#5 Had a fault FHD1 analog input 5 exceeds limits.Took pressure transducer off #3 injection unit and put it on #5 clamp. parts will be monday for #3.
Replaced belts on grinder #19.Put a new gripper on #22

12.29.09 night shift

Changed several heater bands on #3 at Bill Potters request. Also repaired some of the wires and re-did the paint on the barrel shroud. Checked it and it came up to temp fine.
While it was down went over some of the leaks and cleaned it up in general.

#16- had a problem with ejector back limit switch...it needed adjusting, it was making the clamp sound really awful when it closed up, and also would not lockover and build tonnage.

#4- made a new core cylinder hydraulic hose.

#5- replaced a core line quick connect and tightened all the lines up. It looked like the two fittings on that block really needed those o-ring/washer sealed types of fittings but I didn't find any to replace them with.

#11- has several leaks but is #1 priority on the schedule, so I attached work orders to the machine...1 for the tool and one to let the techs know to notify us when it is down so we can fix those lines above the clamp cylinder (ejector line fittings).

Call me if there are any questions!

Sean

12.28.09 night shift

MP#5- Mark and I put the pump in and I started it up. I ran around 40 shots of baseplates through it and shut it down. It is working fine. I then put the tool arm back on the robot and referenced it. Had to locate the loose plug connection in the controller first though because it would not power on at the pendant. It should be ready to start up this morning if they want to run it.

#11- has stopped a few times (4 or 5) throughout the night from 3217 alarm...which I think is the core switch signal...but when checking it out further, the signal IS made... so?? It starts right back so we have been keeping it going.

#2- The sled cylinder coupling was ran out too far and loose...I adjusted it and tightened. It was causing the frame to twist very badly when the sled was ran back all the way.

#25- Initially Mitch had made me aware that Zone #2 was over heating by 30 or 40 degrees. We found later that the feedthroat was partially blocked from old Nylon and liquid color residue. It kept slipping while building up a shot and taking much longer. While it was not running the barrel temps maintained and stabilized. After we cleaned it out it was fine. I also helped them process out the splay problem...they were short handed.

I came in early at 3pm so I am leaving at 4 am. Mark said he must leave early today so I may also come in early today.

I put the straps for Bill Potter in a box with his name on it in the Molding Office so he would find them.

Call if there are any questions.

Sean

12.23.09 Nights ...Sean

Mostly cleaned up in the shop and helped the process tech do a mold change etc.

Worked on the dryer in the shop, found a loose wire connection on a relay block terminal.

There is an oil line leaking on #11 (ejectors) but it was running and they did not want to stop production.

I talked to Mark last night and he is going to call me when the pump for #5 comes in on Monday so I can come in early and we can both work on it.

I wish all of our team a very Happy Holiday!

Sean

12/23/09

Worked on Star Robot on MP24.  Display was dead on power up.  Disconnected all I/O connectors on the main power board with the power off, powered up controller, and the pendant came back to life with errors.  Started plugging in connectors one at a time with the power on and CNA made the pendant lose power.  Looking at the prints, connector CNA has limit switches that are around the EOAT, on inspection of this area I found that a cable labeled LS4 that had bare wires that had got together.  I insulated the wires from each other and everything powered up no problem.  I was able to move the robot around and send it home.  So evidently a short with the 24VDC will not allow the system to power up.

 

Changed over the Z axis encoder on MP5 to a BEI encoder.  On power up the robot could not find itself, so I swapped the A+ and A- with the B+ and B- channels.  On power up this time, the robot referenced fine and homed itself.  There is a box on my desk with (1) new BEI encoder, connectors, pins and sockets, and a print.  Since we are out of the old encoder again, we should start changing over to the new encoder on a failure.  We only have (1) new encoder right now but more are on the way.

 

I replaced, dated the PCB backup battery in MP25.  It has an NC9000G controller and only has (1) back up battery.  They are supposed to be good for 5yrs.

 

I replaced, dated the PCB backup batteries in MP22.  It has (2) batteries like MP24, (1) on the back panel and (1) under a cover on the back side of the main cabinet door.

 

Called Milacron to track the pump for MP5.  They said it didn’t go out till today and wouldn’t be here until Monday, the 28^th.  I feel goobed.

 

I believe I heard that new GO switches are here and are in MRO, I think several have been robbed.

 

That is all I have for today, have a very Merry Christmas and we will see you next week.

 

Mark

 

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

I took the inverter out of #22 robot the other night because it kept tripping the breaker. It had a bad 3-phase full bridge rectifier and I found one online for $34. Mark ordered it and I put it in and tested it out and everything seems fine. They haven't ran the press so I'm not sure what program is in it.

The insert press on MP10 quit working. I found a loose bolt that the sensor has to see in order to start.

The z-axis encoder went out on MP4 robot and I think we are out of them. I switched it with the MP5 since it's waiting on a pump.

The robot on MP24 will not power up the pendant. I tried the pendant from 25 but no luck. The control board does have power but the board's lights will not come on. I planned to switch boards with another similar robot but none were down.

Collin

12.20.09 weekend Sean

MP#17-refilled with Hydraulic oil. It had ran a little low and would not lockover.

Sped up the flow controls (at Marty's request) to the ultrasonic welder on Press#4- because the operator could not keep up with the machine due to having to wipe color from the parts. I adjusted down speed of press head and operator door speed.

Remade an broken bracket for the connector press on #10.

Also helped the technicians set-ups some of the star robots to pack parts on belt better, and hook up regrind onto the matsui dryers,etc.

Cleaned up in the shop, especially around the welding area.

As far as #22, and #24 robots...I don't know what is going on with them, no info?

Call me if needed, I will be glad to come in and help with anything. See ya Wednesday evening at 6p.m.

Sean

" C " Shift

 

    MP-6   Added oil to tank.

 

    MP-4   Had to adjust core 1  pull switches.  The core 2 cylinders were leaking; tightened them, but couldn’t get the top one to stop leaking, so I

               just put one of the sensors in to plug it.

 

    I emptied the waste oil vac.

 

   MP-8   I made & installed leg pins for the robot cage.

 

   Dryer -  D 24 -  They were having trouble with this one last week.  Breland was using it to dry polycarb @ 250 degrees.  This dryer is one of the older CS101’s

                         & it struggles to run at that temp. It works great up to 200 degrees so I  put a label on it ---  set point  not to exceed  200 degrees .   If  they

                         don’t  like it , they can purchase an after cooler for it.

 

 

 

 

         R. UPCHURCH

         Molding Maint. “ C “ Shift

" C " Shift

  MP5    Installed  new 21/15 gal. pump ;  still not working. The variable volume pump is bad – no pressure @ test port & no sled movement.

            They are going to hang the other base plate mold in MP6, so we’re OK on parts.

 

MP21    The DME on the nozzle was left on , ( no mold in press )  & material blew out on moving platen. Not sure when this happened- wasn”t  today.

            I turned DME off & cleaned the platen.

 

I checked , cleaned & lubed tie bars – MP13 thru 25

More from " C " Shift - ( Friday )

       MP -13      Just before shift change , 5:30 pm,  they found a blow-back ¾  of the barrel was covered on the top side ( DELRIN )

                      I cleaned it off ,replaced 3 nozzle bands, & rewired 2 barrel bands. Luckily the connectors for the barrel heaters were on the bottom & weren’t

                      covered  up  with plastic.

                      The nozzle was loose, I turned it by hand.

" C " Shift

 MP-8      They crashed the robot on top of the cage last night; Mark repaired the eoat. The touch screen lost it’s program again, this time for good.

 

              Had one more Quick Panel in MRO,  we installed it & down-loaded program.

 

 We sent out the spare top cover drill for repair.

 

MP-5     Lost the low volume pump;  ordered a new one from Servtek. ( Saturday Delivery ) 

Today 12/17/09

Replaced pneumatic drill motor on top cover drill station.  Replaced bit.  Replaced shock absorber.  Repaired e-stop circuit.  Repaired air leaks on drill.

Set up and run parts to verify.  Cleaned up and returned to equipment storage area.

 

Wired eject back switch on MP15

 

Replaced (2) batteries in MP23 pc boards.  Machine has lost program.  Nissei to send procedure by email.  We have discs for machine in office in storage box.  I will program load tomorrow.

 

I haven’t had a chance to look at robot on MP24. 

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

RE:

Worked on number 22 robot tonight. It alarms while stacking the parts on the belt during the down stroke at random pack numbers. The alarm is displayed as a Y inverter fault and it states the Y speed cannot be controlled. I changed out the y-axis encoder, switched the Y and Z inverter cards, and checked all the connections to the circuit board under the x-axis cover. I checked the different voltages on the main transformer to make sure they were within tolerance and monitored the inverter power supply voltage while the robot was operating and everything seemed ok. I tried changing the y-axis pack speed to different values also.

Collin

8.15.09 night shift---Sean

Put a tool arm and program on the Wittman tonight. I worked with the techs so they could do hands on with it so they could understand how to make changes to positions and speeds or call up existing programs.(at their request).

Should be ready to go. We also added commentary to the program and saved it by mold number.

Had a bad locator ring in #23. I pressed it back straight and turned the I.D. back so it would work again.

The robot on #5 had some incidents of stopping over the conveyor after dropping parts.

It would simply reset and rehome.

I am guessing a potential encoder error. Has not stopped since 11 pm so ???

I'll be back on saturday, Call if you need me.

Sean Kearns
931-239-7671

12.14.09 night shift...Sean

Worked on moving stuff out of repair area. Green-tagged 3 or 4 color pumps after checking them out.

I Re-did the float switch on the leak reservoir on MP#17 and put cover back on.

Marty had asked me about the "transfer velocity" setpoint that shows up on press#3 but not on #2. I looked through both control books to see if there was a convec to turn on that would make it appear on screen but did not find anything. Both books never made mention of that setting. The 486C control has it but the 486 does not so I am guessing that it is simply in the screenware program?

I called the Milacron after hours number to see what the deal was but the guy acted like he didn't know what I was talking about.

I am not sure that it is even needed but would like to know.

Sean

" C " Shift

 

   MP- 20      Thermolator not cooling down; inlet clogged at solenoid.

 

   MP-21     Robot pivot cylinder blowing air ; removed fitting, chased threads, & replaced.

 

   Cleaned out all tower water inlet screens.

 

   Started  repair on liquid color pumps.

 

 

 

   R. Upchurch

   C  Shift Maint.

12/13/09

The screw on MP3 was wrapped with plastic but it was only near the back so we didn't have to pull it. The robot on MP4 lost communication error twice and the screen would freeze up. In order to reset it we had to power down the robot. The nozzle on MP5 caught on fire due to the sled being misaligned ,plastic bleeding off, and shorting some wires out. I replaced the nozzle band, thermocouple, and realigned the sled.

Collin

Sunday 12-13-09 A Shift

Saturday we kept getting a Y inverter fault again on the Wittman, so today I jumped out the Y Inverter Fault Monitoring Input to the control in the cabinet.  After that I dry cycled the robot for 4 hours with no problem.
If there is a minor problem still, the control will not know it and it should continue to run. If there is a real major problem, the robot will hopefully run long enough for us to get more clues to fixing the problem.
Call with any questions.
Josh
Sent From My Verizon Blackberry

Surge bins

The surge bins ran out of material tonight which was due to bin #1 material hose having holes all in it. We replaced the hose and checked the others which were all ok. Also dryer 11 on MP16 blew a fuse around 6 p.m. Day shift said it blew one on them too. It ran the rest of the night with no more problems.

Collin

Worked on number 22 robot tonight. It alarms while stacking the parts on the belt during the down stroke at random pack numbers. The alarm is displayed as a Y inverter fault and it states the Y speed cannot be controlled. I changed out the y-axis encoder, switched the Y and Z inverter cards, and checked all the connections to the circuit board under the x-axis cover. I checked the different voltages on the main transformer to make sure they were within tolerance and monitored the inverter power supply voltage while the robot was operating and everything seemed ok. I tried changing the y-axis pack speed to different values also.

12.11.09 night shift

We built another EOAT for the 4 cavity bag dock running in 22. This time we are getting the runner and delivering it to the grinder. Next program we will try to do more with part stacking, subroutines, etc.

Also, need to order some airline for tieing in those hose reels. I looked and we did not have any 1/2" hardline. (60)ft.

Sean Kearns

Inverter Fault

Anytime the Wittman gives an inverter fault, try and recognize which axis the fault occurs on (x, y, or z).
Thanks.
Josh
Sent From My Verizon Blackberry

12.09.09-night shift

Put the switch back in the reservoir pan on #17. I left the cover off to check on it again this evening.

#22-robot stopped once at 1:30 a.m. for a "inverter fault". We powered it down and re-homed it and there were no more incidents.?

Did thorough PM's on robots on presses #7 and #11. They were in definite need of cleaning and lubrication.Also cleaned the control cabinets very well.

Give me a call if there are any questions. I plan on taking Friday the 18th off (last 12hrs PTO).

Sean

Wednesday C Shift

Mark extended the y axis up roller switch on the Wittman today so that it could approach closer to the mold before the clamp opens.  This switch controls the secondary mold close interlock.
I didn't do anything on the floor.
We did schedule Branson welding training for next Tuesday. I also got a PO cut for training on the Star robots. It will be scheduled for after the first of the year.
Sent From My Verizon Blackberry

" C " Shift

   MP- 1 thru 8 -   Vacuumed oil pans, checked & lubed tie bars, & blew out control cabinet filters.

 

  MP- 17-   The oil pan ran over. The oil recovery pump clogged & oil went over the float switch; pump runs continuously. I could’nt find anymore switches;

                I’ll check w/ Collin & see if he has one.

 

 

                 Ronnie U.

              “ C “ Shift  Molding Maint.

#22 Robot

 There wasn't enough operators to run the hoky top covers tonight but Charlie and I went ahead and syncronized the robot on 22 with the ejectors. With the robot running at 100% global speed, the ejectors need to be set at 28%. We moved the cups and also dropped the EOAT positive stop bar down to keep from hitting the runner.

Also while setting up number #5 robot the CPU faulted out and had to be cleared. I noticed the pentant light is almost out. I'm not sure if we have any hid away anywhere. If not it I can order some and make them a stocked item.

Collin

Tuesday A Shift Part B

Before I left I programmed the Wittman for the Hoky “Top Cover” (80083) that they hung in MP22 today.  There was not a set up in the Nissei, so the only thing that cannot be changed on the machine is the clamp full open position and the eject forward position.  The only thing on the Wittman that needs to be changed is the cup position on the EOAT.  Also, the way the teach program is written right now, you have to time your eject speed so that the ejectors get all the way out just before the robot gets to the mold face (When robot is at full speed.  First cycle, the robot will only run 30% speed.  To change, in Auto, from the main Wittman screen, hit F6 to increase overall speed and F1 to decrease).  First cycle the eject speed needs to be ran REAL slow so that the robot can get there before the part falls off, and as you increase the robot overall speed, you need to increase the eject forward speed.

 

Thanks

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

Tuesday A Shift Days

Hello All,

Not much going on today with me.  I was watching an auction most all morning and in meetings most all afternoon while Mark covered the floor.

I did have to jump out the hydraulic filter clogged switch on MP4 today, and last weekend I had to jump it out on MP5.  I know you get this alarm sometimes when the oil is cold, but we may also have some legitimate filter clogging.

 

Thanks

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

Dec.7th A Shift

We ran the Wittman today on the Hoky Chassis in MP22.  Runs well, but some of the lights on the sub-pendant still do not work (Manual, Operate with/without Robot, Auto-Cycle Pause).  Swapped the bulb on the Operate with Robot light, and it still did not work.  Outputs for lights coming from Card A22 in the Cabinet (Operate with Robot light is Output A5).  I didn’t troubleshoot it much past that so someone still needs to figure this one out because it confuses everyone not knowing which button(s) are engaged.

 

Also got MP 5 tuned in today and dry cycled.  It is ready to run.  They are going to try and run the baseplate in it this afternoon.

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

12.06.09 nights

Wittman is running. Worked with Josh last night on programming it. I like it, and think it has potential. Attached is a video of what we had last night.

Worked on PM's and cleaned this weekend.

I wired the Dummy plug attached to 22 just like the one Josh was using so it should be O.K.

The only ones that do not have dummy plugs attached to the machines at this point are #2, and #3 presses.

Sean

" C " Shift

  MP 8 – robot touch screen display – “ waiting for download “ – Thought I would have to reload the program; I unplugged the interface cable & plugged it back in

              & it came back up.

            After the press was started, the left side palm button on the fan housing press broke. I robbed one off the spare press & installed it.

              I found two new ones in the assembly maint. cabinet – installed them on the spare press. There is one new palm button in MRO. I put the old one I had

            left, in MRO molding spare parts.

       

Robot on #22- 12.5.09

They changed the mold in press #22 today and went to the chassis. When I came in at 6pm, I asked Marty and Bill if they wanted to try out the robot on those parts, Bill said no. They didn't want to shut it down.

I tried?

Sean

" C " Shift

    I  came in around 12:00 noon ;  Randy Russell left the new pads & tape for the eagle top plate. I  set up the hot stamp; got it close’ but need more parts.

  I’ll get with Breland to see when he’s going to run some more.

12.05.09 nights

MP#5- Barrel heats are working fine.
Set a tool in the press and tried to dry cycle it with injection unit off. It gave a "tonnage not building alarm" after timing out trying to close. It is going to need more convec tweaking. I did save new values to boot card and will again as progress occurs.

Ran out of time due to other issues but will resume again this evening if Ronnie doesn't come in.
The robot on #5 did not appear to need another encoder. It referenced and homed fine although it has not been tested in production yet.

Sean

This week

All vertical conveyors should be wired with star conveyor interface and with a manual run/auto toggle switch.

 

Screw tip for MP 5 came in today.  It is a new 4 piece.  I installed the tip and coupled the screw in back.  Installed the endcap and nozzle tip and extension.  We should check all bolts and nozzle for tightness when the barrel reaches the desired temperature.  The nozzle is ready to be wired and we might think about turning the heats on one zone at a time. 

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

11.30.09 nights

Mp#3- top operator side bushing came out again.

Started putting together an End of arm tooling req.

Discussed new projects on the horizon with Mark.

Submitted tooling work order for some EOAT components.

Had some minor issues with the Ink Pad printer...was out of ink, we mixed some more up and it worked. We used a recipe for something else.?

#22- FYI- will not eject multiple strokes unless it IS in continuous mode.
They asked me to look at it because it would eject out forward and stop?
They were only trying it out in single cycle mode.

Sean

" C " Shift

      Changed out dust collection drain tubes on Matsui dryers.

 

      MP – 6      Changed speeds on “ Y “ & “ Z “ axis -   Y from 7000 to 10000    /     Z  from  7000 to 12000

 

      MP-5     Stoned rough edges on screw flights.

Monday

Me and Mark worked on Wittman most of the day today.  Found a few problems, but we think that now there is a problem with the X-axis encoder.  We’re going to order a new one in the morning.

Thanks

 

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

11.22.09 Nights

Worked with #6 robot checking it out etc.
I have it homing and have all the positions entered for the baseplate.

Ran into a snag when I tried it out in automatic with the ejectors not ejecting after opening.

I spoke with Mark and let him know where I was at with that. There may be some interface differences between the Star robots and the AEC's?

FYI-We also had an issue with #13's pump kicking out intermittently.
Found out that clamp position was off due to incorrect mold thickness data.
When the machine sees a problem with "abnormal clamp closing", it activates the motor stop circuit. It was apparent by the fact that it was kicking out upon lockover.

Have a great week.

Sean

" C " Shift

    MP-8    The core pull limit switch plug on the bottom cylinder had a broke wire. Ran a new wire/plug.

 

   Checked all tiebars & lubed dry ones.

 

    Grinder on MP-8 sqeeking loud. It has no zerk fittings on the shaft. I srayed TFE dry lube on inside shaft ends & blade edges; It lasts for awhile.

 

   I vacuumed more oil pans; I did’nt get to MP14.

" C " Shift

   Made e.o.a.t. for  bag dock on mp – 24

 

 Vacuumed out oil pans on MP – 1, 6, & 21.

 

 Removed broken safety glass from molding breakroom door ; I will e-mail facilities maint. to order new glass.

 

 Still having trouble with mp-13  occasionally ; checking for loose connections etc.

   MP-4    Tech could’nt get cores to operate;  Top cover mold 77041 requires core 2  to be on timer.

 

  I followed up on purchase reqs & ordered barrel heater bands for MP 22 & 23, barrel htr. bands for MP 2 thru 5, T.C. connectors for MP 5, &

 

      Mold locating rins for MP 22 & 23.

 

I have been troubleshooting MP 13. The pump shuts down during cycle – ( no alarm code ).  I will send another e-mail w/ info when I  figure it out.

This Week

We should have all the vertical conveyors wired now.  (Interroll)

 

The butterfly bolts broke out of MP20 on Thursday, on inspection the bushing was wore out, the steel has many stress cracks in it.  A new butterfly plate is $3K.  So we replaced the bushing and broken bolts, faced off the knock out rods and put it back into production.  The plan is to replace the press on the next go round.  This is the second time in 2 weeks that I know about.

 

The new CPU and FHD boards came in for MP5, also the FHD protection kit.  I set the jumpers on the boards like the old ones and installed them and the protection kit. 

 

The table for the new hydraulic hose crimper and cut saw is complete and located behind the flammables cabinet in the shop. 

 

Gary made (3) communication tables w/ boards.  We ran out of feet for the legs, so when more come in we will install.  Extra com board lexan sheets are located on top of the flammable cabinet in the shop.

 

When I came in Friday, Darrell said MP23 was down.  Nozzle zone wasn’t heating.  A 12A fuse was blown and it was an odd fuse, couldn’t find one so I temporarily installed a fuse block w/ fuse we had in stock.  I will order some additional fuse blocks because I think the other new machines have these odd fuses.  I will put them in the project cabinet.

 

Someone requested a new hydraulic hose and it is laying on the molding maintenance table.

 

I took inventory of the Dummy plugs we are missing for the robots that are installed and we need (4) more made.  I will try to do that today and get them attached to the corresponding press.

 

Fastenal has been in this week trying to fill in the voids on our fasteners.  They will consolidate all of the metric bolts to one area with the smaller ones (m3 and m4) in drawers.  They are going to leave a dry erase board back in the bolt bin area so we can write down items we need as we identify them.

Fastenal will organize all our bins for us.

 

We mounted the remaining Eagle nests on the nutrunner stations and rolled them to the molding equipment storage area by the racking.  Still need to do the electrical controls, plc, program for the sole plate press.  (It has guards in place and can be run pneumatically for now.)

 

I ordered new bolts for the end cap on the barrel on MP5.

 

 

 

 

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

8.17.09 night shift

#8- Changed the x-axis drive gear on the motor. Took the only one we had from MRO so we will be needing another.

PM'd robot on #5 press. It had about 15 broken screws that secure the rails on the z-axis. Cleaned and inspected everything else on it. Looks good now, wasn't sure about the encoder that got put on it yesterday, did anyone check it?

#6 robot- ran the pendant over to oper. side and made a hanging bracket for it. Still did not get the input tied in for clamp closed, we will look for a window to do that.

#21- Ronnie and I discussed that we need to take care of those leaks sometime. It will likely take awhile, I haven't done a clamp seal yet so we need to get with Jerome and set up a time to do that?

Call if there are any questions. Hank was in late last night looking for something?

8.16.09 night shift

#8 robot-Changed out y axis motor and encoder from #5 and put on #8 due to problems with position. Ok and running, but we do not have any available encoders for #5 or any spares in MRO at all.

#25- put the spacer plate on that tooling provided. Torqued all screws to 170 lbs and applied rust preventative to both sides before mounting it on. It fit well. We made new ejector bars (4) to accomodate the increased length.

#20 robot- did a thorough PM and built a eaot, went through and checked it out making preliminary adjustments as needed. It is running.

#24 robot- Did a "once over" PM on it. Marty did not want to shut it down.

#6 robot- did not get to do anything to it today as it ran all shift.

#12 welder- made some changes to the welder set-up due to parts failing leak test and welding poorly. I saved two parts after changes, then at 5am, I was asked to put the settings back to where they had it on days and I did.
The only things that I changes were hold time, forces 1,2,and 3.
I changed things one at a time on a basis as to whether it made it better same or worse.
I could not understand why they had hold time at .04 secs? I had ran it at 3 secs. With less force (700) instead of (1000).
FYI-The parts that were in the first peice bag did not pass leak test either and the primary problem area was where the bag dock slips over the connector.
Call if you have any questions.

Sean

Sean, If they will give you the machine, finish the interface on 6 tonight. We finished robot install on 20 and 24. Robot on 20 needs a good PM before start up.

11.12.09 nights

Worked on Preventive maintenance all night aside from some issues with #1 concerning the mold installation.

The moldsetter did not know how to hook up the steemer tank tool because it wasn't written in the SOP to reconfigure the cores as ejectors (switches and hoses).?? Go figure??

Good to hear that we are getting the hyd. hose crimper.

The worst leaks out there seem to be 21 and 17.
We should try to schedule some downtime to do those seals on 21 whenever 2 of us can double up on it. That clamp seal could be tedious.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Call if you have any questions.

11.12.09

Robot interface on MP6 is ready to tie in to the I/O when the machine is down.  The wires are labeled and hanging in the cabinet.  It includes a Permit Eject Forward relay, so Y4C wire runs from the output of the controller to one side of the relay contact and from the other side of the contact back to the terminal strip where the valve wire is.

 

Added a chute to the convey on MP11 to run parts thru to MP12.

 

The Wittmann still has a problem with the Y axis.

 

Industrial Rubber will be in tomorrow to survey all the hydraulic fittings we will need for our new crimper.  I gave Gary Gore’s name as the contact for tomorrow.

 

Don’t forget I am off tomorrow.

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

Sean Checking in.

MP#20 is tied in except for the permit forward Josh and I discussed. Dummy plug is in and it is working fine. I added the other relay for the permit forward but have not wired it in. They wanted to run the press again.

Worked on PM's and repaired some water leaks also. Need to review the to-do list again.

Sean

I sat on pc most of today. Do not run Wittman b/c Mark changed out encoder today. We will verify tomorrow. Thanks. Josh

Weekend.

"The MRO Key" is gone from its place. It was there Saturday Night.

#20 is ready to tie in the robot interlocks.

Ran wire and mounted junction box for interface on #6.

Mark and I got squared away on interface cable wire color issues concerning #20 .

The dummy plugs are all on (except for 6).

#2's core wiring is up to new standards, need to order more junction boxes to continue with that.

Had to modify the EOAT on the fans because they made some changes to the tool which shortened the daylight. It is running but they need to get the waterlines straightened out so they can apply the runner picker now.

Hope everyone has a great week, call if you have any questions. I may try to come in one of my off days this week and work on interfacing 20 or 6. I do not want to be excluded from that so please do call. Thanks.

Sean

   Replaced lightbulbs in Wittman pendant ; waiting for e-stop & encoder.

 

  Took empty oil tank to bone yard – needs to be returned to supplier.

 

  Brought empty waste oil drums on spill pllet back inside.

 

  Mp-10 connector assembly welder quit working ; had to realign & tighten booster & horn assembly. 

Transformers for Stars

Installed the robot trans. in #20 and checked voltage at receptacle. O.k. all it needs at this point is tieing in the machine interlocks with relays. Which I will cover with Josh soon.

Installed the robot transformer in #24 but did not attach primary power because Marty did not want the press to go down at all (too hot) same with #6.

Installed dummy plugs on #22 robot and #20 robot. Still need to do #6.

I was not sure about the pendant for #22 robot, it was left apart and I am guessing we are waiting on the E-stop switch?

Be back on it again this evening.

11.6.09

RONNIE AND I PUT BARREL AND SCREW FOR MP5 ON SKIDS AND SENT TO SHIPPING FOR DELIVERY MONDAY, 11/9 5AM

 

TRANSFORMERS FOR ROBOT POWER ON MP24, MP20, AND MP6(IF IT NEED A TRANS) ARE ON MAINT TABLE IN SHOP.  FUSE BLOCKS AND FUSES ARE ALSO ON TABLE.

 

REPLACEMENT LAMPS ARE ON MAINT TABLE FOR WITTMANN ROBOT PENDANT.

 

NO SIGN OF SPARE PARTS FOR WITTMAN.

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

11.4.2009

Pulled screw out of MP5 this morning.  Screw has chunks of metal missing.

 

Sent MP5’s CPU and FHD boards to R and R Electronics for evaluation.

 

Ordered replacement lamps for Wittmann robot pendant for tomorrow.  Josh says we should receive other spares for Wittmann tomorrow as well.

Looked at swapping Y encoder with X.  Y cable too short to swap with any other axis.

 

Ordered additional heater connectors, boxes, and cables for incoming molds.

 

The push to disconnect fittings for the Star Robot cylinders are here and can be installed.

 

I worked on installing a shelf under the new multi-fan housing tester to store addition weld nest for MP12.

 

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

C shift

  I worked on PM’s today MP-6,11, & 19.

 

 I took the full waste oil drums on the spill pallet to the oil storage shed – will email Walter M. so he can have it picked up.

 

 I started vacuuming out the pan on press #1. The tank is low.

End of arm tooling cart.

Found an example of a good idea put to use. Why not keep components centralized?

MP#13- robot and press settings.

Had an issue where the pendant had probably been dropped and wires had pulled loose inside. After correcting the problem, many settings had been changed.

Including part drop detect on the press and robot were both turned on. The machine would cycle only once and stop because of this.

For future reference MD4 should be "on" for the robot not to look for part and "drop should be set to zero (off) on the press, NOT to look for part.

Sean 9/13/09

Press#3 Oil Leak

Pump started leaking, lost about 30 gallons of oil. There were 4 screws loose. Tightened it up, checked operation, O.k. to run.

Sean 9/11/09

Sprue Pickers

Printed off the manuals for the yushin pickers, I am finding a few problems as I go through them but picking out the best.

Collin and I put one on press#17 and Press#14 Friday night.

Press# 16 is next for a 550. Then I was going to put 900's on 18,19, and 20.

Ronnie said that press22 was going to move soon so we will hold off until then. (With a 750).

Building adapter plates as we go for now since each machine must be uniquely fit and are drilled different.

The interface schematics are on the table in the shop next to the good 120vac interface box.

Josh is supposed to be getting more in soon.

Sean 9/11/09

New Equipment Update

As you may already know, we bought some new equipment yesterday.  If you include the shipment of used sprue pickers, dryers, and blenders we got this week,  here is where we stand-  We have 7 sprue pickers, 3 mold machines, 5 robots (maybe 6), 3 dryers, 4 dryer/hopper/loader combos, 7 conveyor belts, and 2 blenders to get installed and running.  PLUS- keeping the floor running, Eagle and Pilot launches. The next few weeks and months should be pretty crazy around here.

This stuff won’t ship until the week of the 14^th.  Until then we need to be finishing Eagle and Pilot projects and working on new robot installations.  Once the new equipment gets here, priority shifts to getting the three new machines running with robots and support equipment.  Then we will focus on the remaining robot and aux. equipment installations.

OF THE SPRUE PICKERS WE GOT THIS WEEK-  Most of them are located in the storage trailer next to the pallet room.  I have 5 more pendants coming next week.  We need to pick out the best of the following sizes-  (3) 550 models, (2) 750 models, and (2) 900 models.  They will go on MP’s 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 22.  Get them in the shop and de-bugged and then see what needs to be done to mount them on the machines.  We should probably save a couple of the remaining pickers for future use and rob spare parts off the others.  I will work on the machine interfaces.  We are going to need all the spare room we can for new stuff coming in.

Contact me with any questions.  Just dig in and I will keep all of you updated.

Thanks for all your efforts.

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

Water System

We cleaned the filter screens on all the presses tonight. They were very bad, I think this has been affecting thermolator performance.

Sean

Mezzanine room electrical.

What I thought was a bad breaker the other day turned out to be a burnt wire nut.

Tonight there was a repeat incident on the junction bux just up from it for dryers 8 and 9.

Might want to watch for that in the future.

Sean

MP4 Robot Stopping

What is causing MP4 to stop with the robot above the mold and the machine displaying “Eject Forward Permission Not Made” alarm is this-

When the clamp opens fast, the ejectors are drifting past the eject retract set point (Menu 41, Input 121).  The robot will not go into the mold without this input.  We will repair the drifting problem asap, but in the meanwhile, make sure your retract set point is back far enough to compensate for this.

Thanks

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

DR-7 Breaker out in Mezz room.

The Breaker needs replaced in Panel DH1, could not locate a 20 Amp. I will check with Mark or Gary to see if they know where one is.

Sean

D-shift core problems on #10.

Had some problems with the core set switch not reading correctly.

The symptom was that the set switch would not make at first try in manual, but, when you set it the second time it would make.

I went through checking for loose connections, replaced the switch, and the relay module (110vac), but no change.

We found that pressure was only 500psi.

Although no adjustments had been done on press#10, we adjusted V225 pressure relief valve to 1550 and had no further problems.

This is interesting because the press was running when the fault occurred.

Sean

Phone post test

"C" Shift

  Well, they jammed another grinder with santoprene . I spent 2 hours disassembling the grinder. It’s going to take awhile to clean this one out.

 

 I spent most of the rest of the day trying to finish up PMs.

 

                                                                                                                                             

             

 

 

                                                                                                                                                             R. Upchurch

                                                                                                                                                             C - Shift

Another test

I entered my profile info into the google blogger so my name should automatically appear now when I make a posting.

 

Sean Kearns

Maintenance Technician

Oreck manufacturing Company

931-239-7671

 

Posting Instructions

Whenever you post by sending an email to log@moldingsupport.com, be sure to put your name at the end of the message. Whenever anyone of us posts to this site it automatically assumes we are the same person for some reason and I have yet to figure out how to make it show the sent from email address.
Also, if anyone is interested I can also set up your cell phone where you can easily post to this site by sending a text message to 256447 (BLOGGR). It will post your message just as it would an email to the log address.
Thanks
Josh

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Hey guys,

                Just trying out the new blog--------

 

  There’s not a lot  going on today, just trying to get PMs done.

 

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