
