Need some advice on designing a dump rinse controller. We work on a budget and its bare minimum, our equipment is outdated and needs refreshed, alas we dont have the money to do it. So I was hoping a bargain basement solution may be the way forward. A PLC would be best, unfortunately we dont have one at our disposal and not likely to get one.
24v supply
T1 for 240 secs
T2 for 60 secs
T3 for 5 secs
T1 is the duration of the rinse and will control the spray bars and the fill, this will run constantly when T1 is active.
T2 is the duration of the cycle, this will control the rinse tank valves that keeps the water inside the tank itself. This is the fill cycle.
T3 is the duration of the cycle in which the rinse tank opens and empties the tank.
When all 3 cycles have finished the rinse tank needs to close again and stay up to retain the water, until product is moved to a different process tank or dryer.
My question is, can it be done and how much difficulty is involved? Or if anyone can point me in the direction of a circuit design program to be able to test it out and figure it out myself that would be great. Its probably pretty straight forward for someone to do in here but my brain isnt up to the task.
24v supply
T1 for 240 secs
T2 for 60 secs
T3 for 5 secs
T1 is the duration of the rinse and will control the spray bars and the fill, this will run constantly when T1 is active.
T2 is the duration of the cycle, this will control the rinse tank valves that keeps the water inside the tank itself. This is the fill cycle.
T3 is the duration of the cycle in which the rinse tank opens and empties the tank.
When all 3 cycles have finished the rinse tank needs to close again and stay up to retain the water, until product is moved to a different process tank or dryer.
My question is, can it be done and how much difficulty is involved? Or if anyone can point me in the direction of a circuit design program to be able to test it out and figure it out myself that would be great. Its probably pretty straight forward for someone to do in here but my brain isnt up to the task.
