ryobi 3200 pfa HELP

[paradigm]

I'm running a 3200 pfa. Left it for a few minutes. BAD idea. Heard it jam and the ugliest thud. Thought maybe I snapped the V-belt but didn't. Cleared the jam. A large number of sheets were stuck between plate and blanket cylinders.

Anyway, it started up fine but when I went to print there was no contact between the primary plate cylinder and the blanket. No image produced. I can see light between the 2 cylinders when there shouldn't be. The secondary unit (underside) is printing fine. I'm no tech but I need to get this fixed. I have a book that is "supposed" to hit the streets in 2-3 days.

How do I get the plate to make contact with the blanket? The form rollers are putting ink on the plate fine but it is not being transferred to the blanket.

I've taken off all the covers and I don't see anything visibly wrong but I did hear some kind of loud thud or even a snap but I don't see anything.

Can anyone offer some suggestions? Thanks!

 

[OkiTech]

Oh man, sounds like it is the bast idea to find a friendly printer near by and have him finish the job so you get to keep the customer. Thing like this is better to fix without a "deadline pressure" Where are you located, by the way? If looking between cylinders is as far you went, may be you should call or service person. Generally you should knock the covers off and look for a problem. I used to run a 3200 PFA but problem you have is not generated by common usage of the press - more like an accident an chances of anyone else having an experience of recovering from similar situation is really slim that is unless walking away for few minutes from running press is common practice Anyway - take covers off, put handles back on run a sheet manually turning the press by hand see if you can isolate the problem. Use your bottom tower as benchmark. Have a camera ready, may be a picture of problematic area will help us to solve the problem. But once again - make a back-up plan, it may not be possible to figure it out 1-2-3.
Roman.

 

[paradigm]

Hi Roman, I'm in Nanaimo BC. I've been playing around with this thing for the last few hours. I'm running poly plates so I put another one under the plate and did make some contact. I swapped out the blanket too thinking that maybe I crushed the hell out of it. I'm about to try put 2 plates underneath to see what that does.

I have all the covers off and I don't see anything. I don't have a decent enough manual to know whether the primary cylinder pressure can be adjusted... it is just not quite making enough contact like it did before. The form rollers seem fine so it is getting enough ink.

I'll have to call in a service guy I guess but they are getting harder to find. Any other suggestions. You don't happen to have a service manual kicking around do you???

Marco

 

[paradigm]

So I packed the plate with 2 other plates and it did make contact and printed but this is a temporary fix. How to I correct the situation?

 

[OkiTech]

Hi. Try to perform regular plate to blanket pressure adjustment procedure. I don't remember procedure and gave all the manuals away when sold the press but you can buy manuals on internet and you definitively should if you plan on keeping the press. Generally you ink it up, with any plate on than drop the ink rollers on the plate till plate gets covered with ink , stop the press than trick the press in to impression and look at the nip - it should be within specs....

 

[Ryobi Press Parts]

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[paradigm]

Thanks for all the help. I took a chance and played around with tightening a couple of bolts on either side of the press. I was amazed but I had it fixed in less than one minute!!! 1 simple bolt moves the plate cylinder back and forth. Easy.