OPERATOR SET-UP AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

Sealer Position Adjustment

B13.1 3 4 5
B13

6
1
2

Note: There is no brake on the sealer motor to hold the sealer in position. For this reason “dead spots” have
been designed into the sealer mechanism where there is no spring pressure acting on the sealer. These
spots can be felt by manually turning the sealer through a complete cycle. The sealer MUST stop in these
“dead spots” if it is to remain in position. If the sealer drifts backward it did not travel far enough forward to
hit the “dead spot”. If it drifts forward, it traveled too far and past the “dead spot”.

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Sealer Position Adjustment
Sealer Home Position:
Mechanically
• Slide plate and strap track are fully closed.
• The right gripper is all the way down.

Control Description:
• Cam-flags 1 and 2 activate B13 and B13.1
respectively.
• Sealer stops just after the trailing edge of
cam-flag 2 passes B13.1
• B13 is still activated by cam-flag 1

Pullback Position
Mechanically
• The right gripper is up; firmly pressed into the
slide plate
• The tension arm is fully down.

Control Description:
• The trailing edge of cam-flag 1 passes B13.
• B13.1 is activated by cam-flag 3.
• Sealer stops just after the trailing edge of
cam-flag 3 passes B13.1.

Tension Position
Mechanically
• The tension arm is fully up; tension rollers are pressed
together.
• The left gripper is down.

Control Description:
• B13.1 is activated by cam-flag 4
• Sealer stops just after the trailing edge of
cam-flag 4 passes B13.1

Strap Melt Position-Optional Strap Position

Mechanically
• The left gripper is up; firmly pressed into the slide plate.
• The strap has been cutoff and melted.
• Heater is fully forward into the sealer.
• The knife is fully up pressing both ends of the strap onto
the heater.

Control Description:
• Cam-flag 5 activates B13.1.
• Sealer stops just after the trailing edge of
cam-flag 5 passes B13.1

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Sealer Position Adjustment
Welding Cooling Position
Mechanically
• The heater has withdrawn from the weld area.
• The knife is up; firmly pressing the molten strap
surfaces together under the slide plate.

Control Description:
• B13.1 is activated.
• Sealer stops just after the trailing edge of cam-
flag 6 passes B13.1.

Track Open Position

Mechanically
• The slide plate and strap track are fully open.
• Both grippers and the knife are down.
• Strap is not cutoff.

Control Description:
• The sealer runs in the reverse direction.
• B13 is activated by cam-flag 1 (if not already in
Home Position)
• B13.1 is activated by cam-flag 2.
• Sealer stops when the trailing edges of cam-flags
1 and 2 pass B13 and B13.1 respectively.

Sealer Home Position

Mechanically
• Slide plate and strap track are fully closed.
• The right gripper is all the way down.

Control Description:
• Cam-flags 1 and 2 activate B13 and B13.1
respectively.
• Sealer stops just after the trailing edge of cam-flag
2 passes B13.1.
• B13 is still activated by cam-flag 1

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Operating and Functional Description
Coil Starting
1. Before connecting machine to a 3-phase system, makes sure the machine is set to proper voltage.
Transformer (T1) primary can be connected for 220V, 260V, 400V, 440V, 500V and 530V (+/-20V)
i.e. 480V=> 500V-20V.

Example: If the machine is connected to a 480V. outlet, (T1) should be set with 1 line to 500V. and the
other line to -20V.

2. Connect the machine and turn the main switch (Q1) on. Power On Indicator (H1) will flash until
pressed.

Note: If The Machine Is In By-pass Mode, The Conveyor Will Start Immediately, When Power On
Push Button Is Pressed.

3. Install the strap spool and thread the strap as indicated in the threading diagram.
See Strap Spool Installing and Threading on page 2-2
4. Push Power On push button: Threading gate motor energizes clockwise, the threading gate moves
up into position, accumulator fill motor and sealer motor start. Strap is fed automatically up into the
strap drive and through the sealing unit into the track. Timer T13 times out, the threading gate motor
energizes counter-clockwise and strap feed motor turns off; the threading gate drops back down
into the open position. The accumulator fill motor continues to run until sensor activates indicating
that the accumulator is full of strap.
5. Strap feed motor starts and feeds strap around the track until sensor (B1) activates, indicating
strap is in the sealing unit. Strap drive motor stops and automatic on indicator activates.

Note: If Machine Is In Automatic Mode, The Conveyor Will Start Immediately, When Automatic Push
Button Is Pressed.

6. After approximately one minute, the heater will reach weld temperature, and the machine will be
ready for strapping.
7. If automatic mode is not already selected, use selector switch to choose automatic mode. The
conveyor will start and is now ready for automatic operation.

Pullback
8. When the strap cycle is started (by photo-eye, footswitch etc.), the sealer motor turns the sealer cam
shaft to pullback position. While the sealer is rotating to pullback:
a. The right gripper moves up to hold the end of the strap.
b. The track opens to release the strap.
9. The sealer stops in pullback position after cam flag 3 activates, then passes the B13.1 sensor.
10. The pullback motor starts pulling the strap down around the bundle. Pullback continues until an
internal timer times out.
a. The tension motor also starts so that it is up to speed when pullback is completed.

Tension
11. When pullback is complete, the sealer turns to tension position. While the sealer is rotating:
The tension arm is cammed up to cause the tension rollers to nip the strap.
12. The sealer stops in pullback position after cam flag 3 activates, then passes the B13.1 sensor.
13. Tension is pulled until:
a. A tension complete signal is given by the controller sensing the tension motor beginning
to stall
b. An internal timer times out.

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Operating and Functional Description (Cont’d)
Strap Melt (Optional)
14. When tension is complete, the sealer turns to “strap melt” position. While the sealer is rotating:
The left gripper moves up to hold the strap in place.
The tension arm moves down to disengage the tension motor.
The tension motor stops.
The heater moves in between the opposing strap surfaces.
The knife gripper moves up to cut the strap and hold the strap against the heater to melt the strap
surface.
15. The sealer stops in pullback position after cam flag 3 activates, then passes the B13.1 sensor.
16. The sealer stays in “strap melt” position until an internal timer times out. As the sealer is rotating.

Weld Cool
17. When “strap melt” is complete, the sealer turns to weld cooling position:
The knife gripper moves down.
The heater moves out
The knife gripper moves back up to hold the ends of the strap together.
18. The sealer stops in pullback position after cam flag 3 activates, then passes the B13.1 sensor.
19. While the sealer shaft is stationary in weld cooling position the melted strap surfaces are pressed
together for a preset time.
20. The sealer stays in weld cooling position until an internal timer times out.

Return to Home Position

21. When the weld cooling is complete, the sealer turns to home position. While the sealer is rotating:
All three grippers move down.
The upper slide plate pulls back, allowing the strap to snap free of the sealer and up against
the bundle.
The track and slide plate close, activating the B11 sensor.
22. The sealer stops in pullback position after cam flag 3 activates, then passes the B13.1 sensor.
23. When the B11 and B13 sensors are both activated, the strap drive feeds strap around the track until
the B1 sensor signals feed completion.

Cycle Time
Total time for steps 8 through 23 should not be higher than approximately 1 second.

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