CTM 360a series, Maintenance And Service Manual

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LABELER TYPE SETUP PROCEDURE
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DUAL ACTION TAMP (DAT) SETUP (cont’d)
POSITIONING THE APPLICATOR
The product must be presented to the Applicator in a consistent manner. Label accuracy cannot be
maintained if the surface being labeled changes speed or distance relative to the Label Pad.
NOTE : The following directions are for the DAT Applicator. The Single Tamp Action is not discussed but
its setup may be interpreted from the following instructions.
With the air and power off to the Applicator, rotate the Swing Arm to the extended position. Make sure the
Slide is fully retracted. Push the product down the conveyor within the guides and stop in front of the
Label Pad. Move the Applicator in or out and up or down to position the Pad where the label should be
placed on the product. Retract the Swing Arm and move the product in front of the Applicator. Move the
slide forward, making sure the Swing Arm is retracted, and stop when there is about 1/8” between the
product and the Label Pad. You may need to move the Slide Extend Stop by loosening the clamping screw
and sliding the Stop against the Slide Body. Some minor changes may be required before applying labels
but this will get the label close to the desired position.
PRODUCT DETECT SENSRO POSITION
Before going through this section, make sure the Extend and Retract Times are properly setup.
NOTE: The setup described assumes no Encoder is used. For Encoder Applications some values may
change.
Power-up the Applicator, turn on the air, and bring the Applicator ONLINE. Position the Product Detect
Sensor about 6 inches upstream of the Extended Swing Arm. Set the First Label Placement to 0.001 and
turn the conveyor on. Place a product on the conveyor and watch when the label is blown from the Label
Pad. If the product hit the Label Pad before it retracted, move the Product Detect Sensor upstream more. If
it retracted too soon, move the Sensor downstream. Ideally, the label will be blown onto the front of the
product and retract without ever touching the product.
Now look at the position of the label on the side of the product. If it was applied too late, decrease the
Second Label Placement. If it was applied too early, increase the Label Placement. If the Second Label
Placement is too low compared to the cycle time for the first half of the labeling sequence, a Warning will
be displayed saying “Label Placement Is Too Low”.