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.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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
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
Worked on PM's and repaired some water leaks also. Need to review the to-do list again.
Sean
Monday, November 9, 2009
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
#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
Saturday, November 7, 2009
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.
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.
Friday, November 6, 2009
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
mmckee@oreck.com
PH 931.646.7856
CELL 931.644.5289
FAX 931.646.7851
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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
mmckee@oreck.com
PH 931.646.7856
CELL 931.644.5289
FAX 931.646.7851
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
End of arm tooling cart.
Found an example of a good idea put to use. Why not keep components centralized?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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
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
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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
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
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
Friday, September 4, 2009
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 14th. 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
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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
Monday, August 31, 2009
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
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
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
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