Smipack FP560 User manual



Use and maintenance manual FP560 - FP560A - FP870A
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USE AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Manual or semi-automatic L-sealer
FPF560 - P560A - FP870A
MANUAL CODE:
DATE OF CREATION:
REVISION:
VERSION DATE:
DM210702
23.10.2012
A
10.09.2014

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PREFACE
While thanking you for choosing us, SMIPACK S.p.A. is pleased to welcome you among its
large range of customers, hoping that the use of this machine will fully satisfy you.
This manual can be used for the model FP560 - FP560A - FP870A. It has been drawn up to
put you in conditions to be able to intervene on the various parts, and to understand the various
maintenance and intervention operations.
We recommend strictly keeping to the standards prescribed herein in order to guarantee
efficiency, duration and performance.
SMIPACK S.p.A. will not be held liable for direct or indirect consequences due to a proper or
improper use of this publication. We reserve the right to perform technical modifications on our
systems and on this manual without prior notice.
SMIPACK S.p.A. - Via Piazzalunga, 30 - 24015 S. Giovanni Bianco (BG) - ITALY
Tel. +39.0345.40400 - Fax +39.0345.40409
READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY AND FULLY BEFORE INSTALLING THE
MACHINE.
THIS MANUAL IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MACHINE AND MUST
THEREFORE ACCOMPANY IT UNTIL ITS FINAL DISMANTLING.

CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
(Directive 2006/42/EC - Annex IIA)
Company name and address of manufacturer of the machine :
SMIPACK S.p.A. - Via Piazzalunga, 30 - 24015 S. Giovanni Bianco (BG) - ITALY
Tel. +39.0345.40400 - Fax +39.0345.40409
Name and address of the company authorized to compile the technical documentation :
S.L.M. S.r.l. - Via S. Ambrogio, 51 - 22040 Alzate Brianza - CO (Italy) - Tel : +39 031 630925 - in the
person of Giorgio Livio.
We hereby declare that the machine :
with the function of :
complies with Directive 2006/42/EC and to provisions of law which transpose Directives
2004/108/EC (Electromagnetic compatibility) and 2006/95/EC (Low-voltage)
It also complies with the following harmonised standards:
• EN ISO 12100: 2010
• EN ISO 13849-1:2008 + AC:2009
• CEI EN 60204-1:2006
►Model :
□FP560 □FP560A □FP870A
►Serial number :
□Manual or semi-automatic L-sealer
Giuseppe Nava
(Legal Representative)
San Giovanni Bianco,

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CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY................................................................................................................................................5
1. GENERAL STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................9
1.1 HOW TO READ AND USE THE MANUAL ........................................................................................................9
1.2 WARRANTY AND EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY .................................................................................................9
1.3 REFERENTIAL STANDARDS .........................................................................................................................10
1.4 SYMBOLS KEY ...............................................................................................................................................10
2. MACHINE INSTALLATION .......................................................................13
2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINE COMPONENTS ......................................................................................13
2.2 WEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS OF PACKED MACHINE ...................................................................................15
2.3 MACHINE WEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS .........................................................................................................15
2.4 TRANSPORTATION AND UNPACKING .........................................................................................................16
2.5 ASSEMBLY BY USER .....................................................................................................................................16
2.6 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ..........................................................................................................................20
2.7 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION DATA ..............................................................................................................21
2.8 CONDITIONS FOR USE .................................................................................................................................21
2.9 DEMOLITION AND WASTE DISPOSAL .........................................................................................................21
3. INFORMATION ON THE MACHINE .........................................................23
3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINE .................................................................................................................23
3.2 DESCRIPTION OF DANGER ZONES .............................................................................................................23
3.3 AUTOMATED OPERATION OF MACHINES ..................................................................................................25
3.4 IDENTIFICATION DATA AND TECHNICAL DATA OF THE MACHINE .........................................................25
3.5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PRODUCT .....................................................................................26
3.6 FEATURES OF THE FILM ..............................................................................................................................27
3.7 DETERMINATION OF FILM WIDTH ...............................................................................................................27
3.8 FILM SEALING OPERATION ..........................................................................................................................27
4. PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR USE ...................................................29
4.1 POSITIONING REEL AND FILM PASSAGE ...................................................................................................29
4.2 ADJUSTING FILM PERFORATORS ...............................................................................................................29
4.3 ADJUSTING THE PACKAGING PLANE .........................................................................................................30
4.4 ADJUSTING THE SEALING FRAME ..............................................................................................................30
4.5 POSITIONING REEL HOLDER SUPPORT AND PRODUCT HOLDING PLATE ...........................................31
4.6 USING THE SCRAP COLLECTION DEVICE ..................................................................................................31
4.7 FIRTS FILM SEALING .....................................................................................................................................32
4.8 PACKAGING PRODUCTS ..............................................................................................................................34
5. OPERATION AND USE .............................................................................37
5.1 OPERATOR PANEL INTERFACE .................................................................................................................37
5.2 TURNING THE MACHINE ON ........................................................................................................................38
5.3 ACTIVATION AND STOP OF THE PACKAGING CYCLE ON THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC
MODELS (FP560A-FP870A) ...........................................................................................................................38
5.4 STOPPING THE MACHINE IN AN EMERGENCY ..........................................................................................38
5.5 SAVING A PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................39
5.6 PARAMETERS MENU .....................................................................................................................................39
5.7 ACCESS TO RESERVED MENU ....................................................................................................................41
5.8 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ON DISPLAY .................................................................................................42
SUMMARY

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6. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE ............................................................43
6.1 GENERAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ...............................................................................................43
6.2 NATURE AND FREQUENCY OF MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND INTERVENTIONS ..................................45
6.3 REPLACING SEALING BLADE .......................................................................................................................45
6.4 REPLACING PTFE AND SILICON RUBBER ..................................................................................................46
6.5 CHECKING THE LEVEL OF COOLANT .........................................................................................................47
6.6 ACCESS TO ELECTRICAL PANEL ................................................................................................................47
6.7 MACHINE ACCESS AREAS FOR INSPECTIONS .........................................................................................48
7. ANOMALIES AND FAULTS - HOW TO RESOLVE ..................................49
7.1 SOLUTIONS TO OPERATING PROBLEMS ...................................................................................................49
7.2 ERROR AND MESSAGE DISPLAYS ..............................................................................................................49

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1.1 HOW TO READ AND USE THE MANUAL
This manual constitutes an integral part of the machine and therefore it must be preserved
during its entire lifetime and must be handed on to eventual future owners.
Purpose of use and maintenance manual
Before carrying out any type of operation on the machine, you must carefully read this manual
and any attached documentation in order to avoid possible damage to the machine, to persons
or to objects.
The manual and all attached documents must be kept in a place which can be easily accessed,
close to the machine and known to the users (operators and maintenance personnel) so that
they may be consulted promptly when circumstances require it.
SMIPACK S.p.A. will not be held liable for possible faults, accidents or problems due to failure
to comply with the provisions contained in this user manual or caused by unauthorised
modifications and installations of accessories.
Preservation of use and maintenance manual
• Keep the use and maintenance manual with care.
• Do not remove, tear or rewrite parts of the use and maintenance manual.
• Make sure that any amendment implemented is incorporated in the text.
Consulting use and maintenance manual
Consultation of this manual is facilitated by the insertion, in the first pages, of a summary which
allows you to quickly locate the topics described.
Method for updating manual in the event of modifications to the machine
The descriptions and illustrations of this manual cannot be contested. SMIPACK S.p.A.
reserves the right (while maintaining the essential features) to modify these machines at any
time for their functional, commercial and aesthetic improvement without being obliged to
update previous manuals and production except for exceptional situations.
Any updates or integrations of the manual will be considered an integral part of it. We would
like to thank you in advance for any suggestions which you would like to point out to us in order
to implement further improvement.
1.2 WARRANTY AND EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
SMIPACK declines all liability deriving from:
- electrical and pneumatic supply defects;
- lack of maintenance;
- pollution external to the machine;
- unauthorised modifications and repairs;
- use of non-original spare parts;
- acts of God such as earthquakes, floods or fires.
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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The machine is shipped to the Customer ready to be installed, after it has passed all of the
foreseen tests and inspections in the factory, in compliance with legislation in force. The
warranty has a 365 day validity starting from the date of purchase. During the period covered
by warranty, SMIPACK commits itself to remove any faults or defects as long as periodical
maintenance is performed and original parts are always used. Expendable materials, parts
subject to normal wear or breakage, faults caused by atmospheric agents, transporting the
machine to an assistance centre and labour charges are excluded from the warranty. The
warranty is only valid for the original purchaser and only if the warranty certificate is properly
filled out in every part and sent within 20 days from the date of purchase. Repairs carried out
covered by the warranty do not interrupt or extend the warranty period.
The warranty will become void and invalid immediately in the following cases:
> improper use of the machine
> variation of process conditions
> unauthorised tampering by third parties
> failure to comply with that indicated in the instruction manual
> failure to use the manufacturer's original spare parts
1.3 REFERENTIAL STANDARDS
The machine models contained in this manual comply with Legislative Provisions which
transpose the following Directives.
European Directives applied to the equipment and/or the assembly:
• 2006/42/EC - Directive concerning the approximation of the laws of Member states relating
to machinery.
• 2006/95/EC - Directive concerning low voltage.
• 2004/108/EC - Directive concerning electromagnetic compatibility.
Technical standards applied to the equipment and/or the assembly:
• EN ISO 12100: 2010 - Safety of machinery - General design principles - Risk assessment
and risk reduction.
• EN ISO 13849-1:2008 + AC:2009 - Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control
systems - Part 1: general principles for design.
• IEC EN 60204-1:2006-06 - Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part
1: general rules.
1.4 SYMBOLS KEY
All of the instructions and information contained in this manual are often associated with certain
simple. Their meaning is explained in the following table.
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