The productivity and efficiency of the filling lines is an essential factor for the success of
a production plant. The efficiency is not the least depending on the performance of the electronic conveyor control system. Faulty adjusted regulation system can result in breakdowns and downtimes which cause a considerable lost of productivity.
These down times have to be compensated in cost-intensive additional production times
and labour.
BBULL TECHNOLOGY as world-wide leader of processor-based conveyor regulation systems introduces with the new BULL ACU 4000 the new control system, which
combines the present ACU and “Glideliner” regulation concepts.

Basically two regulation concepts have to be distinguished - plc-based systems and “black-box” systems like the ACU 4000. Die obvious flexibility of the plc-based systems is indeed the advantage of the closed ACU systems.

ADVANTAGES OF BBULL ACU 4000

standardised hard- and software

single-point regulation easy installation and set up

standardised settings for all application

no software modification during commissioning

standardised regulation concept for all conditionsn       for low and high-speed linese       for different bottle types and sizes

data backup of the settings

documentation of the settings

light sensors, control processor and operation in one unit

operation, set-up and data monitoring directly at the      installation place

ACU 4000 FEATURES

extensively compatible to ACU 3000, BBULL GL      or LCT3

installation on the conveyor directly at the      regulation point

operation on the control unit, via laptop or via bus system

signal exchange alternative by profibus, devicenet,      Ethernet, can or serial bus

all regulation tasks single laning (Glideliner), blocking,      negative blocking in one unit

special set-up operation mode

acquisition of production data (24 h)

acquisition of down times (24h)

production data can be collected by web-interface      or Ethernet ((Weihenstephaner protocol)

interface for remote diagnosis via network

up to 30 different bottle types can be stored

operator interface in local language (e.g. Cyrillic,      Chinese,..))

data backup by Ethernet-interface on laptop possible

APPLICATION ACU 4000

single filing in front of a production machine (Glideliner)

electronic blocking of production machines (filler / labeler)

negative blocking (filler / inspector)

for new lines

to replace present systems      (ACU 1000 / 2000 / 3000, BBULL GL,      KRONES LCT3)