Hello everyone on bowl-tech,
I have a machine which has several issues. I think I have a good start as to what is causing the problem but am in need of some expert advice. The machine is going into hanging 180's quite often and sweeping off spares and setting pins. I think the problem lies in the clutch/triggering as a combination. There is something going on with the worm shaft into the gearbox causing the clutch adjustment to be wonky. During the machines cycle, you can see the worm shaft with a lateral movement of around 1/8 to 1/4 inch into and out of the gearbox. I don't think that is the sole reason for the machine acting wonky. The stud that the triggering bell crank mounts on was either broken or replaced years ago, before I came to this center. Was put in it's place was a 3/4 inch sized bolt long enough to tighten into the gearbox housing. This however has become somewhat stripped as well and will not stay tightened. It allows the whole triggering to become very sloppy and lopsided which I believe to be causing the bell crank to most likely bind causing the hanging 180's.
I have checked the 180 link adjustment and it was fudged up pretty good, was a very small gap so I set it to the books suggested 1/4 inch spacing. I also checked the dashpot adjustment and that was a little off as well. Still getting an abnormal amount of calls on this lane though.
Any help would be extremely appreciated.
Regards,
Daniel McNally
I have a machine which has several issues. I think I have a good start as to what is causing the problem but am in need of some expert advice. The machine is going into hanging 180's quite often and sweeping off spares and setting pins. I think the problem lies in the clutch/triggering as a combination. There is something going on with the worm shaft into the gearbox causing the clutch adjustment to be wonky. During the machines cycle, you can see the worm shaft with a lateral movement of around 1/8 to 1/4 inch into and out of the gearbox. I don't think that is the sole reason for the machine acting wonky. The stud that the triggering bell crank mounts on was either broken or replaced years ago, before I came to this center. Was put in it's place was a 3/4 inch sized bolt long enough to tighten into the gearbox housing. This however has become somewhat stripped as well and will not stay tightened. It allows the whole triggering to become very sloppy and lopsided which I believe to be causing the bell crank to most likely bind causing the hanging 180's.
I have checked the 180 link adjustment and it was fudged up pretty good, was a very small gap so I set it to the books suggested 1/4 inch spacing. I also checked the dashpot adjustment and that was a little off as well. Still getting an abnormal amount of calls on this lane though.
Any help would be extremely appreciated.
Regards,
Daniel McNally
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