Running a material-based recipe

Select

Start > Rockwell Software > View

.

Click the

Add Batch

button, select

MCLS_CHOCOLATE_HAZELNUT

, and then click

OK

. The

Batch Creation

dialog box opens.

The deferred the formula parameters display in the

Batch Creation

dialog box with the default settings. You can change the values if you need to adjust the recipe.

In the Unit Binding area, the two alias names you defined are displayed. You can select which units to bind to the recipe. Because there is enough material in all the containers you are presented with both units.

In Unit Binding area, select

NP_MIXER1

and

NP_FREEZER1

if not already selected.

In the

Batch ID

box, type

BATCH101

, and then click the

Create

button.

Select the batch, click the

Start Batch

button, and then click

Yes

to start the batch.

Click the

Procedure as SFC

button. Adjust the panes, if necessary so you can see the Container column to watch as the FactoryTalk Batch Server binds to containers.

When the recipe reaches MBR_ADD:2 under MCLS_CHOCOLATE_HAZELNUT_OP:1 notice that the batch binds to NUT_BIN3 and the priority of 10 shows in the Index column. After the phase is complete, the Container setting changes to NULL_CONTAINER.

Let the batch run to completion.