Bend-Tech Dragon mAchines, Troubleshooting Manual

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Contents
Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Customer Satisfaction Commitment. . . . . ix
Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii
Machine Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
01
Troubleshooting .................... 15
1.1 How to Send a Support Session . . . 15
02
Gate Troubleshooting ............ 16
2.1 Dragon Gate Troubleshooting . . . . . 16
2.1.1 Eccentric bearing on the Gate is
sticking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.1.2 Gate is Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.1.3 Gate is Loose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.1.4 Gate is not Operating Smoothly 17
2.1.5 Play in the Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.6 Gate Jaws are not Operating
Smoothly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Adjusting the Gate Eccentric Bearing 18
2.2.1 Before Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.2 Remove Safety Guards (Powered
Gate Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.3 Remove the Drive Gear (Powered
Gate Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.4 Remove the Gate. . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.5 Adjust the Eccentric Bearing . . 19
2.2.6 Re-install the Gate . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.8 Position Drive Gear (Powered Gate
Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.9 Re-attach the Safety Guards
(Powered Gate Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3 Adjusting the C-Axis Backlash . . . . . 20
2.4 Calibrating Coordinated Rotation . . . 21
3.4.1 Open the Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4.2 Dragon Calibration Wizard. . . . 21
2.4.3 Begin Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4.4 Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4.5 Ready the Trolley . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4.6 Begin Homing Process . . . . . . 23
2.4.7 Toolhead Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.8 Chuck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.9 Powered Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
03
Laser Light & Engraver
Troubleshooting ..................... 24
3.1 Laser Light Troubleshooting . . . . . . . 24
3.1.1 Laser Light does not Align with the
End of the Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1.2 Laser Light Failure . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2 Engraver Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . 25
3.2.1 Engraver is Marking too Heavy or too
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2.2 Engraver is not Turning On . . . 25
3.3 Setting Engraver Air Pressure . . . . . 25
3.3.1 Engraver Bleeder Valve . . . . . . 25
04
Torch & Cutting
Troubleshooting ..................... 26