Formax C200 OPERATOR MANUAL

Formax Atlas C200 High-

Speed Automatic Creaser

Instruction Manual

Atlas C200
Auto-Feed High-Speed Creaser

9/2016

OPERATOR MANUAL
First Edition

INDEX

INTRODUCTION

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SAFETYDo’s&Don’ts4

THE ATLAS C200

LabeledPhotograph

THECONTROLS

Theswitchpanel
Featuresontheswitchpanel

QUICKSTARTGUIDE9

OPERATING

Settingthemachine
Programmingthemachine
Readingstoredprogrammes
Paperjamming

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THESTACKERASSEMBLY

SettingtheStackerunit

PERFORATING

Equipment,spares
Settingthemachine

THEBLADEASSEMBLY

Settingthebladepressure
Settingthebladealignment

REPLACINGCREASINGBLADESETS

Installingnewbladesets
Spares

TROUBLESHOOTING40
DISPATCHKIT48
ACCESSORIES&OPTIONS49
RECOMMENDEDSPARES50
FUSEPOSITIONSANDRATINGS52
PRODUCTRECYCLINGANDDISPOSAL53

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INTRODUCTION

7hH$WODV&Lsafullyautomaticsuctionfeedingcreasing
systemdesignedforusewithbothconventionallithoanddigitalprinters.

ThefeedonthH$WODV&canalsobemanuallyoperatedforuse
withheavystock,verysmallorverylargesheets,embossedorevenirregular
sheets.

Thecreaseisprogrammedfromtheleadingedgeofthesheetusingthe
controlsonthefrontpanel.

Thebladeandanvilaremechanicallycontrolledovertheirentirelength
andcanbeadjustedtoaccommodatevariousweightsofmedia.

IMPORTANT

Theoperatingenvironmentshouldbecontrolledtoatemperaturebetween
16°Cand27°CMaximum

Specification

FeedingSystem................................................Bottomsuctionfeed

Max.SheetSize................................................700mmx500mm(27.5”x19.7”)[900mmx

500mm(35.4”x19.7”)withOptional

extensiontable].

Min.SheetSize(inautomaticmode).................210mmx140mm(8.5”x5.5”)

Max.PaperThickness........................................0.4mm(variesaccordingtohardness,

typeoffold,andsubstrate)

Max.No.CreasesperSheet............................16

Min.DistanceBetweenCreases.......................0.1mm

Max.No.StoredProgrammes..........................Unlimited

Min.CreaseDistancefromLeadingEdge........2.5mm

Min.CreaseDistancefromTailEdge................35mm

InHandFeedModeupto2499.9mmtoLastCreasecanbeProgrammed.

SpeedperHour(A4inhalf)..............................8500

SpeedperHour(A5inhalf)..............................11000

Dimensions.......................................................L:1500mmH:1224mmW:682mm

L:(59”)H:(48.2”)W:(26.8”)

Weight...............................................................156Kgs(+50Kgspacking)

PowerRequirement..........................................1phase230v50Hz

1phase220v60Hz

SoundPowerLevel................................78.5decibels

*Aspartofourcontinuedproductimprovementplan,specificationsandinformation
publishedinthismanualaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

Allspecificationsaredependantonapplication,typeofstock,temperature,RHandprint
engineused.

Specificationsquotedweremeasuredonuncoatedandunprintedstock.E&OE.

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SafetyDo’s&Don’ts

SafetyDo’s&Don’ts

REGLESDESECURITE:«AFAIRE»ET«ANEPASFAIRE»

Do-readthisoperatormanualfullybeforeoperatingthemachine.

Lirecemoded'emploiavantd'utiliserlamachine.

Do-operatewiththedesignatedACcurrentonly.Useanexclusiveoutlet,as

overloadingmaycausefireoranelectricshock.

Respecterl'alimentationélectriqueindiquée.Branchersurunepriseséparée
carunesurchargepeutentraînerunincendieouunchocélectrique.

Do-installthepowercordoutofthewaytoavoidatrippinghazard.

Installerlecordond'alimentationdemanièreànepaspouvoir

trébucherpardessus.

Do-makesurethatthemainsinletconnectorisalwayseasilyaccessible.

Ménagerunaccèslibreàlaprisedecourant.

Donot-installthemachineinanunstableplacesuchthatittiltsorshakes.

Nepasinstallerlamachinesurunesurfacenonplane,afind'éviter

qu'ellenepencheounevibre.

Donot-unplugtheplugorunplugthepowercordfromtheoutletwithawethand,

thiscancauseanelectricshock.

Nepasinstallerlamachinesurunesurfacenonplane,afind'éviter

qu'ellenepencheounevibre.

Donot-unscrewandremoveanycoversfromthemachine,asitcancausean

electricshockorinjury.

Nedémonteretenleveraucuncarterdelamachine,parcraintededécharge
électriqueoudeblessure.

Donot-placereceptaclescontainingliquidsonanysurface.

Nepasplacerderécipientcontenantunliquidesurlamachine.

Donot-adjustanypartofthemachinewhilstrollersarerunning

N'effectueraucunréglagependantquelesrouleauxfonctionnent.

Donot-operatethemachinewithlooseortrailingclothingorloosehair.

Nepasporterdevêtementsflottantsetrassemblerlescheveuxlongs
lorsdel'utilisationdelamachine.

Donot-underanycircumstancesadjustthepapergatewhenthemachineis

switchedon.

Enaucunecirconstance,réglerleséparateurdepapierlorsquela
machineestbranchée.

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WarningLabels

Do-beawareofanyfingertrapsandrotatingpartswhenoperating

themachine.

Attentionaurisquedesecoincerlesdoigts,etauxpiècesen
mouvementlorsdufonctionnementdelamachine.

Do-readthisoperatormanualfullybeforeoperatingthemachine.

Lirecemoded’emploiavantd’utiliserlamachine.

Donot-operatethemachinewithlooseortrailingclothing.

Nepasporterdevêtementsflottantslorsdel'utilisationdelamachine

Donot-operatethemachinewithloosehair.

Rassemblerlescheveuxlongslorsdel'utilisationdelamachine.

Do-beawareofanyfingertrapsandrotatingpartswhenoperating
themachine.

Attentionaurisquedesecoincerlesdoigts,etauxpiècesen
mouvementlorsdufonctionnementdelamachine.

Do-beawareofsharppointsandblades.

Attentionauxélémentstranchantsetauxcouteaux.

Do-beawareofrotatingrollers.

Attentionauxrouleauxenfonctionnement

Do-beawareoflowcurrentanti-staticshock.

Attentionauxfaibleschocsd'électricitéstatique

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DOCUMENTCREASINGMACHINE

Keytophotographbelow

1Rollertilthandle7Adjustablesidelay13SwitchPanel
2Stackerassembly8BackStop14Fuses
3Suctionslotknob9Fixedsidelay15GapSetKnobandLever
4Touchscreen10Rollertiltknob16VacuumBleedKnob
5Airseparationknob11PaperGate
6Airdistributionknob12ExitGuard

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THECONTROLS

THESWITCHPANEL

TheSwitchPanelhouses
industrystandardEmergencyStopswitchwhichwillstopallpowergoingto

hemachinewhenactivated.

t

Co

mpressorSwitch

theCompressorswitch,Systemswitch,andan

SystemSwitch

EmergencyStopSwitch

FeaturesontheSwitchPanel

System

Whenactivat
creasin

Compressorswitch

Allowstheoperatortoswitchoffthecompressorunitinordertoutilisethemachine
tomanuallyfeedsheets.

switch

edthesystemswitchwilloperatethemotorsinordertobeginthe

gsequence.

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THECONTROLS

BLANK

PAGE

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QuickStartGuide

Settingthemachinetooperateinautomaticsheetfeedmode

1.Setthegapbetweenthepapergateandthevacuumrollertoapproximatelytwice

thethicknessofthestocktobecreased.

2.Placethestocktobecreasedontotheloadingtableagainstthefixedsidelay.

3.Releasetheclampsontheadjustablesidelayandslideuptothepaperstack

allowingagapofapproximately0.5mm(1/64inch)betweenthepaperandtheside
lay.

4.Positionthebackstopandslideituptothepaperstack,alsoallowingagap(as

statedintheabovestep).

5.TurntheEmergencyStopbuttonclockwisetoswitchthepoweron.Afterthe

systemstartupprocedurethetouchscreenwillbedisplayedasshownbelow.

IMPORTANT.

Ifyouhavenotbeentrainedtooperatethismachine,westronglyadvisethatyouselect

theredcrossicon.

Werecommendthatyoueitherseektrainingoraskatrainedoperatortorunthemachine
foryou.

Selectthegreentickicononlyifyouhavebeentrainedtooperatethismachine.
Ifyouhavenotbeentrainedtooperatethismachineandyouselectthegreentickicon,

)RUPD[acceptnoresponsibilityforpersonalinjury,damagetothe
machineordamagetomaterialsbeingprocessedbythemachine.

WARNING:-

Waitatleast10seconds,aftermakinganyselectionontheTouchscreen
panel,beforeswitchingthemachineOFF.Failuretodosocouldresultinthe
datastoragebeingcorrupted,andthemachinenotoperating.

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QuickStartGuide

Thetouchscreenislaidoutinto3mainareasasshownbelow:

Setting

page

SettingsPages.

Tabstoenableswitchingbetweensetting

chooseeitherPaper

pages

-

CreaseSetting,StoreorTools

Settings,

PaperSettingsPage.

Statusof

machine

dataentry

area.Also

usedfor
quicklinks

tosetting
pages.

&

VacuumSuck-There
aretwoselections

available-1short

suck&2continuous

forstreamfeeding.

Highlightednumberis

typecurrently
selected.Thestatus

areaalsoshows
currentlyselected
suck.

BatchButton-Image
isidenticaltothat
showninthestatus

area.Onselectionthe

statusareaisreplaced
withacalculatorfor
inputtingnewvalues.
Batchesofany
numericalvalue.

FoldSelection-Forquicksettingofcreasepositionsonstandardsizesheets.
Highlightedfoldistypecurrentlyselected,otherfoldsmaybeselected.

Currentlyselectedfoldisshowninthestatusarea.

Togglebetween,Delaybetweenbatches

andstopafterbatch

PageLength - On
selectionthestatus
areaisreplacedwith

acalculatorfor
inputtingnewvalues.

MinLength=190mm

CurrentJobName

Arrowsmaybe
selectedtoincrease

ordecreasethepage

sizein0.1mm

increments

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QuickStartGuide

CreasesettingsPages.

Togettothecreasesettingpageclickthelowertaborfrom
thestatusarea.

Ifyouhaveselectedapredefinedstandardcreasetypefromthepapersettings
pagethecreasepositionswillbesetforyou.Thesepositionscanbefinetuned

by±0.1mmincrementsbypressingsidearrowbuttonsforeachcrease.

Numberofcreases–if

morethan6creasesare

addedascrollbarwill
appeartoenable

viewingofallcreases

Arrowsmaybeselected
toincreaseordecrease

thecreaseposition

in0.1mmincrements

Plusboxforinserting
additionalcreases.On
selectionfollowing

creaseswillmovedown
byoneplacea
maximumnumberof6

creasescanbeseenat

anyonetimefurther

creasescanbe

accessedbyuseofthe

scrollbar.

Creaseposition-Onselection

thestatusareaisreplacedwith

acalculatorforinputtingnew

values.

Crossboxfordeletionofcrease.
Ondeletionofcreasefollowing

creaseswillmoveupbyone

place.Youwillbeaskedto

confirmdeletionofthecrease.

Presstoremoveall

creases–youwillbe
askedtoconfirm
deletion.

Scrollbar-usetobring

requiredcreaseinto
view.

Creaseon/offselector

greenison&redisoff.
Thisisalsoindicatedin

thestatusarea.

Additionalcreases
added–scrollbar
appearsformorethan
sixcreases.

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QuickStartGuide

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Creasingturnedoff­Greyedoutareasare
unselectable.Status

areawillshow

creasingisoffwith
redicon

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RunJob

SystemSwitchNotOn

QuickStartGuide

Clicktostartmachinewith
settingscurrentlyshown-

youwillreceivea

notificationifsystem

switchisnoton.Press
againtostopJob

PushSystemSwitchdowntostartthemachine.

Themachinerunningscreenwillappear.

Clicktostopmachine

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QuickStartGuide

CoverCreaseMode.

1.SelectthePaperSettingsTab.

2.EnterthePaperLengthandthenselecttheCoverCreasebutton.

CoverCreasebutton

PaperLength

3.SelecttheCreaseSettingsTab.

SpineOffset

SpineWidth

ArrowButton

HingeDistance

4.EntertheSpineWidthdimension.Ifnecessary,adjusttheSpineOffsetfromthe
centreofthesheet.

5.SelectthearrowbuttontosetthehingeDimension.

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6.EntertheHingeDimension.

QuickStartGuide

HingeDimension

7.SelectthearrowbuttontohighlighttheSpineOffsetandtheSpineWidth
dimensions.

8.RunthesheetsofpaperthroughthemachinetomaketheSpinecreases.

TOMAKETHEHINGECREASES.

9.Removethesheetsofpaperfromthestackertray.,

andputthembackontotheloadingtable.

OFTHESHEETSPOINTINTHESAMEDIRECTIONASBEFORE.

10.SelectthearrowbuttontohighlighttheHingeDimension.

11.RunthesheetsofpaperthroughthemachinetomaketheHingecreases.

MAKESURETHATTHELEADEDGE

TURNTHESHEETSOVER

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QuickStartGuide

StatusScreen

Paperlength-inputfrom
thepapersettingscreen

LeadEdgeSensorStrength,

IndicatorBar

Numberofcreases-this
mayalterautomaticallyif

apre-definedfoldis
selected.Adjustments
maybemadeinthe

creasesettingscreen

Greeniconindicates

settingsaresaved-ared
iconwouldshowthat
settingshavebeen
changedbutthejobhas
notbeensaved.

Clickinginthisareawilltakeyou
tothepapersettingpage

CurrentlyselectedVacuum

Sucksetting-forstream
settingchooseselection2

Currentlyselectedfoldtype

-canbeoneofthe
following.

Clickinginthisareawilltake

youtotheCreasesetting

page

Currentmachinespeedsetting

Clickinginthisareawilltake

youtotheToolspage

Batchquantity-thisis
inputfromthebatch
calculatoronthepaper
settingscreen-max.999

Sheetcount-clicktozero

Ascreenwillappearto

confirmthatyouwantto

resetthecount.

Batchcount-clicktozero
Ascreenwillappeartoconfirmthat
youwanttoresetthecount.

Selectthisbuttontoproduce
3testsheetswiththe

settingscurrentlyshown.

Clickinginthisareawilltake
youtotheJobStorepage

Clickinginthisareawilltake
youtothepapersetting
page.

Clicktostartmachinewithsettingscurrently
shown-youwillreceiveanotificationif

systemswitchisnoton.Pressagaintostop

Job

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