Morgana UFO, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 2005 Morgana Systems Limited United Kingdom Website WWW Morgana co uk Telephone 01908 608888 Facsimile 01908 692399 OPERATORS GUIDE FOLDING SYSTEM 625 001 ...

Page 2: ...ve 6 3 8 paper stop block 6 3 9 suction opening 6 3 10 paper gate 7 3 11 paper gate height 7 3 12 Removal of fold plates 7 3 13 Replacement of fold plates 8 3 14 Setting of fold plates 8 3 15 Setting of roller pressures 8 3 16 Fold settings 9 SECTION 4 CONTROLS GENERAL LAYOUT Page 10 4 1 batching 11 4 2 motor speeds 11 4 3 mode of feed 11 4 4 size control 11 SECTION 5 MAINS INPUT PANEL Page 12 SEC...

Page 3: ...tting scoring an main shaft 18 SECTION 8 FOLD PLATE ADJUSTMENTS Page 18 SECTION 9 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Page 20 9 1 fuses 20 9 2 electric delivery fuse 20 SECTION 10 CROSSFOLD UNITS Page 21 10 1 general 21 10 2 configurations 21 10 3 changing the lay side 24 SECTION 11 MAINTENANCE Page 25 11 1 sheet detector 25 11 2 regular maintenance 26 SECTION 12 FAULTS Page 26 ...

Page 4: ...r 30 000 MACHINE UFO 1 UFO 2 UFO 2B UFO 5 6 MINIMUM SHEET LENGTH MM 150 150 150 100 INCHES 6 6 6 4 MINIMUM SHEET WIDTH MM 100 100 100 100 INCHES 4 4 4 4 MAXIMUM SHEET LENGTH MM 700 700 485 380 INCHES 27 5 27 5 19 15 MAXIUM SHEET WIDTH MM 460 380 380 350 INCHES 18 15 15 14 OVERALL LENGTH MM 1960 1960 1745 1550 EX DEL INCHES 77 77 69 61 EX DEL OVERALL WIDTH MM 785 710 710 710 INCHES 31 28 28 28 WEIG...

Page 5: ...ENERAL LAYOUT LOADING TABLE MANIFOLDS PAPER GATE VACUUM ROLLER SIDE LAY FEED BED DIGITAL CONTROL POD UPPER FOLD PLATE STACKER TRAY DELIVERY CONVEYOR SWINGING PERFORATOR UNIT FOLD ROLLER SETTINGS DELIVERY WHEELS 3 ...

Page 6: ...he machine is supplied with a mixture of steel and glass balls Lightweight paper stocks may require the steel balls to be removed to minimise creasing Heavy stocks and when running a job landscape i e long edge leading may require the glass balls to be replaced by steel balls to give increased drive on the paper The side lay may be tilted for folding out of square by adjusting knobs A By turning k...

Page 7: ...table and set the far side manifold to the paper size not too tight this will restrict the feeding not too loose thus wasting air giving low pile heights 3 6 Set the air control knobs E on both manifolds to the desired positions white dot at 12 o clock for fully on 3 o clock or 9 o clock for fully off These are normally set in the fully on position unless running lightweight stocks carbonless sets...

Page 8: ...ess of A4 Therefore air can be expelled and lost by setting to A2 and losing the extra air out of these slots 3 8 Position the paper stop block to the rear of paper stack 3 9 Move the suction opening by loosening knob G and re setting to the desired position The standard setting for the suction opening is with the back of the slot inside the drum in line with the edge of the loading table but may ...

Page 9: ... paper by releasing knob K and adjusting lever H Moving the lever H away from the operator will reduce the gap An excessive gap is a most likely cause of double sheet feeding 3 12 Removal of fold plates The fold plates are removed by unscrewing the locking lever on each side of the machine Be sure to support the second plate before unlocking or it may fall out The fold plates may then be slid out ...

Page 10: ... and re locking knob M Release the lock knob H and rotate the dial J to minimum length until it stops Tighten the lock knob H the display K will show a series of dashes The fold length can be tilted by twisting the two discs of dial J after unlocking knob M The scale on dial J relates to the length of the fold on the operator side i e setting the pointer towards the plus mark will lengthen the fol...

Page 11: ... PAPER SIZE ROLLER SETTING TYPE POSN A5 A4 A3 A2 TOP BACK BOTTOM TOP 70 98 139 199 1 1 3 LETTER BOTTOM 70 99 139 199 TOP 140 198 280 N A 1 1 3 CONCERTINA BOTTOM 70 99 139 N A TOP 105 148 209 299 1 2 2 HALF BOTTOM D D D D TOP 105 148 209 299 1 2 4 DOUBLE PARALLEL BOTTOM 53 74 105 150 TOP 53 74 105 149 1 1 5 GATE BOTTOM 104 149 210 299 TOP 157 224 315 N A 1 1 3 ENGINEERING BOTTOM 52 74 105 N A SIZE ...

Page 12: ...CUUM ON THE SHEETS IN SPACING MODE THE VACUUM ON TIME CAN BE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE WEIGHT OF THE STOCK BEING DRIVEN IN TO THE REGISTER TABLE A VALUE OF 0 REPRESENTS A SUCTION TIME OF 25 1 4 SHEET LENGTH WHERE EACH INCREMENT IS EQUAL TO 6 1 16 OF THE SHEET THE MAXIMUM DISPLAY IS 9 OPERATE THE DIGIT SWITCH UNTIL THE NUMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE VACUUM ARE FLASHING USE THE VALUE DIAL TO ADJUST THE VA...

Page 13: ...Y WITH THE MACHINE OPERATING IN THE RATE MODE TO CHANGE BETWEEN MODES OPERATE THE MODE SWITCH UNTIL EITHER THE TOTAL OR RATE LAMP IN ON PRESS THE RUN SWITCH THIS WILL START BOTH DRIVE MOTORS THE SPEEDS OF BOTH MOTORS CAN BE ADJUSTED INDEPENDENTLY AT ANYTIME DURING THE MACHINES OPERATION NOTICE THE MOTORS LAMP WILL NOW COME ON PRESS THE AIR BUTTON TO ON THIS WILL START THE COMPRESSOR NOTICE THE VAC...

Page 14: ...ONVEYOR KNOB P LOCKS THE GUIDE RODS AND ALSO ALLOWS ADJUSTMENT FOR WIDTH POSITION EXTENSION FINGERS T WHEN FOLDING LARGER SIZES THE DELIVERY CONVEYOR HAS ITS OWN SPEED CONTROLLER WITH ON OFF SWITCH SPEED CONTROL KNOB AND FUSE SEE PAGE 20 FOR INFORMATION ENSURE THAT THE SWITCH IS IN ITS DOWNWARD ON POSITION NOTE THE DELIVERY CONVEYOR ONLY RUNS WHEN THE MACHINE IS RUNNING THE POWER LEAD FOR CONTROLL...

Page 15: ...is required to be delivered as normal underneath a or alternatively out of the swing up perforating unit to position b Position b is used for perforating scoring and when folding heavy stocks that would otherwise be curled when delivering to position a When used in position b the support hoop is used to support the delivery and only the first plate is used A short extension delivery part no L59 is...

Page 16: ...o support the swing up unit by positioning the guard on the black motor cover below Set up the folding machine as described previously Wind a single sheet of the job to be perforated scored etc through the machine by using the handwheel located on the far side beneath the feed table in line with the paper gate When the paper stops at the rollers continue to wind the sheet by using the handwheel on...

Page 17: ...that the side faces of the hubs are clean Using the screws provided mount them to the hubs as shown and line the blades up to the job as described on page 14 SLITTER BLADE SLITTER BLADE STOCK 1 0 mm 3 64 1 0 mm 3 64 1 0 mm 3 64 1 0 mm 3 64 LOWER HUBS SOLID LOWER OUTPUT SHAFT UPPER OUTPUT SHAFT UPPER TYRE AND HUB ASSEMBLIES 15 ...

Page 18: ... into two halves which are simply positioned over the top shaft and bolted together Correct positioning is achieved using the same method as the perforators The scorer blade is set to run between two standard hubs on the lower shaft as shown below Accurate positioning of the lower hubs is important to ensure successful scoring and the descriptions on the following page will assist in the choice an...

Page 19: ...le to special order and should be set centrally between the faces of two perforator hubs set approximately 3mm or 1 8 inch apart A pencil scorer ideally suited to provide a pre folding score on paper and is set centrally between the faces of two perforator hubs set approximately 2mm or 1 16 inch apart The settings described above are for guidance only and are generally intended as a starting point...

Page 20: ...ft W The stripping on the main perforator is done by the tail of the bale arm which can be moved close to the perforator hub For slitting the conveyor belts can be repositioned to support the paper if required For scoring see page 16 SECTION 8 FOLD PLATE ADJUSTMENTS Heavy paper or card if heavy paper or card stops in the fold plate the bottom blades can be adjusted to allow easier entry into the f...

Page 21: ...djustment 2 continued The adjusting pad screw Z can be found in the upper rail by turning the fold plate over the upper cover need not be removed Using a 2 5mm allen key adjust the pad until the desired adjustment is obtained You must tighten the locking screws X each time to give an accurate measurement CAUTION DO NOT OPERATE THE MACHINE WITH THE LOCKING SCREWS X LOOSE MAXIMUM GAP BETWEEN THE RAI...

Page 22: ...0mA Part No 613 344 Fast Blow 3 15A Part No 681 005 2 Auxiliary Output 5 Control Board Fast Blow 2 0A Part No 681 004 Time Lag 160mA Part No 613 397 3 Motor 2 Fast Blow 2 0A Part No 681 004 9 2 Electric Delivery Fuse The electric delivery fuse is located in its speed controller The speed controller must be removed from the electric delivery to gain access to the fuse This is done as follows Remove...

Page 23: ...ut socket in the rear panel of the UFO with no other connections The electric delivery when fitted to a crossfold unit is plugged into the auxiliary socket on the crossfold s rear panel Running The whole system can be shut down from the control panel of any one unit simultaneously 10 2 Description of Configuration and Folds The design of the standard units above offers a vast range of configuratio...

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Page 26: ...to achieve this 3 Drop the roller bed off its prop and remove the shoulder screws d Lift bed turn it over and replace shoulder screw Check that the drive gear is aligned 4 Replace side lay Check that it is parallel to the side frames before tightening M5 cap screws firmly 5 Remove completely the two adjusting screws e Turn the fixed side lay f end over end Replace the adjusting screw e into the sl...

Page 27: ... the batch and total counter and is as shown Some machines have their reflector plate fixed to the papergate The sensor operates from an infra red beam reflected off the reflector plate The position of this reflector is factory set and must not be disturbed 25 Reflector plate ...

Page 28: ...r is made by loosening the two screws at the top surface of the base access door fold plate end See page 25 of the parts manual 3 monthly Lubricate the two idler gears on the swinging perforating unit using a light machine oil 6 monthly The drive motors have carbon brushes with an average life of 1000 hours These brushes should be inspected periodically call our Service Department for advice See p...

Page 29: ... drive from top roller decrease caliper setting for top roller Letter fold or Lower rail of second fold plate too far zigzag fold jams forward see page 18 in second fold Bottom roller set too tight on second fold plate increase caliper settings from 3 to 4 or 5 Inside edge of letter Inside fold too tight to second fold fold turning back adjust fold lengths Fold length varying Original stock varyin...