why is my Roland cutter making an awful noise please?

[Stephen Sill]

Lorraine-

I would shut the unit off for about 5 minutes and then restart it. I wouln’t attempt to use it if it continues to make the noise – if it’s a fan for example the unit could overheat. Is it making the noice only when it cuts? or all the time when it’s powered on?

Thinking….definitely needs to be seen to. These things can so easily get worse.

[Lorraine Clinch]

It sounds as though the part that makes a noise has just got MUCH louder, almost as though the loudspeaker has started to go in a stereo unit, if you know what I mean?

[Kevin.Beck]

slightly off topic- sorry……

but my wife makes an awful nosie a well………

😉

[Clive Darbon]

Not sure about this, but could it be something jamming your rollers? Does it go through the normal set up OK or is it from the moment you switch on? It is hard to know because there are several possibilities? Sorry can’t be more helpful, have 2 Rolands myself and odd things happen on them from time to time!
Regards, Spooky

[JOHN BEEDHAM]

hey, it will get a hell of a lot louder yet.
you need ear muffs for my roland………….in time the knife head will get stuck half way across … but if it just started to make noise now……well…
mine started to get noisiy abouty a year ago..it makes a horrible DRY sound to it. worse when i first turn it on, gets better arfter she warms up a bit.( like most girls).

[Peter Shaw]

Does this mean there’s something wrong with my Roland cutters?

They’re not noisy at all!!

[Lorraine Clinch]

Emailed Roland on Saturday, waiting on their reply. Mines always played a tune, but now its ear-splitting (screaming banshee-like!) 😥

[steve geary]

Mine was noisy from the start, Much louder than my VE, and i think it got a little louder also…
I thought it was normal.. it works great.
Now i’m curious….

steve

[Lorraine Clinch]

Steve, what happened toyour hair? 😕

[Lorraine Clinch]

My CX24 keeps changing the speed settings…….and when I slow it right down it still zips the vinyl up & down with the rollers, super-fast. It’s actually quite scary! 👿

[Clive Darbon]

Lorraine, mine also does that, CX24 and it won’t slow down even if you set it up in SignLab to slow down! It is quite noisy but not too bad, but the only screeching I’ve had was with the roller getting jammed once – very bad noise but OK when freed up.

[Chris Hooper]

Hi

Our Graphtec plotter started increasing in noise level and this was due to two reasons
1) the cutter mat becoming worn. Replaced this and this helped
2) Dust, glue and gunk builds up on the pinch rollers – cleaned this also

everythings seems aok now

Hope it helps

Chris

[John Childs]

Lorraine,

It sounds like you have the initial feed set fast and the speed for cutting at something slower.

If you have a poke about in your settings you might find how to adjust them, although whether you do it on the cutter or on the driving software I can’t say as I’m not familiar with your kit.

We can adjust both and have the initial feed permanently set very slow so that if there is a problem with vinyl alignment we don’t get a big heap of ruined material wrapped around the cutter head. We then simply adjust the cutting speed to whatever is appropriate for the material, intricacy of the job, newness of the blade etc etc.

[Lorraine Clinch]

I’ve never until this past week ever had to change any of the settings, except the ‘force’, and these problems occurred all on there own, since it started making a noise.

I replaced the cutting strip this month, I’ve got new rollers but havent replaced them yet. Geoff gave the fan & base a good hoover/brush out on Saturday, which has improved the noise a bit, so I shall have to look at the ‘feed’ rate, if I can find where it is.

Surprisingly, it is still cutting OK, just scary!

I’m probably being a bit of a wuss, but I’m dreading having it stop completely, just when money’s tight, saving up for the shop move, re-fit etc…. 😥

[Stephen Sill]

Lorraine-
You haven’t heard back from roland yet, have you? Screechy noises are scary, because they always seem like they are expensive! Lubrication is cheap but you have to know where to lubricate. jams can be cleared, but they can damge those fiddly little sensors, wires, and director plates. Ugh. A good hoovering was probably the smartest first step. One other thing to check. Do you notice any odors, like something hot that shouldn’t be?

Steve

[Lorraine Clinch]

Hi Stephen

No, as expected, I haven’t heard from Roland.

The cutter seems to have improved, its not AS noisy, and I had changed a setting from heavy to light, which I found was the cause of it running too fast, now normal speed again.

I am keeping my fingers crossed, I have a few large jobs to cut this week…..

BTW, there is no smell or heat from the cutter. I wonder if the running track needs oiling????

Thanks

Lorraine