Logosol LOGOSOL CH3, User Manual

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2. MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS

Problem

Possible cause

Action

None of the machine's motors 

can be started.

1.  The hatch is not properly 

closed.

2.  The emergency stop button is 

pressed.

3.  The machine is not receiving 

power.

4.  A motor is overheated.

5.  Fault in the machine's 

electrical system.

6.  A fuse has tripped in the 

planer's junction box.

7.  Chips have been packed 

into the safety hatch's safety 

switch.

1.  Firmly tighten the hatch knob. 

A faint click can be heard when 

the safety switch engages.

2.  Reset the emergency stop 

button by pulling it outwards.

3.  Check the earth leakage circuit 

breaker, the fuses in the building 

and the power cord.

4.  Wait until the motor overheating 

protection automatically resets.

5.  The electrical system may 

only be opened by a qualified 

electrician: First check the 

locking circuit. This includes 

among other things, the 

emergency stop button and the 

overheating protection on the 

terminal block of each motor.

The workpiece is incorrectly fed 

through the planer or not at all.

1.  Chips and resin have been 

packed into the grooves of the 

feed rollers and onto the out-

feed roller.

2.  The pressure for the feed 

rollers is too low.

3.  The vertical movement of the 

feed rollers is hindered by 

chips stuck in the feed rollers' 

vertically movable bearing 

housings or in the springs 

below them.

4.  Chips have been packed 

around the top cutter.

5.  There is resin or rust on the 

planer table.

6.  One or more of the gears in 

the feed chain transmission 

have loosened from the shaft.

1.  Clean the feed rollers. 

2.  Increase the feed pressure and 

check that the rollers balance 

horizontally over the workpiece.

3.  Clean the bearing housings 

of the feed rollers, being sure 

to check the space under the 

movable part of the bearing 

housing. Remove chips stuck in 

the feed roller springs.

4.  Remove chips and increase the 

air flow in the top cutter's chip 

extractor.

5.  Clean the table and lubricate it 

with Logosol's planing lubricant

6.  Check the gear locking screws 

and tighten them against the flat 

surface of the shaft.