Ronnie Upchurch

MP-2  Cores not working – The hydraulics were hooked to core 1 & the switches were hooked to core 2. I moved the plug to # 1 side. It still wasn’t shifting.

         I found one of the male quick connects was bad.

 

I emptied all the Nissei over flow jugs & the oil vac.

 

I moved the grinder from MP-12 to the shop. I cleaned it out. We need to order new blades for it.

 

 MP-1       I changed out the grease tube on the lube system.

 

They brought 3 scales to the shop for repair. I  cleaned them up & adjusted the level.  2 of them work fine, the other one I’ll take to Craig to check out. It

       wouldn’t hold the zero or the tare setting.

 

3.11.11 Sean Kearns

Mp#12- The Grinder was found completely full. I cleaned it out and set it back up to load material again.

Continued with PM's

Sean

3.8.11 Sean Kearns D- shift

Finished Packing up the pump and weighed it @139lbs.

We had a power failure at 11:02 pm last night. It tripped the #3 panel which fed the North Bus. I was able to reset it and the air compressor and we were going agin shortly after 12:00.

Mp#9- The Z-at part drop maximum limit needs changed in the HMI's. It would not hurt to set them all that way, or make the value accessible from the touch screen. Maybe add it to the speed control page.

Continued with PM.'s!

Call if there are any questions.

Sean

3.7.11 Sean D-shift

Mp#23- Potter asked me to look at the mold heater circuit. It checked out alright without taking the tool apart. It just appears they are not getting good heat transfer inside the mold. Heaters checked out and T/C's did too. They will need to pull it ouit and take it apart.

Mp#18- Had trouble with zone #1. Could not get the controller to output a signal. Found a relay with a bad set of contacts, moved wires over to a spare set on the same relay. Never could get the controller to send a signal. Changed it out 4 times and finally got one of the very older analog types to work correctly. I only had used stuff to try out, so we may need to order a new one to put on the shelf...when the money returns?

Mp#15- Did not get very far with it. I pulled the M1 valve of and cleaned it, it was very clean and solenoids ohmed out good. Reset mold thickness, etc. and bled out the air, problem remains.
Will proceed some more tonight.

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

MP-21  Worked with Josh & Mark trying to figure out why it’s generating so much air in the oil. Mark is checking into having the pump rebuilt. It’s down

            until we get a response on the pump.

 

MP-15  I replaced the C-7 check valve, still no go. The Toshiba tech. said we’re in the right area; sounds like something isn’t shifting fast enough. I did all

           the system pressure tests they told me to try, & it checks out OK, so at least we know it isn’t one of the pumps. The next step is to start pulling the

            clamp valve stack apart & check for sticking spools etc.

B shift 3-4-11 thru 3-6-11

Worked on PHs

 

Cleaned a pithead from nozzle on mp16 and rewired.

 

Vacuumed excess oil from presses

 

Mp12 broke ejector cylinder bolts. Repaired

 

Replaced a broke belt on grinder behind mp10. Nobody knows how or when this happened.

 

Have a Great Week

  GONE FISHIN

 

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

3.3.11 - Sean

Continued with PM's.

MP#16-Replaced the sled forward switch.

Have a great weekend. Call if there are any questions!

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

Dryer in the shop – over temp. alarm.  I had to adjust the bed switch.

 

DR-4 In the mezzanine – Alarm 11. The top of the drive motor housing was loose & the gear was slipping. Tightened .

 

Chuck w/ Nissei is faxing us some better copies of the valve driver set up.

 

MP- 15  I ordered a new clamp check valve – ( C-7 on the hydraulic print )

 

I made a purchase req. for some more Citra-Solv degreaser & Litho- Lube grease.

 

I got a quote for new Spenser Vortex blower- 906.00.  Cookeville Elect. wants 1000.00 to repair the old one. We still have a spare in MRO.

 

We got everything cleaned up & picked up in the shop, but didn’t see anyone walk through today.

March 2, 2011

March 2, 2011

 

Ordered a hardened screw, barrel, and tip for MP13.  Right now it is a 4WK lead time.

 

Labeled steemer tank EOAT.

 

Worked with Ronnie on MP11 Cal.

 

 

 

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    931.646.7615

 

2-28-11 3-1-11

2-28-11

 

Worked on dryer issues all night. Dryer11 replaced overload contacts on blower motor then it lost a process heater contactor do we see a pattern these things are ending there life and are in need of replacement. Dryer was brought to shop looped out and running so far so good.

 

Mp2 had issues with Mold and cores not set up to run on cores read Josh’s blog about it.

 

 

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

March 1, 2011

March 1, 2011

 

Work with F1 Fan Housings and new tester.  Fan Housings that had a .7 weld time proved to be leakers and could be destroyed at about 5psi.  Housings with .9 weld time had a small leak but passed the tester and were able to be destroyed at 10psi.  Housings with 1.0 – 1.1 seemed to be sealed / welded very well with destruction around 12-14 psi.  All new housing halves passed the drop tester at 30inches.

 

Wired mold #52926 (Steemer Tank)  for cores.  Swapped hydraulic fittings on the mold and connected to core 1 on MP2.  Adjusted switches and cores worked on A1 and B1.  Gary made EOAT for Tanks and we adjusted in. 

 

Talked to Josh about MP21, he showed me the valve to increase speed of functions, worked with Rick to get fan runners to drop.  Repaired pull cable for plates on mold.

 

Set up ban saw in molding shop for techs.

 

Helped Gary button up MP15, he replaced screw and tip.

 

Worked on MP11 Robot,  Robot would grab parts and stop above mold, say in unsafe position.  Ended up being no time in cycle start timer  on mold machine.

 

Ronnie and I will  try to calibrate MP11 and MP21 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    931.646.7615

 

Recovery Tank MP02

Hello All,

Gary Gore and Mark McKee built a new EOAT today to enable the Recovery Tank to run in MP02 off of the cores.

In the past we have used the Ejectors to control the stripper plate on this mold because when not using the robot multiple strokes were needed to clear the part.  It is a lot safer to use the Core circuit because when using the Ejectors the set-up parameters were just “tricking” the machine and everything was based on time with no part removal verification.  When using the Core circuit in combination with the robot, part removal is verified.

Just remember that on the “Special Options” menu of the robot that “Cores Logic” needs to be turned ON.

Any questions regarding this can be directed to me or any member of the Molding Maintenance Department.

Thanks

 

 

Joshua Ledbetter

Molding Maintenance Manager &

Manufacturing Engineer

Oreck Manufacturing Company

(C) 931-239-3235

(F) 931-646-7615

 

2.26.11 (Weekend of) Sean

Mp#23- changed nozzle band.

Mp#3- replaced 1-1/4" hose on the op side clamp assist cylinder that was leaking bad. Cleaned up the oil.

Mp#1- installed air pressure regulator on the EOAT so it would not damage fans. They had turned down the regulator on the robot to where the system pressure switch would no longer make, faulting out the robot.

Mp#21-Sole Plate wheel press, replaced one of the two hand air switches.

Mp#2- Replaced the wire on the ejector back switch of steemer tank mold. It got smashed.

Mp#24- Wheel/Tire Press Tool. Made a hand tool so they could rework the cold tires that were molded. This item needs to be revisited by one of our manufacturing engineers involved with it. The normal automatic operation is damaging the parts when used.

Mp#10- The nut press is still having problems when the nuts are not cleaned, the track will not load up correctly. Wev put some in a 5 gallon bucket with degreaser and tumbled it for an hour. Then cleaned them off with rags and air. No one can give me an answer as to what is the procedure with this situation. Who makes the decision? Communication has been poor lately on some of these problems that keep lingering around.? Thanks for any support you can get.

Continued with PM's and other support functions.


Have a very nice day.

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

                   2/25/11

 

Worked on the “Randy Russell” hot stamp project.

 

Ordered a large assortment set of metric o-rings from IR-G.

 

MP-13  Started getting material together to replace the section between the hopper & feed throat that keeps clogging up.

 

MP-6&7  Vacuumed out oil pans & emptied the oil vac.

 

                 2/26/11

 

MP-13  Made a new adapter plate for the hopper & remounted.

 

MP-24  Fabricated a temporary knock-off tool on the eoat for the wheel mold.

 

MP-16 Replaced the timer relay in thermolater – T-4.

 

                 2/27/11

 

MP-2  Core 2 pull not making.  The switch wasn’t working, but when I removed it from the cylinder, it checked OK. I changed it out. Working OK.

 

MP-6  I got the numbers off the pump to order a pump seal.

 

MP-15  Need to order a PS1 pressure switch. It build tonnage -2000psi- but bleeds off to about 1650psi.

 

MP-5  The nozzle heat wasn’t consistent. The contactor coil was weak. Replaced.

 

MP-2  The male quick connect on core 1 was leaking. Removed, put on Teflon tape, & reinstalled.

Ronnie Upchurch

MP_7  Alarm 5111 – The clamp close control switch got twisted around & the neutral position was actually the close position.

 

DR-32  Alarm 11 -  Index time too long. The index limit switch was bad.

 

MP-6  The conveyor wasn’t indexing. The relay in the robot cabinet burned out. Replaced

 

MP-21  The zone 2 heat dropped out. The contactor coil was weak. Replaced

 

Mark & I worked on the “Randy Russell”  hot stamp project. He’s satisfied, ( For Now )

2.22.11 - Sean

Mp#24- Butterfly bolts broke, replaced them and cleaned and lubricated the guide bar. There is a place for a guide bar on the opposite side, but it is not there. Not sure if it was ever there, but , I will try to make one or at least get some measure ments from it when it is down again.

Also wired up the cores and checked the sequence and operation for them. The mold setters are always asking about which sequence is what on the Nissei's so I provided them a cheat sheet and tied it to their cart.

Also, need some O-rings to continue beating down these leaks. I would just get a few kits of metric and a few kits of square cut. Or whatever? Thanks.

Also, out of the Orange degreaser from Prochem. It is a very good product, cuts grease and liquid color very well. Need to re-order or try to get it as a stock item, possibly? Thanks.

Cleaned up in the shop. I will try to 5-S more this weekend.

Continued with PM's.

Have a great day!

Sean

2.21.11- Sean

No immediate maintenance issues going on right now.

Mp#8- Worked on Machine and Robot PM. Painted some parts of the press.

Made a fixture for Bill Potter to rework the C-handle overmolds. Drill press was tore up when I went to set it up. Had to replace the switch on it. Everything good to go now.

Have a great day!

Sean

2-19-11 Mike Daniels

Mp21 replaced nozzle band and thermocouple also had a bracket from the y axis fall off. Replaced with new hardware                      

 

Mp11 cleaned and put end cap back on. Rewired nozzle bands and installed the guards good to go and was running shortly after.

 

Worked on PMs

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

2.16/17.11 Sean

Mp#16- replaced o-rings on the sled valve. Checked operation.

Mp#14- pulled the ejector stack off and replaced the o-rings. Checked operation. Looks like I will have to do it again, it is still seeping some.

Mp#2-Replaced the mercury contactor. It had failed. I put the date/press# on the box of the old one and placed it in recycling as required.

Mp#13- Question: So, if all of the process technicians say they have been having problems with the screw on 13, who actually filled out a work request or told someone in maintenance?
Ronnie and I pulled it out. I extracted the broken tip and scrubbed the barrel prior to measuring the bore. Could not locate a bore gage to do a measurement for 32mm (1.2598"). Someone in quality may have something on days, or tooling. (No tooling person on this shift.)

Tagged it out at disconnect, not locked.

Continued with PM's. Trying to gain a little each week on the leaks.

Waiting on seal kit for #14 and #25 sled, (on order).

Call if there are any questions, have a great weekend!

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

MP-10  Robot part grip not working. It was getting a signal, but no air was going through the valve. I took the solenoid valve apart & cleaned it out. OK now.

 

MP-23  No nozzle heat—Jason changed the tip heater out; it must have grounded out. I reset the breaker. Working OK.

 

DR-27  The loader had no vacuum. I found the flapper valve had broken off. I made a new one & installed it.

 

DR- 10  ( The 100# dryer in the shop )  I checked the power supply control voltage, cleaned the edge connectors on the I.O. & mother boards, found the regin. temp

            probe plugged into the wrong spot, & installed a new control door cover. Test ran it in the shop for 3 or 4 hours. Ran good.

 

The hose reducer for the new Novatec dryer came in. I installed it. They can have it back now.

 

I made up a purchase req. for another Novatec loader.

 

  

2-15-11

Good morning All,

 

Nothing major to report. Worked on PMs.

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

2-14-11

Good morning gents,

 

Mp24 core not working was the words the setup man gave me. Further inspection of the problem revealed a bad eject back switch bad. I bypassed switch and all worked. I then checked switch independently and it doesn’t change states. Let the team lead know what I found. So they can decide whether to run or pull.

 

Worked on PMs and house cleaning

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

2.13.11 sean

Mp#16- Ronnie replaced the nozzle contactor.

Mp#15- Had some issues with the pressure switch PS1 for high pressure lockover on the clamp not making. We tried a new pressure switch, but it must have been the wrong type because it did not work. I cleaned out the old one and re-installed it and it worked again after setting the mold thickness, etc.

Mp#20- Sled and injection unit would not work. I re-adjusted the purge sheild switch. O.K.to run.

Continued with P.M.'s.

Have a great day!

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

T-21  Hooked it up & ran it to check for leaks. OK

 

MP-21  Replaced one of the t.c. wires on the DME. It had a K t.c. on it.

 

Vacuumed out oil pans on MP-6-7-8-9-10-11-& 12.

 

Emptied oil vac.

 

Milacron dryer still over heating occasionally.

2.12.11 Sean

Mp#23 was making a squeaking noise. Turned out it was the mold that needed some grease.

Worked on the Milacron dryer tonight. I replaced the process heater thermocouple because I kept getting a "sensr error1" . Also set the dewpoint trigger to -10 like the dryer upstairs in the mezzanine. Also set the dew point extend feature "on". So far it seems to be working, but everyone has seen that scenario with this thing already too. I was leaning at the dewpoint sensor needing replaced, but after I set the heat time too low on it, the dewpoint did drop to -08. So that is why I opted to use the dewpoint extend. When it is doing it, it will display like: 175 * -40 to indicate that it is extending the time in the bed. We'll keep an eye on it.

Continued with PM's.

Sean

2.11.11 Sean Kearns

Mp#15- Rebuilt the sled cylinder that was leaking. The pistons seal were pretty torn up as well.
There were problems getting the shaft yoke off because it was made with a set screw which had mashed the threads and caused them to gall coming out and going in. There was no help for it and it may have already been that way.
If it comes out next time I will turn it down and drill through it and put a bolt in it.

Mp#14- Need to order a sled seal kit for it also.

Restocked the hydraulic oil spill kit with everything I could find to put in it. They need to post a list inside the lid of what it needs to contain.

Because of the recent safety alert, and the fact that I have seen so many people unsticking grinders with them still plugged up, I posted a copy of the alert on every grinder in molding. This way no one can say they did not know about it.

Call if there are any questions.

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

MP-8  No screw function. The screw cold start prevent wasn’t working on the front zone controller. We replaced the controller & it’s working fine.

          I’ll take the old one to Craig & see if he can fix it.

 

New Novatec dryer – I installed the new motor & speed controller & set the speed at about 8 rph. I dry cycled it for 5 hours & gave it back to them.

 

MP-16  No nozzle heat. I checked the heater bands & power from the contactor. The only thing I saw was one heater wire that may not have had a good connection

       at the wire nut. OK now.

 

Matsui dryer on MP-14 was in high heat alarm. It wouldn’t clear so I powered it down. When it came back on I let the regen. heat come up before I hit the

       Dry button; the process heat came up & it’s running fine. I think they had just moved this dryer & didn’t let it cool down.

 

MP-15  The nozzle was freezing off & it blew out one time. “ Delrin”   They had a 1” band on a 2” nozzle tip & it was slid all the way back. I put a 2” band

       on it & cleaned up the t.c. wire.

February 11, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011

 

Replaced hydraulic hose for core that blew out last night on MP5.  Tested OK.  Cleaned up, mopped floor.

 

Ordered spare static charger for MP22, IML.

 

Ordered new Novatech material loader for new to us Matsui Dryer.

 

Ordered, received photo eyes and valves for IML fixture to replace pneumatic proxes. Started on installation.

 

Debugged I/O on new F1 Lite Fan Housing Tester.

 

 

 

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    931.646.7615

 

2.8.11 D-shift

Mp#19- Repaired leaking sled cylinder. Replaced piston and shaft seals. o.K. to run.

MP#10- Pm'd machine and robot, touched up with some paint.

Have a good day!

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

MP-5  Core 2 set switch not making. The mold wasn’t repaired over the weekend, so they had to pull it again for repair. Both switches were bad. Tooling

          Replaced them.

 

MP-15  Lost all manual control function. I found that the mold hanger had over stroked clamp open while setting it up. Also the eject back switch wasn’t made.

      I just had to make the switch & go through the clamp position reset procedure.

 

MP-20  Pre dryer loader not coming on. The load level sensor was out of adjustment.

 

MP-2  The front zone heat dropped out. The mercury contacts stuck open. “ Tap & Go”

 

DR-17  Regin over temp alarm. I found out they had just shut it down & moved it to another press without letting it cool down. After it sat & cooled awhile,

          It started right up.

 

New Novatec dryer-  Still under warranty. They are sending a new drive motor & speed control. We have to send the old motor & speed control back.

 

I got a quote for a Novatec loader to go on the Matsui dryer hopper. Waiting for Jerome.  

2-6-11 Mike Daniels

Mp13    repaired water manifold. Had to weld 1 port up was messed up too bad to retap.

 

Mold# 74046 this had a tooling work order but it just had sensor issue which I replaced. And put back in rack.

 

Mp12 replaced bad slowdown sensor on mold open side. I robbed this switch from Mp17

 

Need to order sled cylinder rebuild kit for mp15

 

Worked on PMs rest of night

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

2-5-11 Mike Daniels

MP25 adjusted the part verify switch

 

Worked on PMs

 

Overall good night

Ronnie Upchurch

MP20  Replaced the ejector cylinder, end cap, piston rings, and seals.

 

MP-25  Installed a relay on the robot up stroke; to prevent the cycle from stopping when the grippers drop the sprue.

 

MP-5  Core 2 not reading pull. The switch on the bottom cylinder wasn’t making.

 

MP-19  Ordered a seal kit for the sled cylinder.

Good Morning Gents,

 

Worked on dryers most of the night got 3 of them working and moved them to mezz room.

Spent of the night cleaning and putting things in there place.

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

Ronnie Upchurch

          1/29/2011

 

MP-11  Replaced missing switch levers on control panel.

MP-10  Added two more quick connects on air manifold. One 3/8” & one ½”.

D-32  on mezzanine wouldn’t restart—Bad process blower contactor—out of stock. I was going to swap with D26, but the process blower motor was locked up

         & had two blown fuses. I put a 100# per hour dryer in to get by---- no spare 200# .Had to wait till Sunday to pull the two dryers down & take to the shop

         to repair – “ No Overtime”

 

 

          1/30/2011

 

D-32  Need to order a contactor for this one. Old one is on desk.

D-26  I replaced the process blower unit.

MP-13  The ejector lost it position. I found the collar that the transducer read position from had fallen off. Re installed.

 

I am leaving early today, because I stayed over an hour last night.

Ronnie Upchurch

MP-26  Installed new front zone T.C. probe.

MP-5 Top & bottom cores leaking. I tightened a fitting on the top core. The bottom core is leaking from the set switch seal. I tightened it; they were in a hurry to run samples, so I let them have it. I’ll check it out when it’s down again.

MP-2  The rear zone heats dropped out again so I replaced the contactor.

MP-22  I  re soldered the plug back on for the static charger. Josh & Jason had taken it loose to rig up a foot control switch to run some parts in manual.

1.29.11- D shift Sean

Mp#1- they had trouble with running the fans tonight. I was over there maybe 10 times working out familiarity issues with the machine and the robot. The techs were short handed tonight.

Mp#22- loaded the "takeout only" program for Darryl. Helped get it going and discussed how the robot works with them.

Worked on the dryer when I was not called away for other things tonight. Transformer is mounted and wired up. I wanted to use bigger SJO for the 480 plug cord but couldn't locate anything larger than 14/4. I can try it out to see if it works and maybe re-do it tonight.

There is no terminal identification on it other than: RST and UVW.? ( Jap stuff??) I am going with RST being the Primary side as it is reading higher resistance. Couldn't locate any info online, so if you got anything to add, please do. Thanks.

Sean

 

 

Mike Daniels

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing

1400 Salem Rd

Cookeville,  TN  38506

Cell 931.287.6252

 

Eat. Sleep. Fish.

 

 

1.26.11...D shift - Sean

Mp#26- Put the screw tip and barrel end cap on tonight.





SB#2- was not loading, found a leak in the suction line. Repaired it. O.K. to run.



Mp#2- Zone #3 quit heating. Unstuck the Mercury contactor .



Continued with Pm's.



Still looking into the Milacron dryer overheating problem.



Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

1/25/11

 

MP-6-7-8   Vacuumed oil pans.

 

MP-5  The bolt on the “C” axis pivot backed out & it wasn’t making the limit switch every time. Repaired.

 

MP-6 The robot kept stopping when “Y” axis started in mold. I found that the “Z” axis was loosing position. I tightened the encoder shaft coupler. OK now.

 

MP-12  Novatec dryer was running hot- not enough air flow on return from hopper. Bill didn’t want to shut it down to check for blockage in hopper. “Run it till

            The wheels fall off !! “

 

1/25/11

 

MP-10  The wheel press wouldn’t reset without switching the power off. Mark reassigned a reset in the program. Nuts are still oily, & they still want to run

      A faster cycle, & wonder why they have trouble pressing parts that are shrinking too much, & then blame us for the press not having enough pressure-

      Same old – same old !

 

MP-9  Vacuumed oil pan.

 

MP-2  The robot “X” axis position kept changing. The encoder shaft coupler was loose & the plug tie down only had one screw in it & plug was half way out. Repaired.

 

MP-3  The nozzle heat was unstable. The tip heater didn’t have a clamp & the T.C. was loose. Installed clamp.

 

MP-6  The gate cutter index cylinder slide broke. Mark made new mounting plates. Gary had already replaced the other side. The press will probably start

         up on night shift. Check for set up before it starts.

Ronnie Upchurch

MP-11  The core pull switch had a loose connection. Repaired.  About an hour later, the bottom core pin broke. I pulled the cylinder for tooling. They ended up

       having to pull the stationary side so they could burn the pin out.

 

MP-16  It was giving  2103 alarm code. LS-26  shot size limit alarm.

 

I emptied the oil vacuum & cleaned out the pan on MP-6. It was full.

 

MP-19  The core pull switch wires pulled apart when they opened the mold. I butt spliced them back together.

 

The main thing tonight is to make sure they get MP-22 running. The Star guy will be here first thing in the morning. The label people are coming in later in the morning

      to set it up after the programming is done.

 

 

1.24.11 D Shift Sean

Mp#25-Repaired broken stud in Hokey Handle Mold.
also repaired broken lube line on non-op skate.

Mp#1- Collar Mold, hooked up core switch plug on tool to standard style.

Still having many dryer issues.

Continued on PM's.

Sean

1.21.11 Dshift Sean

Worked on P.M.'s and cleaned some bleed-offs from the presses.

Worked with techs on programming #22 some more.

Cleaned up around the shop some.

Call if there any questions.

Good luck with the IML today!

Sean

Ronnie Upchurch

               Weekend    !/14 – 1/16/11

 

MP-8  Replaced  mixer loader hoses with the copper wire lined hoses to cut down on the static that affects the controller.

MP-5  The zone 2 barrel heats dropped out; the mercury contactor went out. Replaced it.

          Also the “Y” axis encoder was acting up. It was loose at the shaft coupler.

MP-19  One of the bolts on the rear screw flange broke off, & the other two were loose. Removed the broken one & replaced all three with new bolts & “anti-seize”

MP-16  Large blow back; I cleaned it all off & disassembled the nozzle. I had tooling resurface the end cap & nozzle adapter. Had to do some body work on the covers

      & align the sled.

MP-12  The right side palm button on the welder came loose. The mounting nut inside the box was broke, also the guard was missing. Replaced.

MP-7  Blow back-  Mark caught it when it happened, but it was still packed & hard. ( Nylon )  Cleaned it out & replaced the nozzle band.

Assembled a work table for Potter.

New Sonitek Heat Stake

FYI-

 

The Password for the new Sonitek Heat Stake is 84.

 

Thanks

 

Joshua Ledbetter

Molding Maintenance Manager &

Manufacturing Engineer

Oreck Manufacturing Company

(C) 931-239-3235

(F) 931-646-7615

 

1.16.11 weekend D shift - Sean

Worked on Pm's all weekend.

MP#13-Friday replaced the nozzle. The Nozzle was the cause of the bleed-offs. It was not seating off where the nozzle tip attached.

Mp#19- Wired in the ejector back limit switch and checked operation. Good to go. They ran the production out on that tool and because there were no more male core plug inserts, Ronnie used the adapter to temporarily jumper it out to run with out cores.

Mp#10- Replaced a broken sensor on the nutpress, and removed a piece of foreign hardware from one of the nut channels.

There are 3 dryers in the shop at this time. The 2 Conairs have bad boards. The Milacron dryer has an Overtemp problem to which the cause has not been identified yet.

The 230 VAC Matsui has been shrink wrapped and indentified "NOT FOR USE". It is located in the Trailor out back.

Worked on End of Arm Tools off and on all weekend. When Josh gets better we need to get him to put on a training seminar for all the techs on how to run parts with more than one cup! Just kidding...their pros!

Anyway call if you have any questions. Have a great day.

Sean

MP26 TC

Mike had to Jerry Rig the Zone 1 Thermocouple on MP26 the other night because of a blow back.  I have a new one with the TC Well ordered but there is a two week lead time.  Also ordered end caps for 25 and 26- should be here any day.

 

Joshua Ledbetter

Molding Maintenance Manager &

Manufacturing Engineer

Oreck Manufacturing Company

(C) 931-239-3235

(F) 931-646-7615

 

Jan 11, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011,

 

Square nuts on MP10 are contaminated again with a sticky goo.  Remove track covers and nut from bowl, clean with mold cleaner, scotchbrite and Potter washed and dried nuts.

 

Current sensor fault on MP14, on nozzle.  Tightened screws on nozzle contactor.  Contactor could be going bad.

 

Order more components for new fan housing test station.  Sketched up station frame and layout for station. 

 

Getting organized with files for projects, cleaning up some.

 

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    931.646.7615

 

MP05

The Core Problem on MP05 ended up being in the Output Card Plug itself.  J1 on the plug is the +24VDC for the first four outputs.  If you took the plug off and looked at it, the pins in the socket were broke on one side and bent back on the other.  Gary replaced the plug and so far it is OK.

 

Thanks

 

Joshua Ledbetter

Molding Maintenance Manager &

Manufacturing Engineer

Oreck Manufacturing Company

(C) 931-239-3235

(F) 931-646-7615

 

1.6.11 D-shift...Sean

Mp#5- had problems with cores again off/on all night (4 times).

I swapped out cards, solenoid coils, checked power supplies (except under load when problem occurs), ohmed out each contact on card 6's terminal strip back to common strip.

Checked the 235 contactor contacts and voltages (safety gate relay). The last thing I did to get it running again was to spray out from behind the backplane with dustoff.

Also checked for loose wires in the core switch boxes...although signals were present anyway.

When it malfunctions, it simply does not indicate on the board that it is outputting a signal. It is running now but thats where I was with it.

DR 23- The Milacron dryer was overtemp1 alarming. I went through the normal checklist and the only thing I noticed was that the cabinet fans were not working due to the faulty temp switch that controlled them. I jumpered the switch and it seemed to have fixed it.

Call if you have any questions. Good weekend to all!

Sean

Jan 6, 2011

Thursday, January 06, 2011,

 

Finished conveyor docking on IML automation cell.

 

Worked w/ Randy Russell on new Bag Dock Heat Staker station design.  Gathered materials for job.

 

Worked on materials for new Fan Housing Tester.

 

8 and skate today.

 

 

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    931.646.7615