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Possible Causes & Resolutions:

• Check the blank cutting tolerances and quality (download form for cutting tolerances): If the cutting measures are out tolerance, blanks will create downstacking and double sheet errors.
• Check the burrs on the blanks (Cutting burrs B max. 0.15 x sheet thickness s): If the burrs are too big, the blanks will create downstacking and double sheet errors.

• Check the general setting of the blank magazine acc. instruction manual. The separator notches should always be aligned with the suction cups.
• Check the separating air: If the separating air pressure is too high or tool low, the bottom blanks will not being separared correctly. Try with more or less separating air.
• Check the position of the separation air nozzles: The air shall always being directed towards the most fanned-out part of the sheet stack. The distance between the separation air nozzles and the sheet stack should be a maximum of 1mm.
• The top position of the suction cup should always be adjusted with the separation air turned on to prevent it from being set too high. Otherwise the separating air between the sheets is pressed out which will lead to double sheets.

Problem:

Circuit breaker Q5 trips when the machine is switched on or during production.

Possible Causes or Resolutions:

• Measure voltages at all phases, even under load. It is possible that one phase did drop down, and this triggered the circuit breaker.
• Measure the current of each phase with a current clamp after Q5. If the measured value is below the value of the circuit breaker and Q5 still keeps tripping, the circuit breaker may be defective. Replace it.
• Maybe the parameter “Low bat voltage” (coming from Pacemaker) is set too low: That means that the contactor in the Pacemaker closes too early with a precharge voltage that is too low and therefore Q5 trips. To check this, please open a ticket to contact CanMan.

Problem:

All drives are starting correctly, but the vacuum and welding current are not active.

Possible Causes & Resolutions:

• Welding pressure has been set below the min. value of 2.0 bar => Check the welding pressure setting value on the precise air-regulator and reset if needed.
• Solenoid valve welding pressure Y10 does not work correctly  => Check the welding pressure valve Y10. Does the valve switch correctly and do the welding rollers close?
• Welding rollers are closing and welding pressure is set correct, but no welding pressure value is displayed on the HMI => Check whether the analogue sensor B77 is working correctly or not.

Problem:

After main switch off and on again, HMI piece counter values and settings are lost or old recipes are loaded.

Possible Causes & Resolutions:

• IPC has not shut down correctly.Check the IPC after you switched off the main switch: Normally it will continue to run for at least 30 seconds to shut down correctly. If LED’s of IPC goes off within a few second, the battery of the UPS – unit is dead and needs to be replaced.

Problem:

Downstacker motor doesn’t move correctly to the reference position, stops or suddenly changes the direction of rotation. Display of servo controller U16 shows „IMax“ or „P03 trip“.

Possible Causes & Resolutions:

To check:

• Mechanical condition of downstacker motor: Turn it by hand and check that everything runs smoothly.
• Resolver mounting: Is firmly connected to the motor shaft?
• Resolver bearings: Remove the resolver from the motor shaft and check if it is turning smoothly.
• Resolver and motor connections: Motor and resolver are connected correctly and clamps/plugs tightened?
• Motor windings: Disconnect the motor from the inverter and check the windings with an ohm meter (U-V,U-W,V-W). All values are equal?
• Output servo controller: Measure the inverter output voltage when it should run (U-V,U-W,V-W). If 0V and display shows „IMax“ maybe servo controller defective.

Problem:

Machine stops and message „Pacemaker: Profibus communication error“ is displayed.

Possible Causes & Resolutions:

• Cooling water valve: Wrong type of valve or plug without protective circuit (suppressor). The voltage peaks can cause interferences in the Pacemaker electronics. Always use the original plug and valve type.
• Profibus plug: On the plug of first and last client of profibus system the termination resistant must be set to ON. Otherwise interference may occur.
• Profibus cables: Check the position of the cables in the control unit. If they are close to contactors, high voltage peaks can create interferences.

Problem:

• Speed of the drives changes during production

Possible causes & resolutions:

• Wrong position of the switch for the terminating resistor on the bus plug.
  Check all switches on the complete bus system. Follow the cable thoroughly from first DP bus device (PLC) to last DP bus device. The terminating resistor switch of first and last must be set to „ON”, all other to „OFF“.
• Bus connector/plug defect
• Check wiring of all profibus cables, especially the connection of the cable shield inside the plug.
• Problem of terminating resistor supply by last device on bus. Try to change the profibus wiring to use on another device as last client.

Please follow the below instructions carefully:

1. Cooling unit for cold water (for both welding rollers):

• The cooling emulsion must be changed yearly, but more preferably every 6 months. Follow the X7 manual if you have to change the emulsion !
• The filter cartridge of 50 µm needs to be replaced monthly ! Follow the X7 manual if you have to the filter cartridge !
• Check the level of the cooling emulsion on the internal tank. If you have to refill the tank, follow the X7 manual to get the correct mixing ratio for the emulsion, and fill the tank. Note: If the water level is too low, the chiller should show an error message, and the X7 should stop and show an error on the iPad !

2. Cooling water / emulsion distribution station on X7:

• Run some (5 to 10) can bodies and control the water pressure on the manometer: 5.0 bar is the min. required water pressure !
• Run some (5 to 10) can bodies and control the water flow on the flowmeter S26 (2. From right side): 5.0 liter per minute is the min. water flow.
• Note: The water pressure switch S120 is set to > 4.0 bar. If there is the error message “Error S120” on the iPad , first check the water pressure on the manometer, and if it’s below 4.0 bar check the cooling unit again !

3. Weld roll ø 42 / 49 / 54 / 62 / 90 mm and lower weld arm:

• It’s possible that the cooling circuit from waterflow meter S26 to lower weld roll, and back to the outlet on the water distribution, is blocked:

Take off the lower weld roll, unplug the grey water tube ø 10 mm labeled with “àWR” directly at the flow switch S26, and blow into the tube with air pressure. Check the out-going air-pressure at the free hole in the lower weld arm (supply for lower weld roll). If the circuit is free, you feel an equal air pressure (like on the output of the air gun) on your finger tip. If you recently took off the lower weld arm, there might be a problem with one or both o-ring seals between arm and upper bus bar:

Please check them if needed !

• Now unplug the grey tube ø 10 labeled with “WR à” on the water distribution and blow into the tube with air pressure. Check the out-going air-pressure at the free hole in the lower weld arm (exit of lower weld roll). If the circuit is free, you feel an equal air pressure on your finger tip
• If you re-install the lower weld roll again, make sure that the arrow “running / turning direction” is showing into the right direction.

Before re-connecting both grey tubes ø 10 mm, blow into one tube again by air-pressure, and feel the equal air-pressure on the other tube by your finger tip. If it’s ok, correctly connect both tubes again.

4. Copper wire / copper wire profiling unit:

• Measure the copper wire profile after the profiling unit on various positions (within around 300 mm). Check the correct width in the X7 manual. The tolerance must be within 0.03 mm !
• Please check if the wire guiding wheel in front of the lower weld roll is broken. If it’s broken, replace it by a new one. Make sure you choose the correct size 1.90 or 2.30 mm !
• Please check if the copper wire tension is correct. Set the correct tension according X7 manual !

5. Welding parameters:

• Please check the weld pressure. Set the correct welding pressure according X7 manual. The range should be between 40 and 50 daN.
• Please check the welding frequency. Set the correct value according the recommendation in the iPad !
• Please check the welding overlap. The welded overlap should be nosepiece overlap + 0.1 mm !
• Check if the IR-Sensor graph of the Qualimaker 2™ on the iPad are within the correct range and straight, which means that the crown and exit conveyor settings are correct:

6. Other possible errors:

• If the copper wire gets burned, check if the upper and lower weld roll are touching each other without a blank between. Press the button on the main-aluminium plate to close the welding roller and test it.

Download regrooving datasheet

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Click here for the status LED’s of the Beckhoff PC and how to access the PC in case of a trouble shooting.

• If the Led are not switching off after machine power off (wait at least 5min. !), remove the X101 plug on the IPC and plug it back after some seconds.

Possible causes:

1. The serial reduce (Powerfoil) is active
2. Timing from the welding pressure to vacuum “ON” is too short
3. Wrong setting of t1 & t2
4. Mechanical setting might need to be adjusted
   (only for unwelded sections at the beginning)

Possible cause:
The upper pendulum roller might be not leveled properly. When regrooving the upper disc for example 0.50 mm in diameter, the height of the pendulum rollerhead must be reduced 0.25 mm. This can be done by the M10 screw on the back side.

See also in the manual X1 how to reset the upper pendulum rollerhead.

NOTE: The description manual is based on a CM X1 welder, but it works very similar for our other welders.

ATTENTION: Do not touch the red marked screws!

Possible causes:

• Check the blank cutting tolerances and blank squareness.
• Adjust the rollformer (roller shaft clearance and spring pressure) according to the manual.
• Control if there is a high difference in the tin plate hardness, by rollforming 10 bodies without welding. Put them on the floor in line and compare the difference in the rollforming overlap.
• Check if the destacking process is going well. Make sure the tin plate is guided tight, and the separating air is positioned well.
• Control the timing of the tin plate transport in between two transport fingers.
• Make sure that the guidance channel is properly adjusted. The intersection to the precalibration of the calibration crown is most important.
• Check the position of each (inside and outside!) transport finger compared to rollformed canbody.
• Check the offset of each finger pair itself. Move the canbody slowly forward (X1 and X6 by slow mode function) and observe eventual shaking of the canbody until the welding point.
• If a third finger exists: The third finger must be 0.5 mm behind the upper main pusher fingers!
• Reset the calibration crown completely. Make sure that each precalibration roller is turning easily! If needed lubricate their shafts slightly and clean the roller afterwards. Make sure that these rollers are as close as possible to each other!
• Measure the speed of the flat belt in the calibration crown:
  The speed must be absolutely identical with the copper wire speed!
• Measure the overtravel: Short can heights shall have 1 mm overtravel.
• The center of the diabolo roller (equal to the center of calibration crown) shall be 1–2 mm before the welding center.

• The fan unit can be removed. Check whether the fan is correctly mounted (screwed).
• The fans can also be removed and cleaned if dirty.
• Replace the defective fan unit!

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An overvoltage suppressor (or surge suppressor) is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes. A surge suppressor attempts to regulate the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground voltages above a safe threshold.

These surge suppressors are built in to the latest Pacemaker models and machine controls (from 2009).

Check, if one or more modules of the surge suppressors are red/defect. Replace the red modules.

Attention!!!

Do not bridge the signalling contacts and run the machine with defective red modules because they no longer protect the system from voltage peaks!!!
If the modules are defective, check the main supply. Measure and check all voltages between the phases and all phases to earth before exchange the modules and restart the machine.

Possible cause:

• Battery empty
  • order new battery together with the pliers
    CM order No. 013310 & 013311
  • How to change the battery? See FAQ How to change the RAM battery of the Pacemaker?

Possible cause:

• Between touchscreen and frame there might be dirt or the airgap is too small.
• Touchpanel defect.
• Scale of the touchscreen surface is not correct.
  Contact Can Man use E-ticket.

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German instruction: page 52 – 55

English instruction:  page 110 – 113

French instruction:  page 172 – 175

Possible cause:

• Check the unprofiled copper wire in the drum: The copper might be already oxidized.
• Is the welding current setting as usual, or is there any difference?
• Check the water flow of the upper pendulum rollerhead, and also the lower welding roller.
  • see also Lower welding arm/welding roller get warm/hot.
• Check the colour of the lower welding roller:
  • If the roller is yellow/blue/purple you should exchange the roller. There might be an internal defect. Send the roller to us including a correctly filled out performance sheet.
• Run the welder after exchanging the roller and/or water flow check, and control, if there are any abnormal hot spots on the secondary circuit.

NOTE: There are two type of wire tension systems for the CM16:

• CM16 – 300/400 has two pressure gauges.
• CM16 – 200 works with one pressure gauge and a spring tension system.

Possible cause:

1. Try to move the tension cylinder / cylinders by hand back and forward, without air pressure and wire.
2. Try to turn lower welding roll (without wire) by hand.
3. Check the groove of the upper welding disc.
4. Is the wire width correct?
5. Adjust the pressure of the tension cylinder(s), read for more info here! Cylinder below wire profiling unit requires 1.6 bar. Cylinder (behind main alu-plate) for wire chopper unit requires 2.0 – 2.4 bar.

This is the result of a wrong flexer setting!

Possible cause:

1. Check the water filters:
   When Power ROLL is in use, there is a 50µm filter cartridge in a white body, normally placed on the delivered chiller.
   See also in the manual (chapter 7) how often the filter should be exchanged, and after what time the emulsion has to be exchanged!When mercury rollers are in use, there is a little 250µm filter mounted in the inlet of the water station. Open the filter and blow off the insert til the meshwork is clean.
2. The water pressure on the water station must show minimum 5.0 bar!
3. The flow meter of the lower welding roller must show minimum 5.0 l/min!
4. Take off the water tube in the outlet of that cooling circuit, and measure how many liters emulsion/water is coming out per minute.  Compare that value with the adjusted value on the flow meter. The value of the water flow should be around 1 liter higher than the flow meter, or the flow meter should stay at least at 5 l/min.
5. If less than 5 liters is coming out, do the following:
   Take off the X-Plane welding roller support completely, and check whether both round connections (center of rotation) between arm and X-Plane are correct positioned! If they are turned, means positioned wrong, they may reduce/close the water circulation between arm and welding roller!Put the X-Plane and welding roller back, and blow out the whole circuit by compressed air.Take off the water tube in the outlet of that cooling circuit, and measure how many liters emulsion/water is coming out per minute. Now the welding arm and roller should remain chilly again.
6. Adjust now the flow meter to 5.0 l/min and start the production. If everything is correct, the production will not be stopped.
7. Adjust now the flow meter to the max, means completely to the top, and try to start the production. There should occur an error message on the touch screen, showing that this cooling circuit has not enough water, and production can not being started.

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Possible cause:

• Maintain the calibration crown according to the manual (Book 2; chapter 5.5.4.)
  Important: All precalibration rollers must turn smoothly, not one should be blocked.
• Reset the calibration crown according Resetting of the tooling
• Guideline: The higher the production speed, the more difficult to control body offset issues!
• Tin deposit on z-bar grooves
• Rollforming not enough

Special settings:

• The setting of the first, second and probably third spring tensioned rollers before the diabolo roller crown may vary in setting.
• Basic setting – first, second and – depend on can height – also third rollers should have 0.10 mm movement.
• If the body offset still remain, start to undo all the nuts of the first pre-calibration rollers by a sixth turn, and so on.
• Check whether the Z-bar grooves are clean or full of tin/steel pick up:
  • If the grooves are full, clean them by sandpaper 400 or higher. For better cleaning take off the lower welding arm completely. Switch off the chiller before start to dismantle!
  • Check the insulation according manual – How to do an insulation check (yearly task)?
  • Check whether the secondary circuit – lower arm side – is connected to ground by a separate green/yellow cable!

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Possible cause:

• The setting of the magazine is wrong
• The separating air is not correctly set, or the air pressure is too low
• Too much tin plates – especially on can heights over 200 mm:
  • in the magazine, the weight is too high!
• Tin plates have too much burrs
• Suckers are worn
• Sucker height too low
• Linmot slider is not well positioned:
  • Pusher plate must stay around 2 mm behind the tin plates
• No signal of tool sensor B6:
  • Maybe gap between can body and sensor to big?
  • Maybe wire break and no signal on plc/pacemaker. Check cable and plug!

1. Try to move the tension cylinder / cylinders by hand back and forward, without air pressure and wire.
2. Try to turn lower welding roll (without wire) by hand.
3. Check the groove of the upper welding disc.
4. Is the wire width correct?
5. Adjust the pressure of the tension cylinders: Cylinder below wire profiling unit requires 1.6 bar. Cylinder (behind main alu-plate) for wire chopper unit requires 2.0 – 2.4 bar.

• Take off the upper rollformer shaft / bending wedge unit completely. Release first both spring pressures completely!
• Change the bending wedge, take care that the roller is not falling by mistake onto carbide wedge! Put a rag between.
• Change the support bearings below lower rollformer roller first if damaged!
  • Important: Left and right of both bearings a shim of ø 8/14 x 0.5 mm is needed, to avoid that outside rings of bearings are touching lateraly on the hardened support and becoming hot!
• Control whether the little shaft (into the needle bearings of lower rollformer shaft) in the right side plate is really fixed well or not.

• Mount the lower rollformer roller completely, and measure the clearance between roller and bearing: 0.02 – 0.05 mm.
  • Important: If no clearance can be measured, take off the hardened support with bearings, and grind the lower side slighty until above mentioned clearance 0.02 – 0.05 mm has been reached.
• Mount the upper rollformer shaft / bending wedge unit back (use only bores in the middle!), and move the bending wedge about two turns up. Avoid that the wedge touches the lower shaft after closing the rollformer! Don’t tighten spring pressure yet!
• Close the rollformer, and hold left and right a feeler gauge 0.10 mm between both rollers. Close the rollformer slowly step by step. Take care that bending wedge will not touch lower roller!
• Reset the height of upper roller until you can move out both feeler gauges easily. Now open rollformer and measure the clearance between bending wedge and roller. It should min. 0.3 mm.
• Double check ones more whether a proper clearance between lower roller and bending wedge is there.
• Close the rollformer completely and reset spring pressure and set roller clearance correctly.
• Now the rollformer is ready for first rollforming trials.

The damaged/bended corner is touching first the inner catch rail.

The inner catch rail looks like a hook and will be found underneath the lower rollformer shaft on the catch station.

By changing the horizontal level of the catch channel slightly, the roll-forming direction of the tin plate will be changed/affected, and the whole tin plate edge should touch the catch rail equally.

1. Measure the inner left and right distance between the hard-chromed guidance channel and internal hard-chromed guide-shell (around lower rollformer shaft). The left/right measures are most probably not equal.
2. Try to correct one of the distance until both measures are equal. If you are not sure how to correct, feel free to contact us via the online support system.

Report all steps, new or different settings, and old and new production parameters (can size, cpm, weld speed, weld current, weld frequency, current wave-form and transformer step) for an easier overview and follow-up ! (www.canman.ch /Open new ticket and add your document)

Note on which tin-plate parameters (thickness, hardness, tin coating inside / outside, rolling direction, BA or CA, supplier, printed or not) such faults occur, and on which tin-plates not !

Basic parameters & settings to be checked first

1. Tin-plates must be cutted within the allowed tolerances:
   • Measure the tin-plates and report if out of tolerance!
   • Follow sheet „blank-cutting tolerances“! (www.canman.ch/SUPPORT/Canmaking/002)
   • Are all tin-plate parameter clear and noted: Thickness, hardness, tin coating in- and outside, rolling direction, BA or CA, supplier, printed or not
2. Can-bodies must be correctly rollformed:
   • Not conical and best roundness must be reached!
   • Overlap of both tin-plates edges:
     • ø 52 ~ 5 mm
     • ø 99 ~ 15 mm
     • ø 153 ~ 30 mm
     • ø 284 ~ 60 mm
3. The copper wire must be correctly profiled and the surface not damaged:
   • The width of the profiled copper wire shall always be 0.05 mm smaller than the profile-groove in the weld rollers!
   • Measure the width of the profiled copper wire within around half a meter on several position, and note the variations. Maximum difference of 0.05 mm is allowed. If you measure more, check the concentricity of the profiling rings.
   • Change the copper wire profiling rings or idler/guide wheels if the surface of the copper wire shows a damage.
4. Both weld rolls must be regrooved after its regular groove life-span:
   • To avoid unexpected heavy weld faults, it is recommended to implement the total piece-counter and the regrooving interval into the production order!
   • As an example:
     • Upper weld disc ø 90 mm to be regrooved after 3 mio cans (interval depends on, type of welder, type of weld roll and welding speed).
     • Lower weld roll ø 62 mm to be regrooved after 2 mio cans.
     • Example: Total piece counter at production start at 28 mio welded can bodies, upper weld disc has been regrooved at 25 mio, therefore to be regrooved now! Lower weld roll regrooved at 27.5 mio, therefore to be regrooved at 29.5 mio.
   • After every regrooving, weld roll and / or z-bar must be repositioned: Use the correct tools to reset the lower weld roll and/or nose-piece, and the upper welding roller!
5. The z-bar must be clean in and outside – and not worn -, calibration crown must be clean, and all pre-calibration rollers shall turn easily:
   • A dirty z-bar may not be well insulated, therefore the risk of wear is higher and the weld current is flowing over z-bar and tin-plate to the weld center!
   • Note: The insulation of the secondary circuit should be controlled yearly!
   • Non-turning pre-calibration rollers can create body-offset and inconstant can gap!
6. The calibration crown center must be correctly positioned to the weld center:
   • The center of the crown must stay between 3 – 0.5 mm before the center of the lower weld roll (in weld direction seen).
7. The position and speed of the exit conveyor (all conveyors which transport the can body out of the weld center) must be aligned perfectly.
   • Both belts of any V-Shape conveyor need to have a gap of 0.3 – 0.5 mm to the can body. If available use a setting mandrel instead of a can body. The alignment of the conveyor must be absolutely parallel to the weld direction!
   • The gap between two can bodies on the exit conveyor should not be higher than10 – 20 mm! (if can gap is 1.0 – 3.0; see „can gap“ in point 12.)
   • A driven diabolo roller / bottom conveyor after the diabolo rollers must run the same speed like the copper wire!
8. Both tin-layers must be centered and parallel to the copper wire:
   • That means that all mechanical settings are correct!
9. The copper wire tension and elongation must be correct:
   • Make sure that the air-pressures for the pneumatical cylinders are set correctly, or the copper wire is in the right groove of the wire drive disc (Soudronic m/c’s only).
   • Measure the copper wire elongation after the lower weld roll, or after the weld roll before the wire chopper: Elongation varies under normal conditions between 0 – 4 % of the can body height.
   • A sufficient copper wire tension is important to avoid a slipping copper wire on the weld rolls!
10. The can body overtravel must fit:
    • Set the overtravel according manual / scale on the transport carriage!
    • Measure how many mm the can body will be pushed over the center of the weld rolls.
11. The welding pressure must be set correctly:
    • Welding pressure for Wima welders vary between 35 and 50 kg / daN. Start with ~ 45 kg / daN (if needed check the manual to convert in bar).
    • 50 Hz Wima welders using welding pressure between 35 – 50 kg/daN as well.
12. The welded overlap must be correct, and on beginning and end within allowed tolerances:
    • Correct welded overlap depending on z-bar:
      • Z-bar of 0.3 mm results in a welded overlap of 0.4 – 0.5 mm
      • Z-bar of 0.4 mm results in a welded overlap of 0.5 – 0.6 mm
      • Z-bar of 0.6 mm results in a welded overlap of 0.6 – 0.7 mm
      • Z-bar of 0.8 mm results in a welded overlap of 0.8 – 0.9 mm
    • If the overlap is not correct, adjust until overlap is correct:
      • Reset the calibration crown if needed with the mandrel. The diabolo-rollers should not have any radial-play!
      • Adjust the overlap according manual.
    • Once the overlap has been set, double check and set the can gap. Increasing the overlap will reduce the can gap, decreasing the overlap will increase the can gap.
    • Weld around 5 cans and measure the gap between the tin-layers. A good can gap measures between 1.0 – 3.0 mm (depending on the can body format). Any variation should be within 0 – 1.0 mm.
13. The weld current frequency must fit:
    • Welders with a static frequency inverter should have a welding spot length between 0.6 – 1.2 mm.
    • A welder without static frequency inverter should be operated between 8 – 12 m/min. Reducing the welding speed does decrease the welding spot length.
    • The welding spot length should always be as long as possible (by reducing the frequency) to reduce energy and heat in the welding seam and in the welder to a minimum.
    • Main target must be a flexible and smooth welding seam!
14. The main weld current must be set correctly!
    • How to do:
      • Reduce weld current until cold weld zones appear. Tear-off test must be done at an angle of 30 – 45°, means try to pull-off the top tin plate edge. To be done from each side. Note the weld current value!
      • Increase weld current until hot weld appears. Tear-off test must be done at an angle of 0°, means pull-off the seam only and find out when the seam starts to become fragile. Note the weld current value!
      • Add 2/3 of the weld current difference between cold and hot weld seam to the cold weld seam value, and start the production!
    • Set beginning and end time and beginning and end current!
    • Note: If the welder is running with triangle wave-form, make sure the duty-cycle is between 80 – 90 %. If the welder is running with sine wave-form, make sure the right transformer step has been choosen! Contact us if you are not sure.
15. The seam-extrusion inside and outside must be equal!
    • If the seam extrusion is bigger inside, reduce the height of the calibration crown. If the seam extrusion is bigger outside, increase the height of the calibration crown.

Checklist to Avoid Micro Leaks

Micro leaks can occur within the seam and beside the seam – especially on cold-formed areas like necking, beading, flanging or seaming -, even if all above mentioned basic parameters & settings seems to be correct.

Micro leaks can have various sources: Wrong settings on the welder, tin-plate parameters which support such faults, worn or wrong machineries in the downline, or tin-plate parameters which do not fit to beader, necker, flanger and seamer.

For a better visual understanding put the faulty-can bodies in a water bath, and inspect the leaking area by a microscope. Store the pictures if possible!

1. Make sure that necker, flanger, beader and seamer are in good condition, and do not stress the weld seam more than needed.
   • For further information check the manuals (check the tin-plate specifications range) or contact the supplier!
2. Try to weld different tin-plates to understand which tin-plate parameter can be produced without such faults.
   • Rolling-direction parallel to weld seam can increase the occurrence of micro-leaks!
3. Micro-leaks in and near the seam can be reduced by changing the energy in each welding spot:
   • Reduce the welding frequency within the possible range (see point 13. in above checklist), and set the main weld current again (see point 14. in above checklist). The production cycle (cpm) must probably be reduced to reach a good weld seam. Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Increase the welding frequency within the possible range, and set the current again. Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Reduce the welding pressure to max 45 kg / daN, and set the main weld current again (see point 14. in above checklist). Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Reduce the welded overlap by around 0.10 mm, and set the main weld current (see point 14. in above checklist). Produce a certain number of cans and test them.

Checklist to Avoid Flange-Cracks

Flange cracks can occur at the beginning and the end of the seam, even if all above mentioned basic parameters & settings seems to be correct.

Flange cracks can have various sources: Wrong settings on the welder, tin-plate parameters – for instant parallel rolling direction – which support such faults, worn or wrong flanger in the downline, or tin-plate parameters which do not fit to the flanger and or seamer.

For a better visual understanding put the faulty-can bodies in a water bath, and inspect the leaking area by a microscope. Store the pictures if possible!

1. Make sure that flanger and seamer are in good condition, and do not stress the weld seam more than needed:
   • For further information check the manuals (check the tin-plate specifications range) or contact the supplier!
2. Try to weld different tin-plates to understand which tin-plate parameter can be produced without such faults:
   • Rolling-direction parallel to weld seam will increase flange cracks, because the seam cracks in line with the rolling direction!
   • Weld tin-plates with cross rolling direction and test them.
3. Flange cracks can be reduced by changing the energy in each welding spot:
   • Reduce the welding frequency within the possible range (see point 13. in above checklist), and set the main weld current again (see point 14. in above checklist). The production cycle (cpm) must probably be reduced to reach a good weld seam. Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Increase the welding frequency within the possible range, and set the current again. Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Reduce the welding pressure to max 45 kg / daN, and set the main weld current again (see point 14. in above checklist). Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Reduce the welded overlap by around 0.10 mm, and set the main weld current (see point 14. in above checklist). Produce a certain number of cans and test them.
   • Activate the current reduction on the begin and end to reduce the heat in the first few welding spots.
4. If above listed does not help, some theoretically wrong settings could help:
   • Increase the can gap to have completely different welded begin and end. Produce a certain number of cans and test them, and set back if it didn’t help!
   • Set a slight can-body offset, to bring the current different into the tin-plate. Produce a certain number of cans and test them, and set back if it didn’t help!

The error occures when there is a problem with the measurement of the wire speed (not wire speed by self).

• Check the gap between idler wheel and sensor, 1mm is recommended!
• Check the bearings of the idler wheel! Is turning smoothly? To much play can create an unstable gap to the sensor.
• Check cable between sensor and plc!

If there is still a problem with the measurement of wire speed, you can proceed as follows to restart production:

1. Push the “Key button” on home screen
2. Login with your password ****
3. Push again the “Key button” to reach the setting window
4. There you can find a second “Key button”. Push that button to reach the main setting window.
5. There you can find on right top position a button “Wire speed control”
6. Switch this funktion to ”OFF”

Please note: The workaround described above is not recommended for permanent production!

• Check first whether the conveyor / elevator unit is blocked somewhere!
• Check the 24 VDC fuse according electrical diagram. Make sure that the correct size will be used!
• Check the setting of the respective sensor (according electrical diagram), which allows the conveyor to move if the sensor is active / free!
• Take the 24 VDC motor out, and check whether the motor is defective or not! Make sure that the conveyor is not moving downwards as soon as the mechanical connection between motor and elevator unit has been released!

P03 = positioning countering error

Possible causes:

• Resolver on the backside of the bodytransport motor is damaged.
  • Check if the bearings are worn out!
• Resolver is not fixed well on the shaft.
  • Fix it!
• Wire break in the cable between resolver and servo controller.
  • Check the cable!

Possible cause:

• Bad insulation of the G-sensor to the bracket. This can cause errors to the PM board.
  • Open the housing of the bracket and insulate the G-sensor properly.
  • see also Pacemaker FAQ “PM send error” / “PM receive error” or welding parameter don’t match after starting the machine.

Possible cause/checklist:

1. Position Linmot pusher plate:
   Must be 1 mm behind tin plate edge!
2. Adjust roller clearance on all 7 pairs according manual.
3. First roller pair:
   If you can’t get 0.1 mm roll clearance, check the toothed gears inside/outside. They may have a wrong lateral position; that ends in a too big clearance between the shafts!
4. Test after setting:
   Take off main and inner timing belt, rollers touching each other, all gears must have slight play!
5. Check and adjust a well rollformed canbody:
   Form of canbody must be round, both edges must have a parallel overlap, depending on the diameter!
   – Diameter 52 mm = approx. 5 mm
   – Diameter 99 mm = approx. 20 mm
6. Check the feeder angle and rollformer speed according the recipe of the canbody you are currently running.
   NOTE: «If parameter is different from recipe, it has been changed without authorization of Can Man! Any guarantee claims will be refused!»
7. Check the curve you have in the tuning window with the recipe of the canbody you are currently running.
   NOTE: «If parameter is different from recipe, it has been changed without authorization of Can Man! Any guarantee claims will be refused!»
   
8. Make sure you have mounted the correct pair of final pusher fingers (see the diameter range engraved on the fingers).
9. Check the actual overtravel with the help of the manual.

The recipe helps to adapt the speed of the incoming can into welding roller and the actual welding speed. In the best case, those speeds are equal.

Below you find a table of this recipe in steps of 10 mm can height.

Possible cause:

This problem occurs, if the main switch of machine is turned on, but the machine is not running production for a longer period. The cooling plate of servo drive is heating up, because the water valve is turned off during this time, to prevent condensation water.

Turn off the main switch, if you don’t run the machine for a longer time.
To get rid off the error with overtemp. servo drives you can go to the „Tuning page“. Press the button to switch on the main valve for the cooling system manually. Keep this button pressed for a few minutes, the system will cool down and you can start the machine normally. If you close the “Tuning page”, the main valve is switching back to automatic mode, controlled by „Production ON/OFF“.

Possible cause:

• Drives for the height change magazin and infeed system are active and stopped before reaching the position – overcurrent active.
  • Go to the mask for height change, push the reset button and the start button. The drives must reach the position without overcurrent message. If the error comes again, check the free movement of mechanical system.
• If “SF” and “BF” on the PLC are “Red”, some drives on profibus are missing (no connection of height change position drive to profibus).
  • Check Fuse F6/F7!
  • End resistant of all profibus plugs must be “OFF”, only first and last plug “ON”.
  • Open the profibus plug on height change positioning drives, then open and close again the connectors!
  • Check the profibus cables!
  • Check the profibus module for damages or bad contacts!

Possible cause:

• Check the wire groove, maybe the profil is not straight anymore (see also if short near the seam).
• Too much welding current.
• Too low welding frequency.
• Check the tension the belt for the profiling unit and pendulum rollerhead.
• Servo drive transport belt: Check if the whole transport belt  unit is vibrating during positioning. If yes: Change the drive gear on top the servo motor.

Possible cause:

• Since the slider of the linear motor contains strong magnets, remove dust or small particles from slider with a disposable paper.
• Make sure that you have a clearance of 0.1 – 0.2 mm between the pusher plate and the vacuum plate.

Possible cause:

1. Take out the bottom gear inside.
2. Take out both gears outside (motor side).
3. Adjust the inlet shaft clearance 0.10 mm.
4. Mount both gears outside again.
5. Move the upper gear outside laterally, till you feel a play between the teeth of both gears!
6. Don’t mount the bottom gear inside anymore, you don’t need it!
7. Lubricate the gears outside with a special gear lubricant (can be ordered from Can Man / article No. 006950).

Possible cause:

• Check the air pressure on the small air regulator, the value must be around 0.5bar (pressure to engage the clutch).
  • refer also to the touch screen “Air” symbol, where you find the exact values.
• Check the air pressure on the precision air regulator, left side from synchrostar motor, to 1.6 to 2.0 bar (pressure to disengage the clutch)
  • refer again to the touch screen “Air” symbol.
• Check whether the safety clutch is engaged or not: Turn the synchrostar by hand, and see whether the motor is also turning or not. If yes, the clutch is engaged!
• If the clutch is engaged, but the error message still remains, the sensor B69 might wrong positioned:
  • Check if the LED from the sensor is OFF.
  • If the LED is still ON, turn the sensor a quarter turn counterclockwise, or until the LED is OFF. Do not turn the sensor too much counterclockwise. If the distance is too big the clutch does not stop the machine in case of a crash. To test you can adjust the precision air regulator of clutch to „0“. Now the clutch is disengaged and the sensor has to be ON.
  • Make sure that the sensor has still a clearance of about 0.5mm refer to manual Mayr EAS 450  or Mayr Clutch 0-481-325
  • Turn the synchrostar and make sure that there is no resistance coming from the sensor/clutch!

Possible cause /checklist:

• Check all terminals at the Pacemaker board.
  • wait for 5 minutes after switching off the unit).
• Check the welding pressure: Display > 35 daN!
• Are the time settings t1 and t2 correct?
• Is the weld power limiter switched „ON“? Which mode is chosen? Glueing?

Possible causes:

1. Both supporting bearing underneath lower rollformer roller are broken.
   Take off the roller, and check each bearing, if needed exchange them with new ones.
2. The shaft clearance and/or pressure of the last rollformer roller pair (bending station) is not correct.

How to reset:

• Open the rollformer completely, close and lock it
• Check whether the lifting motor has enough play after the rollformer is locked or not.
  • If not, the motor may have a wrong internal micro switch setting.
• Make sure the rollformer is locked.
• Completely unload the springs on both sides till each spring has an axial play.
• To ensure that the roller is easily moving up and down, lift up each end of the roller by hand.
  • Belt tension inside does not effect conical rollforming!
• Reset roller clearance to 0.1mm by feeler gauge.
  • Check the clearance with two gauges on the very left, and on the very right end of the roller!
• Turn both springs clockwise till each screw touches the spring.
• Load each spring by 2.5 revolutions.
• Reset roller clearance to 0.05 – 0.10 mm
  • Check with two gauges on the very left, as well as the very right end of the shaft. After that you should be able to get a proper rollformed body, with an overlap of 5 mm.

The position of the welding roll (WR) has an influence on the overlap at the beginning and at the end.

If you still couldn’t resolve the problem, read more at: I have problems to keep a constant overlap

Possible causes:

• The movement (the back and forth) of the wire and the final wire break happens, because the analog signal is right on the threshold to start. You can solve the problem, when you increase the „Hertz“ setting of the frequency converters U4 and U6.
  • Place the programming display on the converter U4 and change the parameter C19 from 5Hz to 7Hz, and do the same for the converter U6.
• A second reason for this phenomena could be the incorrect position of the analog sensors B1 and B2, see the following description, which is explained for the CM X8, but is valid also for the other automatic welders.

Possible causes:

• The timing of the rounding process is too late.
• The rolled can body is clamped or caulked in the catch station.
• One or more transport fingers is / are twisted or lost.
• The tension of one or both transport finger timing belts is too low.
• Check the transport finger’s offset.
• The final pusher fingers of the Synchrostar are taking over the can body from the transport fingers too late.
• The precalibration is set too tight, or some precalibration rollers are not easily turning anymore.
• Check if any groove of the z-bar section is worn.

Possible causes/checklist:

1. Take the wire and switch out of the air supply. Can you smoothly move both cylinders of the wire drive?
2. Check all rolls of wire drive system. Turn them by hand. All bearings ok?
3. Check the transport wheel of wire chopper unit, condition and distance (acc. to instruction manual)
4. Remove the belt of the motor for pendulum roller head and turn them by hand. Is it turning smoothly?
5. Check the same on profiling and chopper unit.
6. Now install the belts and tight them correctly.
7. Put in the wire and adjust the air regulator.
   Cylinder wire profiling unit 1.5 bar and cylinder wire chopper unit 2.0 bar.
8. Change the selector switch to “wire manual” and run the wire.
9. Take a look at welding rolls – is wire position correct?
10. Check profiling of copper wire, correct width and constant?
11. Weld a can with current and without current. Wire break?
12. Have you changed the wire? Use the old one to compare.
13. Check the tin mark on the wire. Ok?
14. Don’t forget to lubricate the profiling unit and chopper unit.

Possible causes:

• Tool plug not properly connected.
• Plug wet or humid.
  • Blow out and dry the plug.
• Short-circuit from the diabolo rolls or precalibration to the mounting plate. Due to the temperature sensor cables, which are guided through mounting plate, an error message could be triggered through induction.
  • Dispose the short-circuit and clean the tooling from welding spillings. Use a contact spray.

Find a complete error list together with the interpretation of the error codes

Download PDF here

Possible causes:

• No supply of a slave on the bus system.
  • Check supply of all slaves.
    Emergency stop must be released.
• Address of slave on Profibus is wrongly adjusted.
  • Check setting of all DIP switches on the Lenze bus module and on the Linmot controller.
    You can find the correct setting on the wiring diagram.
• Wrong position of the switch for end resistant on the bus plug.
  • Check all switches on the complete bus system. Seriously follow the cable from PLC to the last slave. First plug and plug of last slave must be set to ON, all other plugs to OFF.