Better Packages 555e - Troubleshooting; Tape Jams

Rev 9 2022
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Troubleshoong Tape Jams
• Interference when Tape in Moon
◊ Operator grabs the tape before it stops dispensing
◊ Tape hits box or other object while dispensing.
• Tape Path Dirty
◊ Tape path must be free of dirt, glue and tape. Keep in mind that the feed wheel is pushing tape forward
aer leaving it. Therefore, a tape piece or other obstrucon will divert the tape from its normal path and will
cause a jam.
• Tape Pieces Stuck in Machine
◊ Aer a tape jam or at the end of a roll a tape a small piece of tape may be le in the machine tape path.
Verify that any piece of tape, however small, has been removed from the machine aer clearing a tape jam.
• Brushes Posioned Incorrectly
◊ The brush ferule must be snapped under retaining clip.
◊ Long bristle edge must face towards the front of machine
• Moistening Brushes Worn
◊ Hole or depression worn into surface of bristles causing tape to catch
◊ Clumps of glue interfering with tape moon
◊ This issue may be worse when the brushes are dry, and may be ne aer fully moistened.
• Lower Heater Plate
◊ Not snapped up and together with heater plate
◊ Bent – Lower plate should not be curved so as to create a pinch point with the heater plate
◊ Dirty – glue or tape stuck to top of plate
• Roll Guide Mis-adjusted
◊ Roll guides in wrong slot with too much side clearance which allows roll to wobble excessively.
◊ Roll Guides too ght against sides of roll causing excessive drag.
• Blade Height Needs Adjusng (feed wheel adjustment too ght)
◊ Tape hing blade
◊ Tape jumping over blade or le -hand corner of tape folded over
• Tape issues – damaged, frayed, excessive curl, extremely thin or thick, requiring feed wheel adjustment.
• Upper Tape Plate – missing, bent, or incorrect posion
◊ Tape must move freely under the plate, all the way up to the blade.
• Poor Cung
◊ If the blade is cung poorly or incompletely
• Heater Plate Bent
• Blade Oiler - felt separang from holder and interfering with tape