1) Installation:
STEP 1. Please put machine on the ground leveling first.
Release the tubing, wires and other fittings, please check if there is any spare part broken.
STEP 2. Please find these two tubes which connect to the hydraulic station.
STEP 3. Please find two Rubber bands for connecting the tubing and hydraulic station to avoid hydraulic oil’s leaking out.
STEP 4. Connected the tubes come from the cutting device,10 tubes in total, 8 tubes are from 4 hydraulic punching devices,two tubes are from post cutting device.It will mark numbers on tubes,connect with the hydraulic station according to the marks
STEP 5. Please add No 46. Hydraulic oil about 250kgs into hydraulic station.
STEP 6. There are three holes on the side of controller. Left one for connecting hydraulic station; middle one is for connecting punching device,right one for connecting cutting device. Please connect as per photos guiding.
STEP 7. Please open the back door of the controller. Firstly, please find wires of the main motor on machine,Secondly, connect main motor wire into U2.1 V2.1 W2.1 and U2.2 V2.2 W2.2.Usually,the blue wire connect with U2,red wire connect with V2,green wire connect with W2. Thirdly,connect the local electric power with L1, L2, L3 like below:
2) Testing
A. Testing the Hydraulic Station Whether Work in the Right Direction
I) Open the electrical power
II) Test the hydraulic station motor and the main motor of the machine running. Turn the button OFF/ON to the ON place, the button of Power will on, press the button Oil pump start. Check if the hydraulic station motor running the way as the red mark shows.
PAY ATTENTION: If the running way turns reverse, please check the connect situation of the main wire. To check this, please turn off the electrical power and then open the connecting place to find 2 blue switches. Turn these 2 switches off.
Then to exchange the place of any 2 of 3 wires. For example, you may exchange the place of green wire with red wire, Usually, the blue wire connect with U2, red wire connect with V2, green wire connect with W2.
After that, the hydraulic motor can run in the right direction.
B. Test The Roll Forming Machine
We suggest you try one piece of steel sheet before mass production. Adjust the guiding device (please first confirm one side and then adjust the other side. It is better for roll forming if the sheet is neither too tight nor too loose.
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a. Feeding the steel sheets. Please turn PLC controller’s button OFF/ON to On position. The button of Power on, press button Oil pump start. Then press the button “main motor forward”. Please final turn the button main frame forward when the sheets completely go into the machine
b. Cut the waste part of head of steel sheet.
There are two ways in cutting of the products: automatic and manual. The automatic way is used in mass production after the length of the sheets is determined. The manual way is only used in testing.
Before the operation of the cutting system, you must check the oil tank. Hydraulic oil level must reach to the upper line, if not; add 46# oil into it. Start the oil pump and set the performance pressure to 10 Mpa, and also test the movement of the equipment to be normal. When the performance length is reached, the cutter will automatically cut: the machine stop, cut the sheet, touch the lower switch, the blade move up, touch the upper switch, cutting finished, and the machine start again.
c. Set up the length and blocks of the sheets you need to produce ( please find details in the specification book shipped with the machine)
d. After finishing the test, you may start to exchange the working station from manually to automatically. The machine will produce the products according to the data you set up.
Adjust the Machine While Making Different Size and Different Punching Holes:
a. Punching hole: There are four punching device, the user choose a different punching device as per requirement. For example, the product needs to use the number 1 and 3 punching devices, move the number 2 and 4 punching device into the most outside place, and then move the number 1 and 3 punching devices into the punching needed place with the hand wheels.
b. Adjust the rollers space while making different sizes:
Step 1. As each size has a width measurer, choose the size that want to produce. Put the width measurer into the gap of the shaft of the forming roller. For example, if you want to make the size of 258, use the 258 to put in the gap of the shaft.
Step 2. If want to make a smaller size, then rotate the width adjust device with an anti-clockwise direction. If want to make a bigger size, then rotate the width adjust device in the clockwise direction. For example, if you want to change the size from 258 to 378. Firstly rotate the width adjust device in a clockwise direction to make the gap of the shaft bigger, and then put the 378 width measurer into the gap and use the width adjust device to make it tight.
Step 3. Adjust the rubber rollers which in front of the cutter so that they can fit with the width of the sheet.
If you are interested in the purlin roll forming machine maintenance and safety guide, this article may be helpful – Roll Fomring Machine 101. Or you can contact us now! Zyforming is always glad to answer purlin machine related questions!