Manually bind a phase instance and associated container to a material phase step

A configured material requirement of the operation recipe’s step gives the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server and Material Server enough information to select and bind a phase instance and its associated material containers to a batch. As a result, the correct phase that has access to the ingredient required is selected and run.

Manually binding a material-enabled phase step requires the operator to select not just a phase, but the container the phase is associated with, and depending on the material container type, the exact sublot (a specific measured amount of an ingredient) to be used.

In an operation control recipe, an operator can manually bind a phase instance and associated container to a material phase that is referenced by an operation step. A previously bound material phase step can also be manually unbound and rebound to a different phase/container. You can also reassign a material phase step for either

Prompt

binding or

Automatic

binding.

A material phase step previously assigned to a phase/container can be reassigned manually to a different phase/container, as long as the material phase step has not already executed.

Prerequisites

To perform manual binding to a material phase step in a batch procedure control recipe, make sure these conditions are met:

To manually bind a phase instance and associated container to a material phase step