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The PaperFolder Co. PF-PH-1

4 Plate Paper Folding Machine

Operator Manual

800.520.6008

Page Paperfolder.com PH-1 User manual

Summary of Contents for PF-PH-1

Page 1: ...The PaperFolder Co PF PH 1 4 Plate Paper Folding Machine Operator Manual 800 520 6008 Page Paperfolder com PH 1 User manual 1...

Page 2: ...er Creasers 2 Skew adjustment 7 3 Paper Loading 9 4 Setting the Speed 9 5 Setup the machine for folding 10 6 Chart of Folds 11 7 The LCD Control Panel 12 8 Setting pause intervals 12 9 Maintenance and...

Page 3: ...INSTALLATION Unpack machine Put machine on a table Open the paper Feed Tray Make sure it can move up and down to load paper Open the Cover Cut plastic tie Page Paperfolder com PH 1 User manual 3...

Page 4: ...tray into machine just below rubber rollers The 2 slots on the end fit on a bar Lower it with the slots on the bottom on the outer bar Make sure the gears are aligned on the right side Page Paperfolde...

Page 5: ...the rollers on the left side of the machine Note that it has to go under the cross bar Press it in so that you have clearance to put the right side in the hole on the right side Attach the output whee...

Page 6: ...e slot on the bottom fits over the outer post IF THE FOLD PLATES ARE NOT IN THE CORRECT ORDER THEY WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY They should not move installed correctly If a fold does not work as it should...

Page 7: ...Separation This dial is located under the cover on the top that hides the feed wheels This setting adjusts the paper feed plate under the middle feed wheel Increasing the setting moves the plate UP to...

Page 8: ...ace a crease in the middle of the paper to make a cross fold in half Note that the side wheels are tight against the creaser directly above 2 other wheels below them A crease is made when the wheels o...

Page 9: ...3 or 4 folds on a piece of paper It starts with fold plate 1 A single fold like a half fold is done in plate 1 All other plates are not involved so they are set to 0 to be fully closed A letter or tr...

Page 10: ...se to increase the fold size left to decrease the size WHEN YOU GET THE FOLD WHERE YOU WANT IT MAKE A MARK ON THE FOLD PLATE AND GIVE IT A NAME Felt tip pins work great Saves time when you need that f...

Page 11: ...Closed Z 1 3 3 Closed Closed Double 1 2 1 4 Closed Closed Engineering 1 4 1 4 Closed Closed Gate 3 4 1 2 Closed Closed 4 panel accordion 1 4 1 4 1 4 Closed 5 panel accordion 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 Roller 3 4...

Page 12: ...ter one or more folds There are several situations where this is handy such as 1 THE COUNTER STOPS BEFORE COMPLETING THE STACK Remedy Increase the time between each sheet a Press the C button b Press...

Page 13: ...chines need to be cleaned on a regular basis All paper is dusted with powder that keeps the sheets separate but also can build up on feed wheels and rollers in folding machines Once it does the wheels...

Page 14: ...urn off then on Troubleshooting Problem Cause solution Machine won t turn on No power to machine Check power cord and outlet Machine on but won t start Paper has not reached the guide plate of the pap...

Page 15: ...at the paper feed frequently The paper feed pressure adjustment knob is set to Thin paper Set the paper feed pressure adjust knob to Thicker Static electricity has occurred in the paper Fan the paper...

Page 16: ...ld on a letter size piece of paper leaves it 8 5 x 5 5 half of 11 So the first fold would be set at 5 5 That paper would be reloaded into the output tray for the second fold which would be at 4 25 The...

Page 17: ...ross fold in a second pass For that you would need the Cross Fold System which has a conveyor and a second machine Why Because the folded paper cannot be stacked tightly enough to be fed into the mach...

Page 18: ...short height does not stack evenly using the conveyor For uniform output of these types of folds the optional Stacker is recommended The stacker takes the place of the output conveyor and tray It is u...

Page 19: ...lding machine and in line Parts included with the stacker a Electrical cord b Side guides c Stack accumulator Catch Stop The stacker includes 2 guides that must be set Loosen the black side knobs and...

Page 20: ...es to about 1 8 above the folded piece Tighten Run 10 samples If the pieces are accumulating properly cut a piece of harder material in this same size and tape it to the catch plate It should be the s...

Page 21: ...container then continue after a set delay To do that you will need to decide how many folded pieces to accumulate in a set Then go to SET A PAUSE AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FOLDS on page 11 There you...