Optimum S210G - Anomalies; Anomalies in the metal belt saw

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Anomalies
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Page 494 February 2008 version 1.3.1 S210G; S275G; S210G Vario; S275G Vario Metal belt saw
8 Anomalies
8.1 Anomalies in the metal belt saw
Anomaly Cause / possible effects Suggested solution
Maschine does not run on • The FI protected switch of your
electrical supply release.
•  “Power connection“ on page
20
Saw motor overloading
• Suction of motor cooling air hin-
dered
• Motor not correctly fixed
• Power unit for saw belt not prop-
erly fixed
• Check and clean
• Requires technical service! Have
the machine repaired in the work-
shop
Cooling agent feed not
working
• Cooling agent tank empty
• Cooling agent tap closed
• Cooling agent tap blocked
• Cooling agent duct bent or blocked
• Air in the system, e.g. after re-fill-
ing
• Pump doesn't work
• Fill
• Open
• Clean
• Check and clean
• Bleed by briefly withdrawing the
pressure hose
• Check pump
Short life of saw belt
(Teeth blunted)
• Quality of saw belt not suitable for
this material
• An incorrect tooth spacing causes
breakage of teeth (the broken
tooth in the work piece blunts the
other teeth)
• Missing cooling
• Cutting speed too high
• Feed too high
• Higher quality saw belt (choose
bimetallic belt)
• Select correct tooth spacing
• Use cooling system
• Reduce cutting speed
• Reduce feed
Breakage of teeth
• Chip space in the saw belt full,
tooth spacing incorrect
• Use saw belt with a different tooth
spacing or reduce feed
Breakage of the saw belt
• Tension in the saw belt too high or
too low
• Saw belt defective
• Saw belt guide adjusted incorrectly
• Check tension of the saw belt
•Replace
• Adjust saw belt guide correctly
Twisted cut (saw belt devi-
ating
)
• Distance between guide and work-
work piece too high
• Saw belt blunt
• Saw tension too low
• Feed too high
• Cutting pressure too high
• Saw belt defective (irregular set)
• Saw blade guide badly set
• Bring the guide as close as possi-
ble to the work piece
•Replace
• Tighten correctly
• Reduce
• Reduce
•Replace
• Readjust
Cut not rectangular, but
parallel
• Material does not rest on both rails
of the work-holder vice
• Clamps of the work-holder vice not
adjusted to 90º
• Support material properly
• Adjust clamps correctly