Arpac Heat Sealer
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Date requested |
Type | Problem | Cost | Time spent | Status | |
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| 2023-06-17 | Other | Machine Maintenance | Teflon tape for the rubber bumpers needs replacing, it's heavily discolored and has some plastic buildup. The blades haven't been cleaned in about a year, I'm unsure if they actually need it, but I can't tell with the guards on. I would like them to get checked, cleaned if there is much buildup. We've been having some persistent holes on the 2nd cross seal, so I'm hoping this work will improve it. | changed blades and retaped | ||
| 2023-05-29 | Other | Machine Maintenance | Our tube of silicone oil compound for the blade cleaning / lubrication is just about empty. I believe some got ordered last year, we just need one of them. | complete | ||
| 2023-03-09 | Other | Machine Maintenance | Horizontal sensor is sensing & feeding film endlessly, when no pastry is on the belt. | adjusted sensor | ||
| 2022-11-23 | Other | Machine Maintenance | The set screw used to tighten the bar that holds up the film right before it goes past the blades is almost stripped. It would be helpful if we could get it replaced, preferably with something we can easily hand tighten. The tape for the pads is starting to wear through in spots, it might be worth replacing before it becomes problematic. | replaced tape | ||
| 2022-10-30 | Other | Machine Maintenance | When the connection to the air compressor broke today, I'm pretty sure it was from a passing speedrack catching the hose sticking out the back of the machine into the walkway. If the T intersection that was added could be turned so that the middle connection is the one entering the shrink wrapper, then the hoses would probably stick out into the pathway as much. Thanks again for fixing it so quickly, it would have been pretty problematic. | repaired | ||
| 2022-10-15 | Other | Machine Maintenance | Feeding belt constantly drifting right / away from the operator. It's drifting fast and hard enough that it immediately returns to leaning on the side as soon as it starts running again. Currently doesn't seem to be doing any damage to the belt. | Complete | ||
| 2022-10-09 | Other | Machine Maintenance | The blades of the shrink wrapper have visible buildup of plastic, and it's starting to have an effect on some of the harder to wrap items. I haven't been able to scrub them off using the plastic wiping method. Also one of the shrink wrappers screws and its washers were found, but we weren't able to figure out where they fell from. And when I tried using the air compressor to clean the machine it just sprayed water continuously. | cleaned | ||
| 2022-09-12 | Install new knifes, heat tape, sealing pads | complete | ||||
| 2022-09-01 | Install new knifes, heat tape, sealing pads | new tape | ||||
| 2022-08-15 | Can we get a new air hose for cleaning the machines? Preferably one long enough to reach from the shrink wrapper to the flow wrapper with a bit of room to spare. The one we used to use is now being used for running the spray gun in the kitchen. And if possible, could we get some sort of junction at the point where the hose that supplies the shrink wrapper attaches so that we don't have to fully disconnect the shrink wrapper in order to use the compressed air line for cleaning. | supplied a hose | ||||
| 2022-08-02 | Other | Machine Maintenence | The guard for the side seal blade is becoming intermittently jammed, roughly in the area around the first / right side sensor. It's very occasional, somewhere in the range of only a 1-3 times over the course of 100 items wrapped, but always in the same place. When it becomes stuck, the guard remains raised enough to trigger the touch sensor, and jostling the guard in that area causes it to fall back down and allow for normal use again. As a side note, I'm still running the machine at a lower blade temperature, but I've had to raise the blade temperature slightly in order for it to seal properly; on some items I'd reached the maximum dwell time and was only getting weak seals. Still trying to keep the blade as clean as I can as well. I'm slightly worried that the much higher dwell times might be overall worse than higher temperatures, but will continue watching it. | cleaned and lubricated | ||
| 2022-07-14 | Other | Machine Maintenance | The feeding belt is drifting left (towards the operator) quickly. Having to reset the belt every ~15 min. | adjusted belt | ||
| 2022-06-11 | Other | Machine Maintenance | The blades are very dirty, to the point of appearing bumpy. I cleaned them as best I could using the method of scrubbing them with a wad of plastic while they're hot, but I believe I've hit the limit of what I can remove that way. The machine is sealing worse than usual, and I suspect the buildup on the blade is a major culprit. We have a coffee cake promo coming up and I'm hoping to get it working really well before we fully start production. | replaced blades | ||
| 2022-04-21 | When I went to open the door for the plastic reel, the handle accidentally broke. Bolt is in a deli cup on the Arpac. | replaced | ||||
| 2022-04-01 | Other | Machine Maintenance | We have the machine running ok currently but there might be a problem with the blades on the shrink wrapper, we have the dwell time up very high (we have it at 200-250 now, 100 is about usual) which is alarming. It could also use fresh tape | Complete | ||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | Machine Cleaning | It isn't damaging the belt (yet), but the belt is drifting to the left very quickly these days. We know how to slide it back into place, but it's now moving fast enough that it will return to being completely to the left in less than an hour's use, and using the levers to move the belt to the right has become very slow. We were told that glaze on the rollers was a likely cause, but that's not a part we have a method of cleaning. | cleaned take up roller and adjusted belt | ||
| 2022-03-11 | Other | Machine Maintenance | The machine is working, but the cross seal has been under performing. The cross seal seems to be having trouble cutting and sealing the plastic, leading to the seal being inconsistent / weak, and frequently failing to release and becoming stuck. We've had to raise average dwell time and blade temperature every few days for the past few weeks in order to counteract it. Very little comes off the blade when we use the method of using a wadded piece of plastic to wipe the blade. All the usual techniques for improving bags and how well the blade seals have worked (like making heavy use of priming the blade and pads), but performance has just been trending downward the last few weeks and we'd like it to be looked at. | The BLADES MUST GET CLEANED EVERY NIGHT | ||
| 2022-01-21 | Other | Machine Maintenence | The feeding belt of the shrink wrapper has started drifting right (away from the operator) again, and is starting to rub up against the sides again. | Complete | ||
| 2022-01-18 | Other | Machine Maintenence | Arpac frequently stopping & displaying "seal safety bar trip" when nothing is in the way of the blades. Happens both with machine running on auto & with manual seals. | eye was loose tightened | ||
| 2022-01-02 | Other | Machine Maintenance | Feeding belt is noticeably drifting left / toward the operator. It's currently drifting fast enough that it needs to be pushed back into position on a daily basis. | realigned belt | ||
| 2021-12-14 | Other | Mechanical | We would like the vertical sensor on the old shrink-wrapper to be installed on the new one | Complete | ||
| 2021-12-01 | The shrink wrapper is overall working well, the blade temperature and dwell time had to be dropped even further down with the new blade and pads. There is a problem though with the far left side of the side seal. The last third or so of the blade is sealing much more weakly than the rest of the machine, and on items which are long enough to reach that area the seal consistently fails in that area. So far the only items long enough to have been affected is the cornbread. Adjusting the temperature and dwell time was able to reduce but not fully remove the issue. Overall the side seal blade seems to also run hotter than the cross seal blade; over melting the side seal when both blades are set to the same temperature. This is easily managed by running the side seal blade about 5-10 degrees cooler than the cross seal blade, but I figured it was worth mentioning. | If we continue to have issues I think we need to start running the new machine | ||||
| 2021-11-29 | Other | Mechanical | It could use a check-up in general. More specifically the bags are 'sticking' and we are increasing both the blade temp and seal time up and up, causing more holes. Being quite inconsistent in general. Was thinking the tape could maybe use a change, not sure the last time that was done. | replaced tape and cleaned knives | ||
| 2021-10-24 | Other | Mechanical | The perf bar on the shrink wrapper is out of alignment and not resting evenly, it is causing large jagged perf holes that are making every wrap look bad | Complete | ||
| 2021-09-30 | Other | Feeding belt still struggling, getting slowed or stopped by heavier items such as large coffee cakes, 10-pans, and cake department cakes. Belt is also drifting left / towards the operator again. | ||||
| 2021-09-29 | Other | The conveyor belt used to feed the machine feels very loose and has been having trouble moving some of the heavier/denser items. When it happens the belt will either noticeably slow down, stop outright, or be unable to start moving from a stop. It can cause the film to feed faster than the item is being pushed into the bag, which can cause issues with the quality of the wrap. I also think the buildup on the underside of the belt has gotten bad, but can't really confirm that. Overall the machine still works on the troublesome items, it just causes some extra difficulty. | I just cleaned the icing off the roller, that should solve the problem | |||
| 2021-09-12 | Install new knifes, heat tape, sealing pads | replaced tape awaiting new knives in OCt. | ||||
| 2021-09-01 | Install new knifes, heat tape, sealing pads | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | One of the rollers for one of the black belts is missing the retaining clip which prevents the roller / bearings / belt from sliding side to side. It most likely fell off while trying to clear out a film bunch up. We made a temporary one out of a paperclip, and marked the bolt which the roller corresponds to. The bolt is on the left side when you open the shrink wrapper door. | replaced clip | ||||
| 2021-06-27 | Still stalling. Water has been being drained. | Complete | ||||
| 2021-06-20 | shrink wrapper was staling. Blades didn't want to come down. | Complete | ||||
| 2021-06-07 | The feeding belt of the shrink wrapper is constantly drifting left, towards the user. The drift is fast enough that it's had to be moved back into position multiple times in a single day. | realigned | ||||
| 2021-03-29 | The safety on the shrink wrapper is still tripping. | complete | ||||
| 2021-03-25 | The safety on the shrink wrapper is still tripping. It's better than it was, it tripped a few times yesterday and worse tonight. | Complete | ||||
| 2021-03-24 | Safety was tripping a good amount of times tonight. | Complete | ||||
| 2021-03-19 | Other | Machine Repair | Random safety trip is happening again. Seems to happen more towards the beginning of our shift (5-7PM). Happens most often when running small coffeecakes. | Complete | ||
| 2021-03-11 | Other | General Maintenance | ARPAC is frequently registering a safety trip when trying to seal, giving the message "Seal Bar Safety Trip", when no blockages are in the way of the seal. We will be able to wrap as normal for 5-10 seals, then it will trip seemingly randomly. | Complete | ||
| 2021-02-11 | The shrink wrapper is still having trouble where the blades meet at the pinch point. | Complete | ||||
| 2021-02-02 | The shrink wrapper, has a gap in its tape next to to the corner. Causing the bag not to get sealed in that spot/catch and rip the bag. | replaced tape, used adhesive to keep rubber from moving | ||||
| 2021-02-01 | We are still having many troubles with the shrink wrapper(small hole on the side keeps coming back, packages are just not up to snuff) Can we get someone from Arpac to come look at the machine? We've done all we know at this point and the problems keep coming back. | changed tape | ||||
| 2021-01-25 | The shrink wrapper is having a lot of trouble in the front corner, every package is sticking to the other, but only at the very corner where the two seals meet. | replaced front knife, changed tape | ||||
| 2020-12-15 | First of all, machine is running great! so this is low priority. We noticed the sides of the blade tape is starting to get a little ragged and frayed, might need some replacement tape soon | replaced tape | ||||
| 2020-12-12 | Install new knifes, heat tape, sealing pads | Complete | ||||
| 2020-12-06 | Other | Fix issues with holes in shrink-wrapping | We need to resolve the hole issues with the shrinkwrapper. If we need to take it apart and clean the machine it can be done in the morning. As long as it's put together and usable by 1 PM each day. We could do this in stages. Let's check in in person to make a plan. Melissa | 60 mins | Made bag adjustments, machine is running good with no holes, | |
| 2020-12-01 | Install new knifes, heat tape, sealing pads | 60 mins | changed knives | |||
| 2020-11-11 | The Arpac did amazingly yesterday when sealing bags, didnt stick at all(no peel away). It somehow started back up again today. It wasn't too bad, but yesterday was just so perfect. It always seems to be that same spot on the side seal. | the side seal blade was very dirty in the middle, cleaned | ||||
| 2020-11-09 | The arpac is still having trouble peeling away from the side seal, its not too bad when we prime the machine(2 manual seals before starting) The Teflon on the vertical seal also keeps lifting up and out of its holder. | glued down teflon rubber, changed tape | ||||
| 2020-11-03 | the film is not separating / peeling away. It is sticking to the front side seal. | replaced rubber, installed new tape, cleaned knives | ||||
| 2020-10-02 | Other | Machine Repair | There is a frequent reoccurring hole in the side seal. The hole is on the side seal, about an inch from the far right side of the side seal. The size of the hole varies depending on the settings on the machine. Changing the bag length, height, width, blade height, blade temperature, and dwell time did not reduce how often the hole appeared. We cleaned the blade as best we could with the abrasive pad. We tried every variation of settings we could think of. The hole appears when using both large and small film. The hole appears less often on large and rectangular items, but much more often on small coffee cakes. The hole is visible before the item enters the heat tunnel. Sometimes the plastic around the hole appears to be slightly bunched up, but not always. Sometimes the entire side seam will be weaker and will immediately tear open when it enters the heat tunnel, but that seems less frequent. Hole started appearing after the wires on the heating element were repaired, but worsened massively the following day. | Complete | ||
| 2020-09-10 | The Arpac is really starting to have trouble disconnecting packages from each other(showed mike the other day) its at the point where it needs a new strip. Also getting a lot of plastic build up in the crevasses | Complete |