Technotrans

[PKT FDO]

Hello friends,we have big issue on SM-102-4-P3 since long time.it's techno-trans unit going to off mode every about 15 minutes.when off techno trans stop the circulation to water pans & active warning beep sound continuously & print go to solid.our minders do techno-trans main switch off & on again.now works correctly about 15 minutes.Type-HEIDELBERG Hydrostar beta.d.40.also no alcohol & fountain solutions sucks automatically.we put premixed mixer to technotrans.Have any ideas about this?thank you -PKT FDO

 

[Mathew]

Hi,
I have been working on technotrans units for a long time and I know the details of each units very good since I've gained quite fine experience. What you are mentioning here is quite unclear and more information are needed. I need to know the followings:
1- Is unit equipped by alcosmart? If yes what type it is and what the error showing after warm-up?
2- What errors are appearing on "trouble indication" menu?
3- The most important reason which makes this type of units to "emergency" is IPA concentration. Do you measure it with measuring unit? If it excessesmore than 18%, to avoid of any more damages the unit switches off circulating pump.

Check these instructions and come back to us.

Good luck,

 

[PKT FDO]

Hello Mathew,thank you for replying & sorry for the delaying.our unit without alcosmart,this is equipped with alcohol stabilizer with ball control. currently alcohol stabilizer not working.no alcohol sucks.also can i know working pressure of circulation pump on pressure indicator?.show our indicator 0.7 bar.thank you-PKT FDO

 

[Mathew]

Hi,
Now it is clear. There are two faults which are more important than the others, overflow intermediate tank and water level Max-D cycle. As long as the first error "overflow...." is appearing, circulating pump is switched OFF to avoid dampening solution overflows from intermediate tank on the floor. So, cooling process will also interrupted and dampening solution will not cooled down any more.
And then about second error"water level...", while this error is appearing, unit will not suck no more IPA since it means the level of dampening solution inside the main tank has been reached to MAX. Check the level, it should be under first floating sensor. And then check if the sensor is looking clean or not broken working properly.

Good luck,

 

[maverick1971]

Hi,
Now it is clear. There are two faults which are more important than the others, overflow intermediate tank and water level Max-D cycle. As long as the first error "overflow...." is appearing, circulating pump is switched OFF to avoid dampening solution overflows from intermediate tank on the floor. So, cooling process will also interrupted and dampening solution will not cooled down any more.
And then about second error"water level...", while this error is appearing, unit will not suck no more IPA since it means the level of dampening solution inside the main tank has been reached to MAX. Check the level, it should be under first floating sensor. And then check if the sensor is looking clean or not broken working properly.

Good luck,

Hello Matthew,

I saw your reply to the above post regarding problems with a TECHNOTRANS issue and I read in the post that you are quite experienced with the finer details of the workings of TECHNOTRANS and ACLOSMART.

We have a Heidelberg SM102-10-P5 equipped with TECHNOTRANS Beta C. The unit has an ALCOSMART AZR CANopen unit which controls the alcohol dosing.

Everything was working fine up until this afternoon - alcohol dosing was set at 10% and the unit was working perfectly. We had a power failure this afternoon and when the power came back on an we restarted the press, the AlcoSmart unit display was showing Warning 01 and it was no longer displaying the alcohol reading.

Our operator, after seeing this error, assumed that the unit was no longer dosing the tank with alcohol and he added alcohol manually to the main tank!
When I got to the press later, he complained that the dosing was not working. On restarting the AlcoSmart unit, I noticed that the reading on the display was showing 12.8% Alcohol. I added more water and fountain solution to the tank and eventually the reading dropped back down to 10%.

Unfortunately, we are still getting the following:

"Warning 01"
" Error 04"

I don't think the Alcosmart is dosing the tank with alcohol at this point. When I restart the Alcosmart unit, it gives me an alcohol reading for a few minutes and then it starts showing "Warning 01" and "ERROR 04" as shown in the attached video clips - no alcohol reading appears.

Please can you assist in diagnosing what is causing this WARNING 01 and the ERROR 04

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

Shawn