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.