What Are The Maintenance Methods For Horizontal Flow Pack Machine?

The maintenance methods of the horizontal flow wrap machine are more important. Only the maintenance can extend the service life of the equipment and ensure the quality of the product. If maintenance is not carried out, many failure problems will occur during operation. 

Good maintenance can not only extend the service life of the equipment but also reduce the occurrence of failures. So let's take a look at how the packaging machine is maintained.

How to Maintain Horizontal Flow Pack Machine?

1. Before starting the horizontal flow packaging machine, check whether the components of the automatic packaging machine are intact and whether the screws and nuts of each component are loose, and if so, they should be tightened in time. Maintenance personnel should deal with it in time.

2. Check whether the unloading screw is abnormally blocked. If there is any blockage, it needs to be cleared. Use compressed air to blow out the dust or clean water in the track.

3. Check the toolset of the horizontal flow packaging machine. If it is not sharp, please replace it in time. At the same time, it is necessary to use the dipping method to add oil to the tool transmission part. Dip the oil with a small stick and slowly drip on it. It is not allowed to pour into the conveyor belt rail by inverted method, otherwise, the packaging belt will slip.

4. If an abnormal phenomenon is found during the startup process. If the sound is loud, the vibration is strong, or there is a peculiar smell, etc., you should stop the machine and notify the maintenance personnel to deal with it, so as not to damage the parts.

5. After the automatic packaging machine is used for a long time, the operator should lubricate the various parts of the packaging machine to ensure that the parts can work normally.

6. When repairing the fully automatic packaging machine, the workshop personnel must record the machine's malfunctions every time to facilitate future inquiries.

Horizontal Flow Wrapping Machine

Preventative Maintenance Inspections

1. Package Formation

Begin by checking the Package Formation components. Small, seemingly insignificant variations here can create wrinkles, pleats, and other deformities that cause leakers and other problems.

♦ Are the Deck Plates, Guards, and Rails properly installed, tightened, and adjusted for the product you are running?

♦ Make sure the Forming Box is the correct size or, if adjustable, has been set to the right dimensions. Is it installed and tightened properly?

♦ Are the Fin Wheels worn, damaged, or contaminated with product?

2. Controller

♦ Moving to the Controller, confirm that the Recipe for package length, temperature settings, and other variables is set for the current product.

3. Sealing Jaws

♦ Are the Sealing Jaws clean? Check the jaws for wear and damage.

♦ Is there excessive Backlash, or free play, between the upper and lower shafts?

♦ Run a Carbon Impression for each pair of sealing jaws and check clearance and alignment. Look for additional evidence of wear or damage.

Be sure to date and save the impressions; over time they will help you document change and solve problems.

4. Cutting and Sealing

Lastly, inspect the Cutting and Sealing process. Even without product, you can check the basics. Mount the packaging material roll and run some film through the head.

♦ Is the Material Registration correct?

♦ Are you getting good Seals?

♦ Are the knives adjusted properly and Cutting cleanly, without banging?

♦ Make sure the Product Carriers and Discharge Guides, such as brushes and belts, are properly set and will not impede packages as they move through and exit the cutting and sealing head.

When you perform regular Preventative Maintenance Inspections, you’ll have time to make corrective adjustments before you are under the stress of production. Once product comes down the line, you will get up and running more quickly, with less scrap. And you’ll be able to keep running, with fewer problems and less downtime.

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