8 Container objects for the components of an extruder 
8.7 FeederType
The FeederType represents a device that transports material in an uncontrolled or controlled way. In the second case, the Feeder acts as a dosing unit. A feeder transports the material to a defined destination. This can be directly a barrel zone, but also another feeder which collects materials from several feeders above.
Figure 2 – FeederType Overview
Table 3 – FeederType Definition
| Attribute | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrowseName | FeederType | ||||
| IsAbstract | False | ||||
| References | Node Class | BrowseName | DataType | TypeDefinition | Other |
| Subtype of 3:DriveType defined in OPC 40083 | |||||
| 0:HasProperty | Variable | Id | 0:String | 0:PropertyType | M, RO |
| 0:HasProperty | Variable | Name | 0:LocalizedText | 0:PropertyType | M, RO |
| 0:HasProperty | Variable | IsPresent | 0:Boolean | 0:PropertyType | M, RO |
| 0:HasProperty | Variable | Target | 0:String | 0:PropertyType | M, RO |
| 0:HasProperty | Variable | IsControlled | 0:Boolean | 0:PropertyType | O, RO |
| 0:HasProperty | Variable | Mode | FeedingModeEnumeration | 0:PropertyType | M, RO |
| 0:HasComponent | Object | Throughput | 3:MonitoredParameterType | O, RO | |
| 0:HasComponent | Object | Hopper | HopperType | O |
8.7.1 Name
The Name Property gives the name of the feeder/dosing unit and is used as reference in the Target. Unique within the extruder