Kwik Mark KM-64, Operation Manual

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Section 10.0 - Troubleshooting
Work Safely. Always wear safety glasses near the machine.
Unplug the power supply and air hoses before beginning any maintenance or cleaning.
Description
Diagnosis Solution(s)
4. Marking Image varies in Depth
Moving across part
A. Part is not fixtured flat to the machine’s
travel.
B. Dirty and/or damaged marking pin,
cone, spring or orange gasket seal.
A. Poor connection or no power at wall outlet.
B. Switch is in OFF position.
C. Blown fuse.
D. No power to marker.
A. Program is “empty”. (No text to mark in JOB)
5. Marking Pin Does Not Vibrate
or Impact.
7. Machine is Not Moving X Y
Direction in “Run Job” mode
A. Indicate the top surface of the part by
mounting indicator to the head & jog.
B. See “Marking Head Assembly”
Maintenance in Section 7.0.
A. Check power cord for proper connections.
B. Turn switch to ON - rotate switch clockwise.
C. Inspect, and replace fuse in power/fuse
inlet connection if necessary.
D. Bad power supply - Contact Customer
Service
A. Verify that a legitimate program exists
or that the character height is not set to “0”
zero.
A. No air service to the machine.
1. Compressed air not reaching marking cone
2. Plugged air passage
3. Auto feed output incorrectly set
4. Faulty air solenoid
B. Regulator is set too low or too high.
C. Marking pin is too close or in contact
with the marking surface.
D. Dirty and/or damaged marking pin,
cone, spring or orange gasket seal.
A. Correct air supply issue.
1. Kinked coil hose, straighten or
replace
2. Run marking cycle with marking cone
removed, air should flow.
3. Normally set to 1
4. Test / replace solenoid
B. Adjust the regulator to the optimum “tun-
ing” to cause the marking head to vibrate.
20 to 80 PSI typically used.
C. Adjust the distance from the pin to the
substrate by turning the crank handle at
the top of the machine.
D. See “Marking Head Assembly” Mainte-
nance in Section 7.0.
6. No Power To KwikMark Marker