Bq270 perfect binder manual

An error code may appear here. See Section 6 [Troubleshooting] on page This is the OK button. Decide whether the machine should home all parts on every Select the binding type. This screen appears when there is a cover sheet left on the nipper while changeover. Remove the Press OK to start the changeover. If the level plate height is set correctly, changeover. When using the cover sheet with window or hole, enter the number of the window hole using Cover Go to the Main Binding Screen.

Sheet Fine-adjust Screen Part5. Page Setting The Scoring Rollers Setting the Scoring Rollers Adjust the gap between the upper and lower scoring rollers by turning the scoring roller pressure knob.

Page 48 Setting the Scoring Rollers Lower the upper scoring roller. The scraper levels the glue even. Page Setting The Side Glue Rollers Setting the Side Glue Rollers When binding without covers When you change the binding type, binding with covers or binding without cover on the Binding Mode Screen, the The screen will tell you to dislocate the side glue roller screen with the message reminding you to set or release on the far side.

Page Start Binding Start Binding When 10 minutes has passed after the drum is stopped, message to rotate the drum appears. Press Press both start buttons to rotate button on the Single Operation Screen Part the milling cutter. Prepare for the next job. Move the end guide against the right edge of the stack. Press the Stop button on the Bind- ing Screen. Press both Start buttons. If you do not do this, the machine may start suddenly and cause severe personal injury. Pull the stopper to the front.

Remove the stacked booklets. This section explains the procedures necessary to write and read out the job information using the Memory Screen. Select the Memory Screen. Press the button for the job number Press OK. Press the button for the job number you want to delete. Press delete. The lower limit of the glue level is 8 mm 0. Do not run the machine in the condition that the glue level is under the lower limit line.

Page Finishing The Binding Operation option , the binding oper- ation can be started without waiting for the glue to be melted. Refer to page 97 for opera- tion. Page Parts Adjustments 4. Adjustments Changing the Spine Glue Amount and Position If too much or too little spine glue is applied, you can adjust the amount of spine glue and the starting and ending position.

Page Changing The Nipping Setting Changing the Nipping Setting If the spine quality is poor, adjust the nipping delay time, nipping time and the nipper width. Adjust the nipping delay time, nip- ping time and the nipper width using the Nipping Screen. Refer to page Page Changing The Cover Feeding Settings Changing the Cover Feeding Settings If the cover sheet is out of position on the book block or is not fed correctly, change the cover feeding settings.

Adjust the position of the fixed and adjustable scoring rollers using the Scoring Screen. The milling depth is set to 2 mm when the machine is shipped. When binding a thick book block, or if the mill- ing is overloaded, adjust the milling depth to 1.

Page 66 Milling Depth Adjustment Change the number of shims. There are three kinds of shims. Use just - Increase or decrease the number of shims on one shim or two shims together. Do not each side equally to adjust the level plate use three shims together.

Page Glue Temperature Adjustment Glue Temperature Adjustment The glue will perform best if is heated to the correct temperature. Adjust the glue temperature according to the type of glue which is being used. Measure the glue temperature when the application drum are rotating. If there are not enough glue, the measured Adjust the glue temperature using temperature tends to become low. Page Side Glue Amount Adjustment Far Side Side Glue Amount Adjustment Far Side If the side glue is not applied on the far side even there is glue on the side gluing roller, you should adjust the position of the side gluing roller on the far side.

The glue amount adjusting plate is very hot, and may cause severe skin burns. Loosen the two mounting screws on the glue amount adjusting plate. Page Nipper Height Adjustment Nipper Height Adjustment If the booklet spine is too sharp, or too round, or some bubbles are caught in the spine glue, adjust the nipper height.

If the spine is too sharp, turn the ring clockwise. Page Nipper Angle Adjustment Nipper Angle Adjustment If the sharpness of the spine is incorrect too sharp, or too round on either side of the spine, adjust the nipper Lock the adjusting block and close angle on both sides.

Set or dislocate the side guide rollers according to the binding type. When binding with covers The screen will tell you to set the side glue roller on the far side. Before dislocating the roller, make sure to memorize the original setting position. Wear thick gloves during this operation. The melt tank may be heated to degrees Celsius Fahrenheit and may cause severe skin burns. To adjust the side gluing roller on the far side, loosen the locking screw on the positioning plate and turn the plate clockwise to the stop.

To adjust the side gluing roller on the far side, loosen the locking screw on the positioning plate and turn the plate counterclockwise to the memorized position.

Start the binding operation, referring to [Start Binding] on next page. Press the. This part can cause severe personal injury. Binding Operation Flow Start the binding operation. Insert book block inside the carriage clamp. After the carriage clamp comes back above the level plate, the booklet is delivered to the delivery section and stacked. Prepare for the next job.

Stack more cover sheets on the feed table. If the cover sheets are not separated, this can cause double feeding, or the cover sheets may be partially fed. If you do not do this, the machine may start suddenly and cause severe personal injury.

How to install the delivery chute 1. Move the stopper back. Remove the stacked booklets. Hook the chute. This section explains the procedures necessary to write and read out the job information using the Memory Screen.

Select the Binding Screen if you want the machine to start the changeover right now. The recall of the job information is now complete. Press the button for the job number you want to delete. Do not run the machine in the condition that the glue level is under the lower limit line.

The glue level lowers while the application roller is rotating. Check the glue amount when the application roller stops. Add glue into the melt tank. If the glue level comes lower than the plate, it may damage the gluing mechanism. This will cause the glue to overflow. When the power is turned on the next time, the machine will recall the information from the previous job. Refer to page 97 for operation. Adjustments Changing the Spine Glue Amount and Position If too much or too little spine glue is applied, you can adjust the amount of spine glue and the starting and ending position.

Refer to pages 22 and Gluing Screen Part 3. Adjust the distance between the side glue rollers using the Gluing Screen Part 2. CAUTION In case the nipper position is too high for the spine glue amount, the spine glue may comes aside and increase the side glue amount.

Adjust the nipping delay time, nipping time and the nipper width using the Nipping Screen. Nipping Delay Time. Transport Belts. Cover Sheet. When mis-detecting the double feeding or mis-feeding, adjust the light strength or the detecting sensitivity. If any of the problems listed below occurs, adjust the vacuum to the feed rotor and the pressure of the transport belts. Adjust the position of the fixed and adjustable scoring rollers using the Scoring Screen. Remove the cover sheet and feed a new one.

If the book block moves when it hits the milling guide, increase the milling guide width. The milling depth is set to 2 mm when the machine is shipped. When binding a thick book block, or if the milling is overloaded, adjust the milling depth to 1. Press the Start buttons twice with both hands. Press it again and the carriage clamp moves to the right and the level plate appears.

Press the Emergency Stop button. Emergency Stop Button. There are three kinds of shims. Use just one shim or two shims together. Do not use three shims together. Othewise the level plate height becomes too high and the booklet detect sensor can not detect the booklet correctly.

The level plate and book block are raised by the increased shim thickness, and the milling depth decreases by the same amount. The less the milling depth, the less the load on the milling mechanism. You can add shims together to increase the thickness. Total Shim Thickness mm. Press it again and the clamp rail lower and the carriage clamp opens. Adjust the glue temperature according to the type of glue which is being used.

Measure the glue temperature when the application drum are rotating. If there are not enough glue, the measured temperature tends to become low. Fill the glue so that the thermometer soaks into the glue by 40 mm 1. Adjust the glue temperature under degrees Celsius. Otherwise the glue alteration accelerates, and the glue does not apply on the application drums.

The glue temperature changes depending on the room temperature. Loosen the locking screw of the positioning plate and turn the plate counterclockwise. If there is still not enough glue on the side gluing roller, adjust the glue amount on the side gluing roller. See the instructions which follow. The glue amount adjusting plate is very hot, and may cause severe skin burns. Loosen the two mounting screws on the glue amount adjusting plate.

Mounting Screws. Adjust the position of the glue amount adjusting plate. If the spine is too sharp, turn the ring clockwise. Adjust the nipper height. Nipper Height Adjusting Ring. Test the binding. Loosen the locking screw on the nipper angle adjusting block. Rotate the nipper angle adjusting block left or right to adjust the nipper angle. Check that the cover sheets are cut correctly before doing this adjustment. If the cover sheets for the current job are not square, make a temporary adjustment to finish the job.

Remember to reset the angle adjustment when the job is finished. Adjust the angle of the cover sheet. Loosen the locking knob. Tighten the locking knob and the locking nut, then close the lower nipper door.

Locking Nut. When the blower air is too weak or too strong, double feeding or mis-feeding can occur. If necessary, adjust the amount of blower air. Blower Air Adjusting Lever.

Adjust the air pressure. Press the lever in to increase the blower air. If the blower air is too strong, the cover sheets will flap. Feed a cover sheet by pressing the Start buttons. Check that there is no double feeding. As the pad is raised, the gap between the feed rotor and the pad is reduced to help prevent double feeding. Refer to [Feed Table Height Adjustment] on page When using thick sheets, set it a little higher than the center position. Aiso adjust the table height if there is frequent double-feeding or mis-feeding.

In this case, reduce the vacuum or lower the feed table. If there are frequent mis-feeds, raise the feed table. Scoring Roller Pressure Knob. Turn it clockwise to make the scoring line deeper. Before each changeover, check that the scoring rollers rotate smoothly by turning them by hand. Do not touch the milling and the roughening cutters. These can cause severe personal injury. The carriage clamp closes by first press and clamp rail raises.

Then the carriage clamp will move to the right and stop by second press. Clean the milling section. Press the Emergency Stop button and clean the level plate mechanism.

Remove the paper chips. If the cutter cover does not move smoothly, paper chips may be scattered heavily. The carriage clamp will move back to the left side by first press. Then the clamp rail lowers by second press and carriage clamp opens. The machine may start suddenly, causing severe personal injury.

Press the button Nipper Cleaning again. If the carriage clamp is in the way, press or on the Single Operation Screen. The carriage clamp is in the way, press or on the Single Operation Screen to remove or return the clamp. Replace the book support plate by following the procedure listed below. Remove the side cover. Remove the book support plate. Use the supplied screwdriver. Open the carriage clamp as far as possible.

The milling cutter may be worn, and may need to be replaced. Enter a book block thickness of 20 mm 0. Otherwise, the machine may start suddenly and cause severe personal injury.

Otherwise, the sharp cutters can cause severe personal injury. Do not touch the tank. Turn off the power switch and remove the milling section front cover. Remove the milling section safety cover. Milling Section Safety Cover. Remove the front milling guide. The screw will be very tight. Guide Block. Do not touch the edges of the milling or roughening cutters. Remove the rear milling guide and the upper knife.

Attach the front milling guide. Insert the screws from the rear and turn the pulley by hand. Place the front milling guide in a position where the rear milling guide can be attached. Upper Knife. This will reduce the height of the milling cutter. If the milling cutter is sharpened, insert a spacer between the milling cutter and the milling holder. This will raise the milling cutter as shown in the illustration below. The roughening cutter should also be lowered. Make a stack of sheets which has a thickness equal to the amount removed from the milling cutter during sharpening.

Insert this stack between the roughening cutter and the roughening cutter setting gauge. Move the front milling guide 20 mm from the rear milling guide. Fasten the mounting screws on the milling cutter as follows. Attach the upper knife using the two mounting screws.

This is the thickness of one 64 gsm sheet. The roughening cutter may be worn. If it is worn, replace the roughening cutter. A sudden start of the machine can cause severe personal injury. Wear thick gloves and do not touch the edge of the milling or roughening cutter. Otherwise, a sharp cutter can cause severe personal injury.

Slide the milling section safety cover to the right and hold it with gummed tape. Set the book block thickness to 50 mm 1. Mount the new roughening cutters when the power is turned OFF. Roughening Cutter 2 There are cutters on both sides of each roughening cutter. One roughening cutter can be used twice. Roughening Cutter. There is a spring under the roughening cutter.

It will pop up when the set screw is loosened. Replace the glue by following the procedure below. Check that the glue is melted completely before beginning this operation, and then turn off the power switch. Drain the glue quickly before it hardens.

Wear tightlywoven cotton gloves when draining the glue. Find a container for the drained glue capacity 4 liters or 1. Get the drain guide and a cloth to wipe up the glue. Drain Guide. It is dangerous when the box is broken or cracks.

There are three mounting screws. Remove the drain guide. Otherwise, it may cause the severe skin burn. Do not walk away from the machine when draining the glue. Old glue is very sticky and not all of it can be removed.

The small amount of old glue left over will mix with the new glue. Do not pick the glue in fine part of the tank. Picked glue may be left inside the tank and may not melt.

It stucks between the roller and the wiper and causes the problems. Double feeding can occur for several reasons. Refer to pages 67, 68 and Remove the two mounting screws on the double feed stop pads. Attach new pads. Perform this operation after tring all the operation at the troubleshooting Refer to page Move the spare transport belt to the former position. Cut the tyton which fixes the spare transport belt shown in the illustration below.

The gap between the side glue roller and the glue amount adjusting plate is too small. The gap between the side glue roller and the glue amount adjusting plate is too wide. Check if the breaker is not tripped. If the breaker trips repeatedly, please call your local dealer. The booklet is delivered before the glue on the spine hardens when binding without cover sheet.

The carriage clamp opening is too narrow. When the booklet falls down to the delivery section, the booklet falls down at a tilt. The cover sheet is shifted parallel to the book block toward the fore-edge. The cover sheet is shifted parallel to the book block in the topbottom direction. If the booklet quality is still bad, return the appropriate section of the machine to the home position using the [Single Operation]-Home Positioning Screen.

There are some problems only a service person can handle. These are inidicated by the gray shading in the table below. If an Error code with [Service call] in the column for See page comes up repeatedly, please call your local dealer and report the error code.

If this error code appears repeatedly, check the covers and the brake release button. Check that the stepper motor moves, and that the home positioning sensor is active. Check that the carriage clamp moves smoothly. If this error code appears repeatedly, replace the inverter A Check that the breaker corresponding to the error code is not tripped. Check the level plate position detect sensor B If the nipping operation is done twice, check that the thickness of the book is set correctly.

Or widen the nipping width. Check that the stepper motor moves, and the home positioning sensor is active. Check the nipper stop position sensor B31 and nipper upper position detect sensor B If this error appears repeatedly, replace the inverter A If the breaker is tripped, turn it ON. Otherwise, it can cause an electrical shock. Check the error code on the Error Screen.

When the glue drum is stopped for more than 10 minutes, this screen appears. When the clamp stops above the milling section by the emergency stop, this screen appears. Open the safety cover and move the clamp by hand to the original position above the level plate. The previous screen appears. This screen appears to prevent the clamp from hitting the milling section safety cover. And the previous screen appers. This screen appears for preventing the glue from hardening. This screen appears when one or some settings out of the spine glue thickness, wiper opening, nipping delay time and nipping time were tried to be changed manually although the settings are set to Auto.

When the spine glue thickness, wiper opening, nipping delay time, and nipping time should be changed manually, press OK and change the setting. In this case, set the current time and day. Refer to the next page. Reset Lamp When this timer does not work correctly according to setting, reset lamp illuminates. One rotation takes a day and the indexes can be set every 15 minutes. Set the tabs inside to turn on the setting. This knob is used to set the current time. One rotation of this knob takes an hour.

These lamps are used to indicate the current day. A lighted lamp indicates the current day. For each day on which the melt tank will be heated automatically, set the switch for that day to [AUTO]. For each day on which the melt tank will not be heated automatically, set the switch for that day to [OFF]. ON: When the main power switch of the BQ is turned on, the melt tank is always heated up, independently of the timer function.

AUTO: The timer function is available. Set the weekly timer. Weekly timer heats up the melt tank at the set time on the set date. For safety, check the machine in the set time. Remove the transparent cover. Set the current time as follows: - Turn the current time setting knob clockwise to set the [hour] index first, then set the [Minute] index.

Set the current day as follows: - Press the day setting button using the tip of a screwdriver. Each time you press the current day setting button, the current day indicators advance a day. Stop when they indicate the current day. Therefore, the machine is powered up until it reaches the off setup time, even though the day select switch for the day is turned off.

Installation Installation This section includes procedures that can be performed only by our service engineer. Adjust the leveling bolts and lift up the machine so that the machine becomes level. Install the touch panel. The Horizon BQ delivers on that promise:.

Xerox award-winning digital presses can be enhanced with feeding and finishing equipment. Functionality may vary by product model. Contact your local sales representative for detailed compatibility information. Horizon BQ Perfect Binder. The BQV single-clamp binder offers high-quality production perfect binding with fully automated operation, push-button simplicity, and on-demand production of variable thickness books. VSV Smoke Extractor The strong blower provides constant fume extractions for a comfortable operating environment.

The T weekly timer automatically switches power on at pre-set times for quick make-ready. Time and day of the week can be set. Verify that cover and book block match by scanning with the BC-BQ barcode verification system.