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Versacamm feed problems

Posted by Kate Bell on 23 July 2010 at 08:54

Hi

Hoping someone has had similar experience of this problem and can give me some advice. I did raise it with my engineer when i last had some maintenance done.

For the past month or more i am having trouble cutting anything over 1 metre in length without the vinyl just dancing from under the pinch rollers. I have taken to using the long clamps on most jobs to prevent wasting vinyl, and cutting jobs as small as possible. The vinyl will always pre feed perfectly. I loosen the tension on the media at the back too. I have heavily reduced the cutting speed to stop it shooting the vinyl too quickly. Past couple of days i have been trying to cut some windows graphics which are 1.7 metres long. I cannot get it to cut the final window for love nor money.

Can anyone offer me any solutions, or something i can go back to the engineer with to try and get this fixed. Wasting so much vinyl and time.

Thanks

Kate

Kate Bell replied 15 years, 2 months ago 6 Members · 9 Replies
9 Replies

David Rogers

Member
23 July 2010 at 09:07

Model?
Kate Bell

Member
23 July 2010 at 09:20

ooh would help wouldn’t it, its an sp-300
Matt Boyd

Member
23 July 2010 at 18:26

are you using all of the pinch rollers? or just the 2 outer edge ones?
Richard Urquhart

Member
23 July 2010 at 21:38

Matt they only have 2 anyway.
Line the media up correctly and you wont have a problem, you need to make a mark on the rear and do the same on the front the same distance out from the case end , this way yoy know its in correct alignment and running true. I plot lenghts as long as 5 meters, even with print and cut work only needing to allow a 2mm bleed.
Matt Boyd

Member
23 July 2010 at 23:51

oh right, we use a vp540i and that has quite a few, figured it would be the same kinda thing!
Kate Bell

Member
24 July 2010 at 08:06

Hmm. Been running this machine for over 5 years. Never had the kind of trouble i’m experiencing at the moment.
Andy Perry

Member
24 July 2010 at 09:15

Hi Kate,

I think you have an option to cut from the first object, this would be better for you as it doesn’t whizz the material through at top speed and starts making contact with the vinyl right away stopping it running off as much.

Andy
Chris Wool

Member
24 July 2010 at 11:11

some things to check on older machines
if it cuts small letters fine but runs off at length.

grit roller dirty
pinch rollers worn and or worn bearings. spring unequal pressure
rear roll holder not square to machine bed.
daft one, sticky dirty front and rear covers that the vinyl (should) slide over.

chris
Kate Bell

Member
26 July 2010 at 08:37

Thanks Chris, will look into these points now.

Kate