Heidelberg QM46-1 Error 15-01

[mightyandy]

Hi,

We are having problems with a press we've just purchased, any help would be greatly appreciated.

SF 56 brings up error code: 15-01

All guards seem to be closed and the switch can be heard clicking once closed, no lights are illuminated on the SVK2 board.

I'm lost, as the press was working before the Lorry collected it in London.

I assume this cannot cause an issue but there is NO blanket washup device and NO water tray

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Andrew

[rbailleu]

air pressure?

[RGPW17100]

I agree check the air pressure. Very bottom under the feeder to the floor use your allen wrench to half turn the two screws to remove the panel down my the grease zerks. There is an air guage and it must get to the upper level of the green to allow the press to work. If you hear air leaking follow it. Hose could have a hole or when shipped the bottom of the air guage has a air release that might have been left open.

[mightyandy]

I'll take a look this morning however I have watched the gauge going into the green area it seems to have to get up to pressure before I can attempt to switch on blowers.

I also think error 11-05 appears when not up to pressure but disappears when the gauge reaches the green area

[mightyandy]

I can confirm air is deffinetly getting up to pressure in the upper area of the green segment on the gauge.

If you have any other suggestions they would be greatly appreciated

[nhprinter]

Read this thread from another board. It might solve your problem.

Heidelberg Quickmaster DI46-4 Fault 15-01 - Color Printing Forum

Good Luck,
Dave

[mightyandy]

Thanks for all the replies, sorry my previous reply was incorrect although my gauge is getting into the green area the compressor is not switching off I assume its never reaching the correct pressure?

Also I can hear air leaking out of Y4 (non operator side).

Could this be the cause of this issue?

[mightyandy]

I've now removed the "Y4" device and blocked the hose outlet to prevent loss of pressure and there is now no leaks.

However the needle on the guage is sitting about 2mm below the green section where it is then letting any further air out through pinholes around the adjuster knob on the top of the compressed air control unit.

The Adjustment knob feels pretty tight I was scared of twisting any further incase damaging anything. Is alot of force required to adjust this?

Finally now when I switch the QM off there is no leaks and pressure is staying constant just slightly on the low side.

[RGPW17100]

On the operator side there is a small cover that the pile height handle, air blow and vacuum and pile height adjustments are all located. There is an air valve or some sort of pressure switch. I have seen air leak there before. If that machine does not get up to pressure and the compressor does not shut off it will never run. On ours when the piston is activated on the second unit about 1 in 10 times I loose about half my air pressure. I am able to start the press but it will not drop the water forms and the entire plate inks up. That press has a lot of electronics and pneumatics that can be troublesome. You may have to bite the 300 dollar bullet and get a tech to look at it. You can try phone based support and the cost for that is around 150 per occurrence.

[mightyandy]

Thanks I'll take a look at where you mentioned and post any updates.