7.24.14 Night Shift Activities

The Door glass was replaced on the presses and the reinstalled on Mp#1. The ANSI compliance gates under Mp#0 and #1 were modified with a hinge by Mike Sells.
Andy made up over thirty new waterlines for the molds with quick disconnect fittings and refilled the FRL's in molding and on the mezzanine.
Roy chased out the platen holes on MP#27.
I corrected the phase on Mp#27, for pump and receptacles. I put the conveyor control box together for press #11.

All that remains is mounting the box and tieing the conveyor motor into it.

I am not sure if they got the bolts painted, the hose reels mounted, or any lubrication done to Mp#27 at this time as everyone left at different times around 7.

There is no more plexiglas left, more will need to be ordered.

Have a great day!

7.22.14 Night shift activities

Put together an adapter to connect the Hoover molds to the Oreck machine connector standard.  Jumper switches allow the user to choose whether or not to use core and/or ejector back limit switch depending upon each specific configuration of each tool.

We also had an issue with the robot on Mp#0. Charlie requested that I set up the robot to operate using vacuum on only the bottom cavity. We attempted to tie both vacuums into one but it kept failing the vacuum back check for various reasons.  Marty didn't want to wait for me to research the program. So they ran it one cavity by manual operator.

7.17.14 Robot Install on MP#11

We worked hard getting MP#11 robot removed from the press and the newer Star AC Servo robot in place Wednesday night. Most of the team was excited to get involved and viewed it as an "upgrading activity". We chose not to attempt a forklift removal since both cranes were available to utilize and it just seemed like a safer approach with so many involved. Special thanks go to Roy Smith, Andy Brown, Kenny Gibson, and Marty Tays for getting their hands dirty on that project.

Thursday, the robot interfacing was finished up and tested successfully. Some changes were added to ensure the safety gate and E-stops were functioning correctly. Those changes were listed on the sheet I gave to Mark Mckee. The previous robot had some issues that were most likely caused from the interface being located under the water manifold on the stationary side of the machine, as obvious corrosion in the connector warranted replacement of the entire assembly. Luckily we had the one left over from old MP#6 to use. I relocated it closer to the robot power transformer for ease of viewing and dry access.

When we initially powered up the robot, there was as servo driver error that came up for the vertical axis that apparently stemmed from the loose driver card connector I found upon inspection. It is ready for operation at this time.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!