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

 

1.5.11- Dshift...Sean

Mp#5- Cores quit working again. I went through and rang everything out from the #57 common wire, through to the output card's terminal strip at A233. It ohmed out fine. I looked at the backplane with the card out and some of the prongs that hold the card in position may have been spread out more than the others so I used a pin to push them back and help grip the board better. Put it back together and they started working again.

I pretty much went over everything looking for a loose connection and really didn't find anything...so it made me ask if the output card had something getting hot and cutting out? Then after awhile, it was cooling down and working again? We'll see?

Mp#23- was giving an 32036 alarm involving the ejectors possibly "timing out too soon?"
we put some cycle start time on it and slowed down the ejectors and it seemed to have went away.

I sent a molding support workorder regarding sled skate strips coming out. FYI. Need to find a way to keep that brass under there...open for suggestions.

Worked on PM #9- press and robot.

Have a good day.

Sean

January 5, 2011

Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011

 

Put MP13 back together, broken butterfly bolts, had to extract one screw.  Knockout bars were different lengths.  I noticed that the butterfly plate has been welded on and the bolt heads have to be turned down to enter the counterbore, so I think we should order a new one.

 

Wired the conveyor up for the automation cell for IML, working on the docking locators for it.  Received the locate and shuttle tooling from Star.

 

Made a list of tooling that needs to be made for Josh on the new fan housing tester.  Need to order the rest of the purchased item tomorrow.

 

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

 

1.2.11 - D-shift Sean

Worked on PM's.

Robot and Press#5 tonight. The Y-axis lower pulley was bent and scraping the arm. I tried straightening it and using longer screws and nuts behind them. It didn't seem to help much so I added a right angle bracket to help brace it better.

It repair works... but... the drawback is that it shortened up the distance the Y-axis goes fully up by about 2cm. I had to adjust the Y-home switch for the repair also. It does clear the tiebars and door when traveling out the beam though.

Now we are getting ready to run it. Also used a hand grinder to clean the drag marks and burrs from the Y-arm.

Other than that, worked on regular start up stuff, nothing major.

Call if there are any questions. Have a nice day!

Sean