●Failed heating element (see 5.7 below)
SYMPTOM: The dies get too hot
Possible causes
●Heat turned up too high (see 2.3 below)
●Failed thermostat (see 5.6 below)
●Incorrect line voltage (see 5.3 below)
●Incorrect heating element (see 5.8 below)
SYMPTOM: Oil is leaking down the side of the machine base
Possible causes
●Machine has been moved (see 6.2 below)
●Failed oil tank gasket (see 4.1 below)
SYMPTOM: Oil is leaking from the top middle of the machine
Possible causes
●Failing hydraulic cylinder seal (see 4.2 below)
●Failed seal in directional valve (see 4.7 below)
SYMPTOM: Machine pressing surface moves up, but won’t come back down
Possible causes
●Machine columns dry or dirty (see 3.4 below)
●Failed bearing (see 3.5 below)
●Machine has been dropped and knocked out of alignment (see 3.3 below)
SYMPTOM: Machine pressing surface moves up very slowly
Possible causes
●Broken hydraulic line (see 4.3 below)
●Failed pump (see 4.4 below)
●Failed hydraulic valve (see 4.5 below)
SYMPTOM: Dough doesn’t spread evenly
Possible causes
●Incorrect number or placement of flat springs (see 1.1 below)
●Insufficient dough portion (see 1.12 below)
●Mismatched upper and lower die halves (see 1.13 below)
●Wrong pan (see 1.3 below)
●Dough placed too far off center (see 1.15 below)
●Upper die half is not tight to the machine (see 1.6 below)
●Excessive buildup in mating surface between machine and upper die half (see
1.8 below)
●Bottom half of the die is not secured with thumb screw (see 1.7 below)
●Excessive build up between lower die half and travel plate (see 1.9 below)
●Lower travel plate is too low (see 3.1 below)
●Travel plate or bearings are worn (see 3.2 below)