User Manual Javo Plus en Plus Extra Potmachine
Version 2015-1
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Problem
Possible cause
Action / Solution
Machine does not start
Door safety switch is open
Close door and reset the safety circuit by pressing
the reset button
Emergency stop button is not
pulled
Pull Emergency Stop button and reset the safety
circuit by pressing the reset button
Emergency stop button not reset Reset the safety circuit by pressing the reset button
Breaker tripped in main cabinet
See why circuit breaker has tripped. Remove
obstacles to conveyors. Switch on the machine
after solving the problem.
A second machine in line is not
ready.
Clear second machine in line.
Pot separation unit fails
Cylinder is too slow for subsequent
movement making machine
completion steps are not
completed. Valve is possible
contaminated.
Replace the relevant valve.
2nd hand pots are not
separated.
Pots too tight together.
Do not use 2nd hand pots.
Amount of soil provided is
not enough
Soilslide is set too low.
Set the soil slide higher.
Soilslide is set too low and a tunnel
is build up above the soil conveyor.
Set the soil slide higher.
belt slipping
Check conveyor tension
Substrate conveyor is delivering
not enough substrate.
Follow procedure section 7.8.
Belt slipping.
Check tension.
Sensors dirty.
Clean sensors . Adjust the sensitivity.
Outflow mouth clogged.
Clean.
No soil provided
Elevator is stuck
Move elevator back and forwards and decrease the
soil supply.
7.8
Adjust substrate conveyor to larger stroke
At Plus Extra is generally worked with fairly large pots. As a result, it may be that all pots
are not filled quickly enough with substrate. It is possible to increase (on the plus) the
stroke of the substrate in-feed conveyor.
Procedure:
1.
Remove protective cover (A).
a.
Loosen the M8 bolts three turns.; The protective cover is removable.
2.
Loosen with two wrenches (No. 19), bolt and nut (B).
3.
Now, rod (A) can be adjusted.
a.
Rod (A) can be adjusted onto two holes:
i.
With hole (1) the stroke of substrate
conveyor is the smallest.
ii.
With hole (2) the stroke of substrate
conveyor is the biggest.
A
2
1
B
