Wednesday, July 28, 2010

7.27.10 D shift

Mp#20- Changed out the motor starter...was bad.

Welded the tank for the handle project. It needs to marked for the chiller fitting locations and I will weld the nipples in place and anything else that needs done.

Mp#18- Installed the 120vac Robot receptacle. Fused for 5 amps and checked that E-stop killed power. Labelled everything.

Mp#2- Got an error E00240. We powered it down and when it came back up it automatically went into reloading from the boot card.

When it came back up it evidently did not have the core 2 programming saved on the boot card because it does not have the page on the menu.

It is operational right now as the mold in it is only using core 1, but likely we need to reinstall that.

Call if there are any questions, be back Friday.

Sean

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

" C " Shift

MP-18  Installed chain on dummy plug.

 

MP-22  The parts were getting black swirls.  We pulled the nozzle & adapter and got Fred to turn down the threads for a better seat.

 

MP-21   Put new heat shrink tubing on the large fan grippers.

 

We started fabricating the water tank for the Hokey handles .

 

MP-6-7-8 & 9  Vacuumed out oil pans.

 

 

 

R. Upchurch

Thursday, July 22, 2010

7.21.10-

Mp#25- replaced bands on nozzle and 1st band.

Mp#20- Replaced 3 nozzle bands and reset sled pressure switch. Reinstalled shims under sled as well as i could . looking at a better solution for this repair but for now it is runnable.

Fabricated a detangler for the springs at baseplate sub-assy area. Will put it into use tonight.






Wednesday, July 21, 2010

" C " Shift

MP-11  Cores not working.  There was a bad spot in the cable. Replaced the cable & six pin plug. Rewired the bad one.

 

Mixer # 1   Replaced the air cylinder on the dump valve; next to the one that was replaced last week. It was getting weak.

 

I made the Eagle fascia hot stamp pads a stock item. It wasn’t done when Randy ordered them & there was only one spare. When the

  new pads come in for the hokey, I’ll get those put in stock too. Randy only ordered two.

 

 

 

   R. Upchurch   

Monday, July 19, 2010

7/17/10 weekend D shift

We have the Hot Stamp for the fascia cover working. Ronnie mentioned that someone needs to get another flat shaped "Oreck" hot stamp pad made because we used the ones for the HOKY which are curved.

Likely it will cause it to eventually wear out and then there will be none to replace it with.

It is in the shop.

Robot on #9- Rack and gear stripped out on the X- axis. I replaced them both and cleaned and greased the bearings. O.K. to run.

Mp#19- at 7pm on Sunday, we found the grinder completely full of santoprene from the handle overmold. It had not melted down yet but was on its way. The operator on our shift had put no runners in it yet because he was told that it was not working from the previous operator.

Mp#13- had a water leak and water got into the ejector valve cover causing it to short and malfunction. They had reported to Ronnie that it was running and the ejectors just quit working. We cleaned it out and they started working again. It stopped a few more times and I blew everything out with an air hose under there and set-up a fan for the rest of the night.

Robot on #4-Put new Keenserts in the Robot wrist to accept end of arm tooling. Holes were stripped out.

Mp#20- Butterfly bolts broke on ejector platen and eject forward switch was damaged. Replaced screws and switch, checked operation. O.k. to run.

Call if there are any questions.

Sean

Friday, July 16, 2010

" C " Shift

MP-17  PVC rusted the hopper;  It wasn’t sprayed with acid neutralizer.  I took it off & bead blasted it.

 

MP-21   Worked with Mark on the robot vacuum switch.

 

 We rounded up some more of the large metric wrenches & hung them up with the rest of the wrenches.

 

 The aluminum came in. We put the sheets in the rack & the plates for the fixtures are on our work table.

 

 I moved the hot stamp to our shop & will get started on it when Randy gets the nest to me.

 

 

 

 

 R. Upchurch

MP21 Robot

Robot on MP21, vacuum would not work.  Voltage was toggling on board but not out on the connector (V3V) for vacuum solenoid, solid red wire was broken in tray somewhere.  Spliced into another connector.  OK.

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

CookevilleTN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

Week of July 12, 2010

MP4,  Zone 1 was running away, contactor stuck, replaced with new one.

 

MP15,  Replace small shock absorber on crosswise for sprue picker.  More are on order.

 

We received a spare pressure transducer for the Cincinati’s.  It is on shelves to the left in MRO.

 

Helped Gary change linear scale for the clamp on MP21.  The new scale is different and requires an inline transformer plugged in to the clamp board.

 

Ordered program change to include additional core sequence for MP25 from NIssei to EJECT before CORE pull.

 

Worked on MP21 inject side.  Back Screw position was stopping short of desired location.  Made adjustments to internal codes 32 and 33 to remedy.

I sent out procedure on previous log.

 

Talked with R Russell about Hoky wheel and hub press.  Ordered 2 hand tie down and pilot operated valve for new station.  Also ordered alum tabletop.

 

Working on setting up Vendor for Robot EOAT quick change plates.  I tested the orings on the dovetail slide and they held at 80psi.

 

Filled out PR for Rapid Grinder components destroyed by grinding hot runners.  It was rejected at this time due to lack of funds.

 

Ordered, received, installed new hooks and shackles for robot chain slings.  They are located in the bottom of the gray cabinet in the shop labled Large Hand Tools.

 

Ordered fittings and bolt kit for core valve install on MP23. 

 

Ordered and received Asco valves for Thermolators.  They are located in MRO on the RH shelves above the alum load system fittings.

 

Started replacing the adjustable stop screws with winged handles on MP23 Robot.  Some bolt hole patterns were to close for 2 handles.  I will check with HIro for some different stops.  More handles with longer bolts and metal handle are on order.

 

Any questions just give me a call,

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

CookevilleTN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

Thursday, July 15, 2010

MP21 Toshiba ISE250N Procedure to Make Screw Return to Full Back Position

MP21 (TOSHIBA ISE250N) Screw Back Position Correction

 

1)   With the power on, open the Main Control Cabinet Doors,

 

2)       On the inside of the LH door, locate a blue tuning pot, with the numbers 0-9,

it is extreme upper LH side of injection control board under a terminal strip, dial the

pot to the #1 position.

 

3)       Under the blue tuning pot, locate and depress, a push button labeled “3SW”.

 

4)       Now, over on the Data Cell Display, punch in code 32 and change the value to 1.0 or .5

Record the original value.

 

5)      Now punch in code 33 and change the value to 40.  Record the original value.

Make sure the value you enter are retained.

 

6)      Turn the tuning pot back to the “0” position.

 

7)  Depress the “3SW” push button.  You are finished.

 

Original Values on July 14, 2010 were Code 32 = 4.0 and Code 33 = 16.

 

Mark McKee

Technical Specialist

Oreck Manufacturing Company

1400 Salem Rd

CookevilleTN  38506

mmckee@oreck.com

PH      931.646.7856

CELL  931.644.5289

FAX    931.646.7851

 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

7.12.10 D shift

Worked on liquid color pumps that were left on the cart in the shop. Repaired one of them.
One needs a new wheel for the color tube pump.
The other two are probably not worth repairing as they likely have been dropped really hard.
One of them had the tranformer knocked completely from the board.
The other has a short somewhere in the board and also has a bad shaft on the gear housing.
I red tagged them accordingly.

Also worked on water strainers and drained water from some of the water traps that you could see water standing in.

We had some trouble with EOAT on presses #22 and #4 but just parts coming loose.

Left at 4 a.m.

Call if there are any questions or anything I can do to help.

Sean

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

6.28.10 D shift

Put up the aluminum brackets on all of the presses that Bill Potter requested for the purge checklist sheet he wants to display.

Installed the new core standard on presses #9 and #10.

Replaced the ejector limit switch flag on press#7, it had broken. Made one from stronger materials.

Replaced the handle on the pilot fan tester, it was broken.

I will continue to watch the presses that are down and work from the "tracker"list.

Call if you need to.

Sean

Friday, June 25, 2010

6.24.10 D shift

Finished putting up the EOAT Boards.
Suggest that we put up some guidelines for the techs to see when hanging new tool arms etc., so it will remain organized.

Changed out the bottom core switch on #4 last night.

I think it had come out of adjustment, but the LED was not working.

When I installed the new switch, LED would not work on it either.

The input was reading on menu 41 though.

I checked the switch with my meter and it appears to be good so I will returtn it to MRO.

Installed new core standard plug on MP #3, also installed ejector back limit switch receptacle on junction box (in parallel) so it can be used either way.


Talked to everyone on the D shift and there are 3 guys who want to volunteer for any or all of the 3 work-days of shutdown. They are all mechanically inclined.

1 process tech- Johnny Stamps
1 moldsetter- Cameron Wilson
1 operator- Mike Sells

They understand that it is likely 8 hrs /dayshift ,if they can work. ?

I told them I would let them know by Monday or Tuesday so please get back to me by then.

Thanks

Sean

Thursday, June 24, 2010

6.23.10 D shift

GR6- grinder, tore it completely apart and started reassembling it. I still have more plastic to clean out from the screen area (slow going), but it looks like I will only need to do some welding on the pan to complete the repair.

It was welded once before and had new bearings/seals installed last time. They appear to be holding up o.k. for now, so we won't need any new parts for it, unless just want to buy a new pan, etc?

Repalced the nozzle tip and T/C on #13.

Placed a note on the loader for 25. Someone had switch 1 on and 2 off, this was causing the loader to load constantly even though the sensor appeared to be working. I placed a label on it so they would know to use 2 with that sensor cable.

Left at 4:30a.m. puts me at around 40 hrs right now. Plan on working till 6a.m. on Thursday night.

Call if there are any questions.

Sean

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

6.22.10 B shift

Put up EOAT boards outside of molding office. Will continue the rest of it after I find some wood. I used what Facilities had in their locker area. I made a note on the "Tracker" spreadsheet about what wood I need but I may be able to scratch it up from around the pallet room or something.

Tightened up the filter clamps for the vacuum loader pumps. Looks like they had come out of adjustment.

I plan to tear down the peanut butter grinder Wednesday evening and should have an idea of what parts we will need to get it going again by Thursday morning.

Left at 12:30 a.m.- trying to keep hours down this week. I'll be in the next 2 nights and try to take off Fri-Sat-Sunday.

Call if there are any questions.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Shutdown Attachment

Sorry, I didn’t send attachment.  Here it is..

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Molding Maintenance Manager

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

Shutdown 2010

Attached is a calendar for shutdown this year.  Also, for anyone who does not already know, we are tracking issues, projects, and parts ordering here-  O:\Molding\MOLDINGSUPPORT\Oreck\Departments\Maintenance\Tracker.xls

 

  Joshua Ledbetter

  Molding Maintenance Manager

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Oreck Manufacturing Company

  931-239-3235

 

6.21.10 B shift

Installed new Core wiring standard on presses 6 and 7.

Replaced any switch covers/knobs on all the nissei presses that had stuff missing.

Replaced Nozzle heater band on MP#17 at Darryl's request.

Checked all the machine hoppers for air line leaks, made repairs, replaced some hoses.

Left at 3:30a.m. Be back Tuesday and Wednesday evening to work full shift.

Looks like the board must have worked on #1?

Sean

Sunday, June 20, 2010

6.20.10 D shift

Mp#18- sight glass was broken and all of the extruder oil had leaked out. I press fit a peice of plexiglas into it and it is holding for now but need to replace it.

Mp#21- refilled extruder on that one also.

Put together a list of the machines we have completed the core standardization on, robot interface, liquid color plugs, etc. Going to try to combine it with everyone else's machine spreadsheets so we can all be on the same page.

The SB#3- pocket valve has a busted glass in it as well. I sent mark an email to order parts. It was already taped up, but may cause a leak if left unrepaired.

We had some trouble with #22 slider mold. They ran that conductive material on it and had difficulties removing it from the mold consistently.

If there is anything I can do to help prepare for shutdown,...or if any new info about shutdown surfaces, please keep me in the loop, Thanks.

Sean

Saturday, June 19, 2010

" C " Shift

  • Wiped down & lubed all tie bars before start up. Made sure the chiller & pumps were operating.

 

MP-19  Replaced broken oiler fitting ;bottom  non – operator side.

 

MP-11  Robot not going to home position ; turned off main robot power & rebooted- OK

 

D-32 ( mezzanine )   Alarm 11 -  Adjusted index switch.

 

MP-9  Robot  Z  axis brake not releasing – checked all connections, & cleaned the contacts. Working fine now

 

MP-22  Tech burned his arm while purging out barrel. I checked to make sure we didn’t have a heater problem. The last shift that ran did a mold change &

           didn’t purge the barrel. They went from Santopren to nylon. When the new set up was loaded, it was 200 degrees higher

           than the new material being  loaded.

 

 

 

 R. Upchurch  

Thursday, June 17, 2010

6.16.10 Nights

MP#6- Charlie thinks the screw tip may be worn out on it. They ran the big blue Hoky and had short shots off and on all night. We may need to do a static test on that one as well.

Worked on robot PM's all night. Replaced the vacuum generator unit on #20 robot, it was still functional but leaking air really bad. The gasket on the pilot valve was blown. It can be repaired if we can get a new gasket. I think Mark is going to check with Motion Ind.

Sean