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The! Model! FC*24! Controller! is! used! with! a! MagnaValve®! for! air*blast! and! wheel*blast!shot! peening! and! blast!
cleaning!machines!to!monitor! and! control! the! flow!rate!of!steel!shot!passing!through!the! MagnaValve.! A!digital!
display! indicates! media! flow! rate.! A! 0*10! Vdc! output! signal! proportional! to! flow! rate!is! available! for! remote!
monitoring!or!data!logging.!High/low!alarms!are!set!to!bracket!the!requested!media!flow!rate.!!
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The!FC*24!provides!and!monitors!closed*loop!control! to! 24!Vdc!MagnaValves!with!a!built*in!sensor.!The!desired!
flow!rate!(Setpoint)!is!compared!to!the!actual!flow!rate!and!a!control!signal!is!sent!to!the!MagnaValve!to!achieve!
the!desired!flow!rate.!If!the!desired!flow!rate!is!not!achieved!within!a!set!time,!which!can!be!adjusted,!a!HIGH/LOW!
ALARM!relay!will!be!triggered.!This!relay!output!contact!may!be!used!to!inhibit!further!machine!operations!and!
notify!the!machine!operator!of!a!potential!problem.!
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The!diagram!below!illustrates!how!the!FC*24!Controller!provides!accurate!and!dependable!media!flow!control.!
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Adjustments! to! the! factory! default! settings! can! be!made! at! the! Operator! Control!Panel! and! the! Technical!
Adjustments!Panel!(located!behind!the!lower!panel!cover!plate).!
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Alarm!Time!Delay!
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Enable!Delay!
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Servo!ON/OFF!
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Servo!Adjust!Gain!
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Servo!Adjust!Speed!
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Note:!Refer!to!Operator!Control!Panel!and!Technical!Adjustment!Panel!diagrams!in!the!“Factory!Default!Settings”!
section!for!location!of!buttons.!
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The!digital!display!(1)!should!read!0.0!when!the!MagnaValve!is!off.!If!it!does!not!read!0.0,!push!and!hold!the!Zero!
button!(26)!and!use!the!down!button!▼(11)!or!up!button▲(12)!as!required!to!achieve!zero.!
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The!full*scale!range!is!set!to!match!the!MagnaValve!calibration!(for!example:!30!lb/min).!The!full*scale!range!is!set!
to! 30! lb/min! by! default.! To! display! the! value! of! the! Full! Scale!Display!Range,! press! and! hold! the! Coarse! or!Fine!
Display!Range!button!(28/29).!To!change!the!value,!press!and!hold!the!Coarse!or!Fine!Display!Range!button!(28/29)!
and!use!the!down!button!▼(11)!or!up!button▲(12)!as!required.!
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The! high! and! low! alarm! relay! contacts! react! when!the! flow! rate! is! lower! or! higher! than! the! alarm!bandwidth!
setting.!The!factory!setting!is!±5%!of!full!scale.!The!center!of!the!Alarm!band!is!the!Setpoint!Command.!To!display!
the!range!of!the!alarm!band,!press!and!hold!the!Alarm!Band!button!(4).!To!change!the!value,!push!and!hold!the!
Alarm!Band!button!(4)!and!push!the!down!button!▼(11)!or!up!button▲(12)!as!required.!!
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The! High! Alarm! LED! (2)! or! Low! Alarm! LED! (3)! will! illuminate! whenever! the! flow! rate! is! outside! the! Alarm! Band!
Setting.!These!LEDs! will! get! brighter! at! the! expiration! of! the! alarm!time! delay! and! the!alarm!relay!contacts! will!
transfer!and!latch.!Press!and!hold!the!Alarm!Delay!button!(17)!to!display!the!alarm!time!delay.!The!factory!setting!
for!the!alarm!time!delay!is!5!seconds.!To!modify!this!value,!press!and!hold!the!Alarm!Delay!button!(17)!and!push!
the!down!button!▼(11)!or!up!button▲(12)!as!required.!
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Application! of! the! next! enable! signal! will! reset!the! alarm.! Momentary! application! of! 24! Vdc! signal! to! screw!
terminal!12!will!also!reset!the!alarm.!Continuous!application!of!24!Vdc!signal!to!screw!terminal!12!will!disable!the!
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Push! the! Alarm! Mode! button! (16)! to! select! either! percent!of! Full*Scale! Range! “%FS”! (14)! (most! common)! or!
percent!of!Setpoint!“%SP”!(15).!The!factory!setting!is!%FS.!
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Note:!Refer!to!Operator!Control!Panel!and!Technical!Adjustment!Panel!diagrams!in!the!“Factory!Default!Settings”!
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The!setting!for!the!desired!flow!rate!may!come!from!a!remote!source,!such!as!PLC,!or!it!may!be!set!from!the!FC*24!
Controller.!To!set!or!change!the!Setpoint,!push!the!Setpoint!Local/Remote!button!(27),!select!“Local”,!then!push!
the!Setpoint!button!(8)!to!display!the!value.!To!change!the!Setpoint!value,!push!and!hold!the!Setpoint!button!(8)!
and!use!the!Down!button▼(11)!or!Up!button!▲!(12)!as!required.!
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The!Mode!button!(22)!will!select!the!enable!status.!The!choices!are!Off,!Ready!and!On.!The!On!mode!will!transmit!
an!enable!signal!to!the!MagnaValve!to!commence!flow.!The!Ready!mode!will!transmit!the!enable!signal!only!when!
a! remote! enable! signal! (from! a! PLC,! for! example)! is! received.! The! Off! mode! prevents! any! operation! of! the!
MagnaValve—it!will!ignore!the!remote!enable!command.!Note:!the!Enable!Delay!(21)!will!delay!the!enable!signal!
to!the!MagnaValve!if!set!greater!than!0!seconds.!
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Turn!the!Servo!(20)!On!for!closed*loop!operation.!The!dynamic!operating!parameters!of!the!Servo!are!set!with!the!
Gain! (23)! and! Speed! (24)! buttons.! Gain! and! Speed!are! factory! set! to! typical! values! for!smooth! and! stable!
performance.!The!output!signal!of!the!servo!command!starts!at!zero!media!flow!and!slowly!increases!until!the!flow!
rate!feedback!signal!equals!the!Setpoint!flow!rate!request.!The!Gain!and!Speed!settings!can!be!changed!to!help!
stabilize!the!media!flow!rate!or!to!increase!the!response!time!of!the!MagnaValve.!
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The! process! input! signal! is! 0*10! Vdc! from! the! MagnaValve.! A! signal! of! 10.0! Vdc! indicates! a! full*scale!
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section!for!location!of!buttons!and!LEDs.!Refer!to!the!Terminal!Schematic!above!for!the!location!of!the!terminals.!
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Push!the!Setpoint!Local/Remote!button!(27)!until!Remote!Setpoint!LED!(9)!is!on.!Apply!a!0*10!Vdc!analog!signal!to!
the!Remote!Setpoint!terminal!(2).!A!zero!Vdc!signal!will!correspond!to!a!0%!flow!rate!command!and!a!10!Vdc!signal!
will!correspond!to!a!100%!flow!rate!command.!To!display!the!Remote!Setpoint!command,!push!Setpoint!button!
(8).!The!Remote!Setpoint!command!may!come!from!a!remote!potentiometer!or!any!other!0*10!Vdc!signal!source.!
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When!a!24!Vdc!signal!is!applied!to!the!Enable!Input!terminal!and!the!mode!is!in!the!Ready!state,!the!controller!will!
output! a! 24! Vdc! signal! on! the! Enable! Output! terminal! (9)! and! turn! the! Mode! Status! “On”! LED! (7).! The! Enable!
Output! terminal! (9)! is! normally! connected! to! the! Enable! Input! wire! of!the! MagnaValve! (blue! wire).! The! Enable!
Input!signal!will!reset!alarms!that!occurred!during!the!last!cycle.!
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This! 0*10! Vdc! process! input! represents! the! flow! rate! of! the! media! through! the! MagnaValve.! Zero! (0)! Vdc! input!
represents!0!lb/min!or!0!kg/min!and!10!Vdc!represents!the!maximum!calibrated!flow!rate!(see!Full!Scale!Display!
Range!under!Preliminary!Settings).!The!signal!is!displayed!on!the!Operator!Control!Panel’s!digital!display!(1).!When!
10!Vdc!is!applied,!the!FC*24!Controller!will!display!the!number!set!for!the!Display!Range!(28/29).!The!Process!Input!
terminal!(6)!is!normally!connected!to!the!Analog!Output!of!the!MagnaValve!(white!wire).!
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This! is! the! 0*10! Vdc! output.! The! Servo! Output! terminal! (8)! is! connected! to! the! Analog! Input! of! the! attached!
MagnaValve!(orange!wire)!and!controls!the!flow!of!media!through!the!MagnaValve.!Zero!(0)!Vdc!commands!the!
MagnaValve!to!flow!0!lb/min!and!10!Vdc!commands!the!MagnaValve!to!flow!its!maximum!capability.!
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•When! the!mode! is! in! the! Ready! state! and! an! Enable! Input! signal! is! received,! an! Enable! Output! signal! is!
generated!at!terminal!#9.!
•When!the!mode!is!in!the!On!state,!an!Enable!Output!signal!is!generated!at!terminal!#9.!
•When!the!mode!is!in!the!Off!state,!no!Enable!Output!signal!is!generated!at!terminal!#9.!
The!Enable!Output!terminal!(9)!is!normally!connected!to!the!Enable!Input!wire!of!the!MagnaValve!(blue!wire).!!
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When!a!24!Vdc!signal!is!temporarily!applied!to!the!Alarm!Reset!terminal!(12),!all!alarms!will!be!reset.!If!a!constant!
24! Vdc! signal! is! applied! to! the! Alarm! Reset! terminal! (12),! the! alarms! will! be! held! in! the!reset! state,! essentially!
disabling!them.!
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The!Alarm!High!relay!contact!(13)!is!a!normally!open!relay!contact.!The!Alarm!High!relay!contact!(13)!will!close!if!
the!Process!Input!(6)!is!higher!than!the!Setpoint!value!(8)!plus!the!Alarm!Band!value!(4)!for!a!duration!longer!than!
the!Alarm!Delay!(17).!The!Servo!On*Off!(20)!must!be!on!for!alarms!to!work.!
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The!Alarm!Low!relay!contact!(15)!is!a!normally!open!relay!contact.!The!Alarm!Low!relay!contact!(15)!will!close!if!the!
Process!Input!(6)!is!lower!than!the!Setpoint!value!(8)!minus!the!Alarm!Band!value!(4)!for!a!duration!longer!than!the!
Alarm!Delay!(17).!The!Servo!On*Off!(20)!must!be!on!for!alarms!to!work.!
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The!Flow!OK! relay!contact!(16)!is!a! normally!open!relay!contact.!The!Flow! OK!relay!contact!(16)!will!close!if!the!
Process!Input!(6)!is!at!the!Setpoint!and!within!the!Alarm!Band!(4)!and!will!remain!closed!for!the!duration!of!the!
blasting!/!peening!cycle.!If!the!Process!Input!(6)! goes! higher!or!lower!than!the!Setpoint!value!(8)!and!the!Alarm!
Band!value!(4)!goes!for!longer!than!the!Alarm!Delay!(17),!the!Flow!OK!relay!contact!(16)!will!open!and!remain!open!
until!the!alarms!are!reset.!The!Servo!On*Off!(20)!must!be!on!for!any!of!the!alarms!to!work!(press!the!Servo!On*Off!
button!(20)!and!ensure!the!Servo!On!LED!(9)!is!lit).!
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This!is!the!0*10!Vdc!analog!output.!The!Recorder!Output!terminal!(18)!is!typically!connected!to!a!PLC!or!some!other!
monitoring!equipment.!The!output!represents!the!flow!rate.!Zero!(0)!Vdc!represents!0!lb/min!flow!rate!and!10!Vdc!
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The! Common! Power! terminal! (20)! is! the! power! supply! return! of! the! FC*24! controller! and! is! connected! to! the!
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