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(6) vertical phase
(7) horizontal max power
(8) vertical max power
(9) frequency
aflex Control Pad(1)
The aflex control pad is used to control the aflex manually. The left mouse button is
pressed and the mouse pointer is moved over the control pad. The intensity increases
as the mouse pointer moves away from the centre of the control pad. The direction
changes depending on the position of the mouse pointer to the centre point of the
control pad. If the left mouse button is released, the current values are retained. To
switch off, the "Off" (2) button can be used or the mouse pointer can be moved over
the control pad by pressing the right mouse button.
Help page(2)
Display the corresponding extract from the operating manual.
Aflex Direction and Intensity (3)
Current aflex direction and intensity values. These two values are used in automatic
mode by the higher-level controller to control the aflex.
Horizontal Primary Phase (4)
The horizontal and vertical actuators are separately controlled in aflex. In the control
of the horizontal actuators, an additional distinction is made between the primary and
the inverted phase. The actuator in whose direction the components are to be con-
veyed is controlled as a primary phase. If, for example, the aflex is controlled with a
directional specification of 180 ° (X +), the actuator X + is controlled as a horizontal
primary phase and the actuator X as a horizontal inverted phase. All phases are de-
fined in percentage [%]. This is the percentage distribution of a period of the frequency
(8). If this is for e.g. to 50Hz and the horizontal primary phase to 0-50%, the horizontal
primary actuator is switched on in each period for 10ms.
Horizontal Inverted Phase (5)
The horizontal inverted phase describes the opposite horizontal actuator of the direc-
tion of movement. After the vibration plate has been tightened by the primary actuator,
this should return dynamically to the rest position. This process is amplified by the
control of the inverted phase. A short pulse for controlling the inverted phase suffices.
10-15% of the period is sufficient here.
Vertical Phase (6)
Separated from the horizontal actuators, the vertical actuators are controlled. By acti-
vating the vertical actuators, the aflex is vibrated. If components are to be conveyed,
this phase is shifted to the horizontal primary phase. This displacement is dependent
on the component.
Horizontal Max. Power & Vertical Max. Power (7) (8)
