The lead-pump stopped casting NI or NL

[John Cornelisse]

Casting a 17*15 or 17*16 die-case will need the die-case to move a little bit further to reach the NI- of the NL-pin.

But when the air pressure is too high, it can active the 0075-pin that will stop the lead pump, and no character will be cast at all.

Besides this the position of the adjusting wedges will change too, and the adjusting spaces will not fit the length of the line anymore.

Just lowering the air pressure of the compressor low enough will solve the problem:

add the code NL on the ribbon, run the caster and look at the 0075-handle (and the S-needle too) at the rear of the bridge...

[Minty1310]

Hi
Your air pressure should not need to exceed 15 psi.
EB

[John Cornelisse]

I do not know, why this 0075-pin will be activated when the air pressure is to high. All those different attachments together on the machine.

I suppose the unit-shift attachment for 16*17 die cases might add a connection to that pin.

[Keri Szafir]

Check the teflon plate you've put on your machine instead of the unit-adding switch valve. There may be a leakage between N and 0075 (remember the NK / NJ / NKJ combinations when unit adding is engaged?). Some silicone sealant should do the job nicely.

[John Cornelisse]

With a machine equipped with Unit-shift, Unit-Adding, the MNK-attachment also.... also the codes for repeat signalls...

these give a lot of connections, and when the air pressure is too high, the air might leak into some strange pipes...

This was not with a computer interface controlled machine, after cleaning a press with high air pressure, the air pressure was not lowered and connected with the caster again...