FD 230
Semi-Automatic Creaser / Perforator
4/2015
OPERATOR MANUAL
FIRST EDITION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Specications 1
Description 2
Installation and Operation 4-10
Changing between the creasing and perforating knives 4
Setting Machine Using Touch Screen 6
Language selection 6
Counter Reset 6
Setting Number of Segments 6
Setting Position of Segments 7
Special Types of Folds 7
Book Cover Setting 8
Saving and Loading of Program 8
Working Cycle 9
Manual Control 9
Service menu 10
Troubleshooting 11
SPECIFICATIONS
Speed: Up to 1,500 sheets per hour (one crease)
Paper width: 4” (100mm) - 18” (457mm)
Recommended paper weight: 80 - 400gsm (creasing)
80 - 250gsm (perforating)
Creases per sheet: Up to 15
Pre-set crease locations: 1/2 fold, 1/3 fold, 1/4 fold, gate fold, book cover
Programmable jobs: Up to 5
Creasing bars: 2 x CITO technology, 1 x iron channel
Crease width: CITO 1mm, paper thickness < .2mm (80 - 150gsm)
CITO 1.4mm, paper thickness .2 - .4mm (160 - 250gsm)
Iron channel, paper thickness .4 - .5 (250 - 400gsm)
Min / Max distance of creases: 0.079” (2mm) / 39.37” (1,000mm)
Languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Greek, Czech
Dimensions with catch tray: 16” H x 48” W x 28” D (406 H x 1200 W x 711 D mm)
Weight: 125 lbs. (56kg)
Power: 110V, 60Hz
* Note: It is necessary to use the recommended creasing width channel for different paper thickness. If the inappropriate
crease width is used (usually narrow creasing channel for thick paper) inaccuracies in the position of the crease may appear, the crease will be placed at different distances than what is set on the display. If the narrow crease channel is used
with thick paper the paper will be pressed into the creasing channel, the rollers will start to slip trying to release the paper,
in this case the wider crease channel should be used.
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CONTENTS
1 FD 230 7 Hexagonal key
2 Magnetic side guide 8 Magnetic stop
3 Magnetic strip (2) 9 Delivery table
4 Lower creasing/perforating tool 10 Clamp (tted on the machine)
5 Stripper 11 Creasing knife (tted on the machine)
6 Perforating knife
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Stripper (5)
The stripper is used in situations when creases are close to the front edge of the sheet. In such case the paper may
bend upwards after creasing, hit the cover lid near the exit of the machine and jam inside. The stripper is necessary
to guide the paper past the rollers to pass through the machine easily. To install the stripper refer to the CHANGING
BETWEEN THE CREASING AND PERFORATING KNIVES on page 4. The stripper replaces the clamp.
Warning: Never t the stripper on the clamp! If the stripper is tted on the clamp it can touch the upper rubber roller and
destroy it.
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DESCRIPTION
The FD 230 Semi-Automatic Electric Creasing - Perforator is suited for nal processing of graphic materials up to 450 mm
width. Creasing enables easy folding of paper and reduced cracking of digital prints. A simple knife change and turning of
the lower creasing/perforating tool enables the FD 230 to make perforations that allow for easy separation of paper.
1. Feeding table
2. Delivery table
3. Fixed T-square
4. Left side guide
5. Magnetic strip
6. Display
7. Control light
8. STOP button
9. Lower creasing/perforating tool
10. Upper cover
11. Magnetic stop
12. Power supply switch
13. Clamp A/B
14. Ram
15. 6 mm hexagonal screw
16. Locking screw
17. Pressing mechanism
18. Adjusting screw
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13 A/B
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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
After unpacking the machine place it on a solid surface and attach the delivery table. Plug the machine into the power
outlet. It is now ready to operate and the display is illuminated. Select the correct size crease channel for the paper weight
by removing the lower creasing/perforating bar, rotate it to the correct size channel and reinsert (g. 1a). When the upper
cover is lifted up the machine is automatically turned off and the control light turns red.
CHANGING BETWEEN CREASING AND PERFORATING KNIVES
The FD 230 is set up for creasing by the manufacturer. To switch to perforating, it is necessary to change the knife (in the
packaging included).
1. Unplug the machine from the wall outlet.
2. Remove the lower creasing / perforating tool and ro-
tate it so the perforating side is facing up then reinsert
(the perforating side of the tool has dashed lines on
it). (g 1a)
3. Lift the upper cover and remove the 2 locking screws
located on the joist of the hinged pressing mechanism
(g 1b).
Fig. 1a
Lower creasing/perforating tool
4. Lift the hinged mechanism and x it in the upper position by inserting the locking screws into the sideboard.
Then remove the 5 hexagonal screws and the clamp
with the tool provided (g 1c).
5. Replace the creasing blade with the perng knife.
IMPORTANT! Hand tighten the screws
into position, do not completely tighten
them until performing a control upstroke
to set the knife in the correct position.
CAUTION! If this procedure is not
followed the machine will not feed
properly.
Fig. 1b
Hinged pressing mechanism
Locking screws
Fig. 1c
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Hexagonal screwsClamp
CHANGING BETWEEN CREASING AND PERFORATING KNIFES - Continued
6. To perform a control upstroke, close the upper cover
and power on the machine.
7. Press the “Move” icon on the Main screen (g 2) and
the following menu comes up – “Manual Control” (g
3).
Fig. 2: Main Screen
8. From the “Manual control” screen press the “1 turn“
icon (g 3) and the control upstroke will be carried
out.
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9. With the control upstroke completed, power off the
machine and unplug it. Then completely tighten the
hexagonal screws with the tool provided to secure the
blade in position.
6. Finally, lower the pressing mechanism to its original
position and replace the locking screws.
Fig. 3: Manual control
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SETTING MACHINE USING TOUCH SCREEN
Language selection
1. After the power supply switch has been turned on, the
display shows the main screen (g. 4)
2. There is a hidden icon in the left upper corner of the
main screen. If you press this space a language menu
appears (g. 5).
Press the icon for the required language. The
display will now show the basic menu in the chosen
language.
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Fig. 4: The Main screen
Counter Reset
1. To reset the counter, press the blue number to the left
of the “pcs” icon on the main screen (g. 6), which
is the number of pieces of paper that have been
processed. A keypad will appear. Key in the number
“0” and conrm it by pressing “ENTER”. The Main
screen menu will now read “0”.
Setting the Number of Creases / Perforations
1. Pressing the numeric icon under “Number of creases”
will display the numeric keypad. Key in the number
of creases/perforations needed. The program allows
up to 15 creases/perforations to be set. Conrm the
number of segments by pressing the “Enter” key. The
number of creases/perforations is now set (g. 7).
Fig. 5: Language selection
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Fig. 6: Counter Reset
Fig. 7: Number of creases / perforations
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Setting Position of Creases / Perforations
1. The position of the rst crease/perforation is set as
the distance from the leading edge of the sheet.
The position of each following crease/perforation
is dened as its distance from the previous crease/
perforation. The “nr. +” and “nr. -” are used to select
the next segment. Choose the segment number 1
then press the numeric icon under the word “length”.
A numeric keypad will be displayed. Use the numeric
keypad to set the distance from the edge of the sheet
and press “Enter”. The position of the rst segment is
set. Choose the crease/perforation number 2 using
the “nr. +” key then press the numeric icon under
the word “length” again. Use the numeric keypad to
set the distance from the rst crease/perforation and
press “Enter”. The second crease/perforation is set.
Set all the remaining creases/perforations the same
way. When all the creases/perforations are set, press
the “Return” icon to go back to the main menu. The
machine is now ready to process the task.
Fig. 8: Crease / perforation position
For example, gure 8 shows 5 creases, with crease
# 1 at 100mm.
Special Types of Folds
1. Press the “Setting” button on the Main Menu to
access the fold types. Press the “>>>” icon on the
Setting screen to enter the screen where the common
fold types are displayed (g. 9). To utilize the most
common folds it is necessary to crease in distances
of 1/2, 1/3 or 1/4 of the paper. Press the appropriate
icon to select one of the common fold types. For
example, press the “1/2” icon, followed by “<<<”,
“Return” and “Start” icons. The selected fold type icon
will appear on the main screen ( i.e. 1/2). Pass one
sheet through the machine, its length is measured and
1/2 of the length is calculated. The screen changes
to the Setting screen (g. 9). The calculated length of
the 1/2 is displayed in the “length” box. Then return
to the main screen and press the “Start” icon. It is
recommended to process only one sheet and check
the position of the crease/perforation, and check
whether the distance was measured correctly. If the
crease is not precisely set to the required distance,
return to the Setting screen and correct the distance
manually. All other folds work the same way.
Fig. 9: Setting screen - most common fold types
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Book Cover Setting
1. Among the fold types is a special function called
book cover (g. 9). The FD 230 is ideal for making
professional book and brochure covers. Book cover
is dened by 4 creases made in the middle of the
sheet with xed distances 6 mm between the rst
and second crease and third and fourth crease.
The distance between the second and third crease
is optional depending on the book thickness. This
dimension is dened by the “length” icon below the
book cover icon.
Saving and Loading Programs
1. The software allows up to 5 different jobs to be
saved. The number and position of the segments is
set according to the procedure described on page 7
“Setting the Number of Creases/Perforations”. After
setting the required number of segments and their
position the program can be saved. On the main
screen press the number in the right side of the
screen showing the program number (g. 10a). The
menu for saving and loading of a program (g. 10b)
appears.
To SAVE a program, choose the number for the
program using the keys “prg +” and “prg -” and press
the “Save” icon. Press the “Return” key to go back to
the main screen. The program is now saved.
To LOAD a saved program, press the number in
the right side of the screen showing the program
number. Then choose the program number you want
to load using the keys “prg +” and “prg -” and press
the “Load” icon. Press the “Return” key to go back
to the main screen. The machine is ready to operate
according to the loaded program.
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Fig. 10a: Saving and loading program
Fig. 10b: Saving and loading a program
Note: The screen displays the number of the last
program saved or loaded. For more effective work
the program can be changed without saving it. In this
case, the number of the last program saved or loaded
is still displayed, but the machine operates according
to the operator’s last setting, even though this setting
has not been saved. If the machine is turned off then
turned on again, the machine operates according
to the program displayed on the screen. The last
unsaved setting is deleted.
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Working Cycle
1. Choose a preset program or create a setting. First
adjust the movable left side guide on the feeding
table according to the paper size. Remove or add
magnetic strips between the side guides which
prevent paper from deection. Then set the distance
of the magnetic stop on the delivery table according
to the paper size. Press the “Start” icon on the screen.
The machine starts and the working cycle screen
is displayed (g. 11). A “Stop” icon and information
about the number of processed sheets are displayed
on the screen.
2. Paper can now be fed into the machine. It is very
important to do this accurately. When the machine
is creasing or perforating the red diode on the
main panel is on. More paper can be loaded in the
machine after the red light changes to green again.
The machine can be turned off by pressing the “Stop”
button on the display. In case of an emergency press
the red “STOP” button on the main panel.
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Fig. 11: Working cycle screen
Manual Control
1. When changing the tools it is necessary to carry out a
testing upstroke (turn) to make sure that both tools are
parallel, and also to make sure that either creasing or
perforating tool is leaned against the slide. To do this
press the “Move“ icon and the following menu comes
up – “Manual control” (g. 12).
2. After activating the “1 turn” icon, the control upstroke
is carried out. If the crease depth is not the same on
both sides of the paper or the perforation does not
result in direct separation of the paper, the ram can
be adjusted with a perforation knife (g. 13). This is
done by using the adjusting screws . It is necessary
to loosen the screws gradually by 1/6 of a turn (60°)
to the left (slide goes down), then secure it with
a nut. You should check the quality of perforation
after each turn (60°). Continue until the desired
quality is achieved. After the machine is adjusted for
perforation, it is adjusted for creasing as well.
Fig. 12: Manual control
Fig. 13
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Ram Adjusting screw
Service menu
1. A hidden icon is located in the upper right corner
of the main screen. This icon is there for a trained
service technician. To access this icon you need to
enter a password (g. 14).
Fig. 14: Service Screen
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TROUBLESHOOTING
a) Upstroke stoppage: If this problem occurs during adjusting and checking the upstroke of the ram it is necessary to turn
the adjusting screws to the right by two turns (the ram goes up). When the upstroke cycle is nished, the red diode is on.
Turn the machine off and back on. After the machine is turned back on the upstroke process should nish. It is necessary
to readjust the ram.
b) Paper jam: If the paper gets jammed or damaged, it is necessary to stop the machine immediately (press the STOP
button). After the machine has been stopped tap on the MOVE icon. Before the paper is removed it is necessary to carry
out an upstroke (1 turn icon). Then press the Backward or Forward button depending on situation.
c) Crease is in incorrect position compared to values set on display
It is necessary to use the recommended creasing width channel for different paper thickness. If the inappropriate crease
width is used (usually narrow creasing channel for thick paper) inaccuracies in the position of the crease may appear, the
crease will be placed at different distances than what is set on the display. If the narrow crease channel is used with thick
paper the paper will be pressed into the creasing channel, the rollers will start to slip trying to release the paper, in this
case the wider crease channel should be used.
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