Electronics INC362AZ-RShot Flow Controller, Die Casting and Injection Shot Monitor, R Variant

Product Description

What this part is

An Electronics Inc model 362AZ-R Shot Flow Controller. It is a dedicated process controller for die casting and injection machines, and its subject is the shot — the injection stroke that drives molten metal or plastic into the die. The controller watches and regulates that stroke so each shot repeats the last one. It is a finished panel instrument. The flow in “shot flow” is molten metal or plastic flowing into a die.

Decoding the model number

362: the Electronics Inc shot flow controller model. AZ: the series designation within that model line. Electronics Inc also catalogued the plain 362A, so AZ is a later or alternate series of the same instrument. R: the variant suffix. The commonly seen sibling is the 362AZ-P, and the P and R units are configured differently.

Why shot control gets its own instrument

In die casting, part quality is decided in a fraction of a second. Cavity fill has to happen fast enough to avoid cold shuts and premature freezing, and slow enough that air stays out and the casting comes out sound. The shot therefore runs a controlled velocity profile: a slow approach while the sleeve fills, then a fast shot through the gate, then a controlled deceleration, repeated identically on every cycle. Dedicated shot controllers became standard equipment on production die casting cells for that reason. A shot profile that drifts shows up as porosity, flash and short shots.

Published specifications

Function: shot flow controller, die casting / injection shot monitoring and control. Model: 362AZ. Variant: R. Manufacturer: Electronics Inc (Electronics Incorporated), Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. Related catalogued variants: 362AZ-P, 362A-P. Country of manufacture: United States.

Mounting data

Panel-mounted instrument with a panel cut-out. Wiring comprises position or velocity transducer input from the shot cylinder and valve outputs. Setup values are machine-specific: transducer scaling, stroke limits, slow-shot and fast-shot switching points and the velocity profile are entered per machine and die.

Quantity and configuration

One controller.

Interchange guidance

The model and the variant letter together identify the item. 362AZ-P is the same model in a different variant and is a related item. The plain 362A is an earlier series of the same instrument. Electronics Inc’s later shot flow controller ranges, the Model MC and Model FC, are separate products with their own manuals. Also written 362AZR, 362AZ R, 362-AZ-R, 362AZ-R and listed under both Electronics Inc and Electronics Incorporated.