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OPERATING MANUAL 

(Original Instructions) 

 

Label printing & lamination station 

Version: 2017-04-01 

Machine number: 2016705-01 

 

toptack GmbH 

Bachleiten 3 | D-93455 Traitsching

 

 

Summary of Contents for 2016705-01

Page 1: ...OPERATING MANUAL Original Instructions Label printing lamination station Version 2017 04 01 Machine number 2016705 01 toptack GmbH Bachleiten 3 D 93455 Traitsching ...

Page 2: ...l data 14 Processable materials 14 Safety 15 General safety notes 15 Operator s obligations 15 Obligations of the operating and maintenance staff 16 Residual dangers 17 Personal protection equipment 17 Safety devices 18 Operating elements 19 Operating elements at the control cabinet 19 Brush at the laminate dispenser 21 Operating elements at the laminate dispenser 22 Operating processes 23 Turning...

Page 3: ...n station Version 2017 04 01 Page 3 Replacing the label roll at the thermal transfer printer 36 Replacing the ink ribbon at the thermal transfer printer 39 Cleaning the printing head of the thermal transfer printer 42 Disposal 44 Annex 45 ...

Page 4: ...m non observance of the instruction texts Copyright Copyright 2017 toptack GmbH This operating manual is intended for the operator s staff The operating manual must only be reproduced or passed on to any third parties with written permission This applies even if only excerpts from the operating manual are copied or forwarded Spare parts management These operating instructions contain no informatio...

Page 5: ...ry and property damage caused by unauthorised conversions Injury and property damage caused by non observance of the operating manual Injury and property damage caused by work that is not described in this manual and therefore performed without authorisation Manufacturer and service If you have any questions about the delivered machine please contact us directly toptack GmbH Managing director Rüdi...

Page 6: ... In case of changes to the machine that have not been coordinated with us this declaration shall lose its validity Manufacturer toptack GmbH Bachleiten 3 D 93455 Traitsching Description and identification of the machine Designation Label printing lamination station Machine number 2016705 01 Year of build 04 2017 Person authorised for the technical documentation Mr Rüdiger Horn toptack GmbH Bachlei...

Page 7: ...e No Designation 1 Machine designation 2 Machine type 3 Machine number 4 Year of build of the machine 5 Technical information electr supply voltage power pneumatics of the machine 6 Technical information dimensions L x W x H of the machine 7 Technical information weight of the machine ...

Page 8: ...e station see Appendix 7 to this manual The finished labels must be removed by the operating staff by hand or can be wound up for later processing Intended use The label printing lamination station serves only for printing and lamination of labels The station must only be operated with materials that can be processed according to the section Technical data The user must also ensure that the requir...

Page 9: ...4 01 Page 9 Description of the machine No Designation 1 Operating elements with switching cabinet 2 Pneumatic distributor block 3 Cylinder unit with vacuum lance 4 Thermal transfer printer 5 Laminate dispenser 6 Protective housing with safety door 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...

Page 10: ...l valves are used The 5 2 directional valve serves to control the cylinder unit up and downwards movement of the cylinder A 3 2 directional valve is used to control the Venturi nozzle that generates the vacuum for the vacuum lance fastening of the laminate upon movement at the vacuum lance A 3 2 directional valve switches the supporting air on when dispensing the laminate and off again after dispe...

Page 11: ... A memory card that can be plugged in on the rear of the printer serves as data carrier for the different label layouts With external data connection of the printer see Appendix 7 The printer has a coloured touch display All input and settings at the printer must be made directly at the display by touching with a finger Laminate dispenser Figure Description The laminate dispenser provides the prot...

Page 12: ...17 04 01 Page 12 Protective housing with safety door Figure Description The protective housing of Plexiglas protects from crushing at the label printing lamination station during machine operation The safety door must be closed and locked during production ...

Page 13: ...Equipment Label printing lamination station Version 2017 04 01 Page 13 Dimensions View Top view Designation Value Length L 500 mm Width B 650 mm Height H 1 100 mm ...

Page 14: ...al connection value 230 V AC 50 60 Hz 120 W Admissible ambient temperature min 10 C max 25 C Processable materials Designation Property Laminate Self adhesive as rolled goods Format min 10 x 10 mm to max 12 x 100 mm Thickness Up to max 0 5 mm expansible to 100 x 100 mm constructional action of the manufacturer required Label material Self adhesive with or without glue as rolled goods Format min 20...

Page 15: ...ust be able to access the operating instructions at any time Every person who is charged with operation and maintenance of this machine in the user s company must read and understand the entire documentation and specifically the safety notes No working method is permitted that would impair or endanger the safety of man and material The operator must ensure cleanliness and a good overview of the wo...

Page 16: ...aired or influenced Before starting any work on the machine observe the following provisions o Do not wear loosely hanging clothing o Cover long hair with a hair net o Take off loose jewellery rings and other personal objects that may be caught by the machine Protective devices must only be removed for maintenance purposes o At machine standstill o with the main switch turned off and secured again...

Page 17: ...of crushing injury at the label printing lamination station Before activating the station ensure that the safety door is closed and the lock locked The key must be worn on the person Danger of tripping and slipping Observe all edges attachment and lines in the machine area Remove contamination on the floor e g waste at once in order to avoid tripping and slipping hazards Personal protection equipm...

Page 18: ...e work Control cabinet type A Protects from electric shock at electrical facility Operation of the label printing lamination station with the control cabinet doors open is forbidden Access to the control cabinet is only permitted to electrical specialists Disassembly damage decommissioning of the control cabinet are forbidden Perform a visual inspection for proper condition at least once per year ...

Page 19: ...nting lamination station on or off The machines cannot be turned on in the OFF position The main switch must be turned off before any work e g maintenance repair troubleshooting etc and secured against unauthorised reactivation with a padlock 2 Setting the operating mode at the label printing lamination station 0 No operating mode 1 Operating mode manual mode operating elements no 3 no 8 active 2 ...

Page 20: ...de Manual mode no 2 5 Pushbutton manual mode Moves the cylinder up Note Function of the pushbutton only in operating mode Manual mode no 2 6 Pushbutton manual mode Moves the cylinder down Note Function of the pushbutton only in operating mode Manual mode no 2 7 Latching switch manual mode Supporting air on off Note Function of the latching switch only in operating mode Manual mode no 2 8 Latching ...

Page 21: ...1 Brush at the laminate dispenser No Function 1 The brush produces a lane tension and thus ensures a controlled production of the laminate dispenser The lane tension can be adjusted by releasing the knurled screw and increasing or reducing the brush pressure on the material lane ...

Page 22: ...ion Version 2017 04 01 Page 22 Operating elements at the laminate dispenser No Function 1 Turning the laminate dispenser on or off 2 Activating permanent operation or confirming fault 3 LED fault Lights up in case of a fault at the laminate dispenser ...

Page 23: ...on or closed That no loose foreign bodies are present within the label printing lamination station Figure How 1 Before activation of the main switch at the label printing lamination station ensure that the thermal transfer printer and the laminate dispenser are on and ready for operation 2 Before activating of the main switch at the label printing lamination station ensure that the safety door is ...

Page 24: ...oading the printer label layout and specifying the piece number 6 Specify the required label layout at the printer see work description Loading the printer label layout and specifying the piece number 7 Start automatic mode of the main switch of the label printing lamination station Note For this turn the swivel switch to position 2 Automatic The label printing lamination station is now running in...

Page 25: ... different printer labels layouts However print data and quantity can also be sent from an external computer to the printer see appendix 7 to the operating instructions External data connection of the printer Figure How 1 After activation of the label printing lamination station the required printer label layout must be loaded and the piece number to be produced must be specified When controlling ...

Page 26: ...e Load label 1x in order to get to the table of the layout selection on the memory card 5 Select the desired printer label manually touch in the display line from the displayed overview of all stored printer labels layouts The selected printer label is displayed with a yellow background Only one printer label can be selected The selection can be changed after the first selection by touching anothe...

Page 27: ...Set the label piece number Note The input value has 5 digits up to 99 999 labels can be entered and printed in one production run The number of labels to be printed must be entered via the display keyboard Wrong inputs can be deleted by pushing the red X The value can be entered anew then 8 Confirm the label piece number After entering the number of the labels to be printed confirm your input by p...

Page 28: ...Operating processes Label printing lamination station Version 2017 04 01 Page 28 Figure How 9 Starting production see work description Turning on the label printing lamination station ...

Page 29: ...ed and laminated labels from the output manually 2 End automatic mode of the main switch of the label printing lamination station Note For this turn the swivel switch to position 0 Off 3 Turn off the main switch of the label printing lamination station and secure it against reactivation with the locked padlock remove the key 4 Turn off the operating air pressure ...

Page 30: ...ersons are working in the danger area That all safety devices are ready for operation or closed That no loose foreign bodies are present within the label printing lamination station Figure How 1 The label printing lamination station is equipped with a main switch with EMERGENCY OFF function Note In case of danger deactivate the main switch with the EMERGENCY OFF function Confirmation of the EMERGE...

Page 31: ...ury from movement of the label printing lamination station All maintenance work must be performed with the machine turned off During maintenance work that requires movements at the machine components the machine must be switched into manual mode All maintenance work must be performed in a timely and binding manner In order to permit evidence of this the operator of the label printing lamination st...

Page 32: ...ight beam of the laser control button B4 must hit the label gap in focus when the printer stands still The integrated LED display of the laser button must be permanently lit green Before production and on demand To be performed by Maintenance staff If the light beam of the laser control button B4 hits the label surface the LED display of the laser button must be lit yellow When printing each label...

Page 33: ...esidues and replace the brush if necessary Before production and at least 1x week To be performed by Maintenance staff Clean the thermal transfer printer see work description Clean thermal transfer printer When the label protective laminate material or ink ribbon have been used up To be performed by Operating staff Replace the rolls of the label protective laminate material or ink ribbon see work ...

Page 34: ...ating manual mode of the main switch of the label printing lamination station Note For this turn the swivel switch to position 1 Manual mode 2 The label printing lamination station is now running in manual mode The individual machine components can be operated with the operating elements Deactivating manual mode Figure How 1 Ending manual mode of the main switch of the label printing lamination st...

Page 35: ...or the remaining material from the dispenser 2 Insert a new laminate roll 3 Push the wing onto the axis and fasten it 4 Guide the laminate band through under the deflection and set the lateral guides 5 Guide the laminate band through under the brake brush Fasten the brake brush so that a light pressure onto the band from above occurs 6 Guide the laminate band around the dispensing edge 7 If necess...

Page 36: ...and secure it against reactivation Figure How 1 Open the flap of the printing head Pull the lever green up the printing head opens 2 Remove the safety wing For this open the fastening green disc by turning it to the left and then remove the safety wing from the shaft 3 Remove the roll that is no longer needed Cut or separate the carrier band if necessary and remove any present residual material ca...

Page 37: ...label roll onto the shaft 5 Push the safety wing onto the shaft and fasten it on the shaft by turning the fastening green disc to the right 6 Pull the label band off the roll guide it through under the deflection shaft and under the printing head 7 Guide the label band over the front label dispensing edge ...

Page 38: ... back under the label dispensing edge towards the winding shaft of the printer 9 Guide the label band clockwise under the holding bracket to the winding shaft 10 After turning the winding shaft clockwise wind up the label band until it is slightly tensed 11 Close the printing head by pushing the lever green down ...

Page 39: ...ation station Before replacing the ink ribbon turn off the main switch of the station and secure it against reactivation Figure How 1 Open the flap of the printing head 2 Release the fastening of the ink ribbon sleeves at the shafts Note Turn the green knurled screws clockwise to release the clamp of the roll at the shaft 3 Pull the ink ribbon winding and unwinding sleeve from the shaft ...

Page 40: ...ing head and push it onto the front winding shaft a Note The ink ribbon has one side with and one without ink The ink ribbon must be inserted so that the ribbon side with ink is on the surface of the label 5 Fasten the ink ribbon roll and winding sleeve to the shafts Note Turn the green knurled screws counter clockwise to clamp the sleeves at the shafts 6 Align the ink ribbon Manually wind up ink ...

Page 41: ...Maintenance work Label printing lamination station Version 2017 04 01 Page 41 Figure How 7 Close the flap of the printing head ...

Page 42: ...he label printing lamination station Before cleaning the thermal transfer printer turn off the main switch of the station and secure it against reactivation Figure How 1 Open the flap of the printing head 2 Carefully push the thermal transfer printer to the side 3 Carefully clean the printing head with a lint free cleaning rag cotton cloth soaked in isopropanol Note A defective printing head must ...

Page 43: ...01 Page 43 Figure How 4 Push the thermal transfer band back again and turn the winding shaft counter clockwise to wind up ink ribbon until it is perfectly smooth and placed across the entire printing width 5 Close the flap of the printing head by moving the lever down ...

Page 44: ... printing lamination station must be scrapped after the end of its service life all parts must be sorted by material classes Only this way can subsequent reuse of differentiated scrapping be permitted Observe the international provisions and the standards applicable in the destination country for disposal Observe all relevant environmental protection standards as well ...

Page 45: ...ation station 2 Overview plan of the pneumatic system of the label printing lamination station 3 Annex 1 Description and operation of the laser control button 4 Operating manual of the thermal transfer printer 5 Operating manual of the laminate dispenser 6 Spare parts list of the label printing lamination station 7 External data connection of the printer ...

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