Section 5
LABELING UNIT
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Module 40/60/90/120
Push button control panel
The push button control panel normally
installed at the end of the unit, on the
operator’s side, contains a button and a
two-tone light that will usually be either
green or red.
3) Red/green two-tone light
Red
The red light indicates that the machine
is not ready to function; it may stay on
continuously or flash on and off. The
condition in which the light stays on
continuously only occurs straight after
turning on the machine and it simply means that the
machine is in pause mode, waiting for the button to be
pressed to begin a normal operating cycle. If the red
light flashes on and off, it means that some anomaly
has been detected (alarm), so the machine has
automatically stopped. To start again, you need to deal
with the anomaly and then press the control button.
The light will flash differently depending on the type of
anomaly detected, i.e.
– 1 flash followed by a pause: two consecutive labels
missing or motor cutout;
– 2 flashes followed by a pause: driving unit guard
open or not locked in place;
– 3 flashes followed by a pause: reel empty;
– 4 flashes followed by a pause: optional alarm,
generally relating to the empty reel sensor on the
additional unwinding device, if any;
– 5 flashes followed by a pause: overheating or
anomaly in the electronic card controlling the driving
motor.
In the event of several anomalous conditions occurring
at the same time, the light simply indicates the one
identified by the smaller number of flashes.
Green
The green light only comes on during the procedure for
adjusting the label delivery speed and during the
procedure for the automatic adjustment of the label
reading photocell (the latter is not available on all
machines).
For further details, see the paragraphs on “speed
adjustment” and “automatic adjustment of the label-
reading photocell’s sensitivity” in the chapter
ADJUSTMENT INSTRUCTIONS.
4) Control button
The button has several functions:
START
When the red light is on, i.e. when the machine is ready
to function, the button has a “start” function. If you
press the button briefly (more than one tenth of a
second but less than 2 seconds) the machine starts
after being turned on (red light constantly on) or after a
stoppage caused by an anomaly (red light flashing).
However, if the anomaly that has caused the machine
stoppage has not been overcome, or if there are
several anomalous conditions involved, the machine
will not start after pressing the button and the red light
will continue to flash.
Caution - Precaution
Generally speaking, several MODULE 40 units are
installed on the same labeling machine; in this
case, up to 4 units can use the signal from the
same encoder. The power to the encoder comes
from only one unit, however, so when that
particular unit is switched off, the other units using
the same encoder are unable to function. If the unit
powering the encoder is not needed to deliver any
labels, it must be turned on anyway, but without
pressing the control button, so that it remains in
pause mode.
TEST
When the red light is off. i.e. when the machine is ready
to operate and there are no anomalies, pressing the
button prompts the delivery of a single label (“test”).
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