Maintenance
Observe the following notes before you start with inspection/maintenance work.
• Frequent observation of the canning system is recommended to detect problems. A change in sound of the
running system can be an indication of wearing parts.
• Disconnect the Canning System from the power supply before starting work to protect it against unintentional
re-start. Failure to do so could cause severe or fatal injuries.
• Let the motor cool down before you begin work. There is significant danger due to hot gears and hot gear
unit oil. Remove oil drain plugs slowly and carefully.
• Improper maintenance may result in damage to the Canning System or other property. Please contact Codi
Manufacturing prior to performing any maintenance not outlined in the below table.
Component/Manufacturer Time Interval What to Do
Chuck Shaft Bearing Block After Every Run • Charge with NLGI grade 2 consistency grease.
Bubble Breaker Subassembly After Every Run • Completely disassemble bubble breaker and clean all
components, soaking as necessary.
Under Lid Gassing After Every Run • Completely disassembly under lid gassing assembly
Subassembly and clean all components, soaking as necessary.
Gearboxes / Neugart MFG Commissioning & After • Perform visual inspection of seals at the input and
P/N WPLE080 & PLPE070 10 Hours of Run Time output for leaks.
• Listen for excessive noise during operation.
• Check temperature of gearbox.
• Check torque of motor and screw connections, to
include the motor shaft’s clamp.
Lid Separator, Lid Dropper Weekly • Perform visual inspection ensuring any debris or
and Lid Chute aluminum filings found are cleaned and removed.
Alignment Screws Monthly • Perform visual inspection of both screws.
• Thoroughly clean each screw using Scotch-Brite™
Light Cleansing Hand Pads (white in color).
Jack / Joyce-Dayton MFG Monthly • Charge with NLGI grade 1 consistency grease.
P/N: JD-WJ1000I4S-004.00-
STDX-STDX-X
Pin Height Monthly • Perform inspection with pin height gauge to ensure
setting is still within the allowed tolerance.
Spring Pressure Monthly • Perform inspection with spring pressure gauge to
ensure setting is still within the allowed tolerance.
Transfer Plates Monthly • Perform visual inspection ensuring coating on plate
still provides adequate coverage.
Seamer Lifter Plate/Cylinder Monthly /As Needed • Lubricate with 321 oil so lifter has free range of
movement.
Seaming Rolls Every 50k Cans • Charge with NLGI grade 0 consistency grease.
Mounted Ball Bearing Every 4 to 10 Months • Perform visual inspection of bearings.
Support / SYSTEM PLAST • Charge with 0.10oz of calcium sulfonate complex
MFG P/N: thickened grease with a NLGI grade 2 consistency.
UCFH206-20-SS-CEC
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Pressure Transmitter / Every 6 Months • Visually inspect transmitter to ensure it is free from
Anderson-Negele MFG physical damage, moisture has not entered the
P/N: HH071G004A0A000 housing and that wiring is sound.
• Perform zero check calibration to ensure transmitter
is functioning properly.
Seamer Drive Belts / Gates Every 6 Months • Perform visual inspection of all drive belts. Look for
MFG P/Ns 1040-8MGT-20, cracking or fraying. Replace as needed.
800-8MGT-20 & 165L050
Fill Head Valve / GEA Annually • Replace all wear parts.
Mechanical MFG P/N:
HLA/P-OD3/4”/-MZ-
0000Z-1J/52/0
Pump / Tapflo MFG P/N Annually • Completely disassemble pump. Perform inspection
T80-STS on all components for wear. Replace as necessary.
Clean all components and reassemble.
Seamer Drive Motor / SEW Every 10,000 Hours • Check rolling bearing and change if necessary
Eurodrive MFG P/N • Replace the oil seal
DRN80M4_FF_DH • Clean cooling air ducts
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Troubleshooting
OBSERVATION CAUSES CORRECTIVE ACTION
Filling
Short fills Pressure drop too low or Increase pressure drop value or fill timer depending on fill valve
Fill timer too short shut off method being used.
Float ball and claw Remove float ball and claw assembly from fill heads and remove
assembly too low shims from male shank as needed. Call Codi for spare parts.
Tank pressure inconsistent For best results, the tank pressure should reach the same pressure
value at the beginning of each fill cycle. If the tank is unable to
recover pressure fast enough, you may observe that every other
cycle (or so) is bad. In this case the CO2 supply needs to be
better. If this is not possible, the machine must be slowed down.
Recommend to add a settle time in the snift cycle (Snift time1 1-3
sec, throttle1 87 psi)
See observation: Too The machine will pour the beer into the cans with no foam since
foamy it’s under pressure, but the foam will reach the surface when the
fill heads raise. See causes for foaming below.
Over fills Pressure drop too high or Reduce pressure drop value or fill timer depending on fill valve
Fill timer too long shut off method being used.
Float ball and claw Remove float ball and claw assembly from fill heads and add
assembly too high shims to male shank as needed. Call Codi for spare parts.
Too foamy Tank pressure too low Tank pressure should be about 15-20psi above solubility pressure
chart
Fill Throttle (choke-psi) Filling too fast – CO2 is breaking out of solution when entering
too low can, bubbles are carried into can and those bubbles have to reach
the surface. This is foam
Pressure drop too high or The larger the pressure drop the machine needs to see to shut the
fill timer too long fill valves, the longer the valves stay open after the can is filled.
Over filling will cause unwanted foaming. Reduce pressure drop
(or fill timer, depending on what method is being used)
Total snift time too short Increase snift time. Can pressures are not low enough to lift fill
heads and prevent excessive foaming
Snift Throttle (choke-psi) If the final snift throttle is set too high, too much pressure will be
too high trapped in the can at the end of the fill and “shock” the product
when released to atmosphere.
Over filling See overfilling corrective action above.
Bubble breaker CO2 too The bubble breaker is designed to agitate a carbonated product
high and keep O2 out by creating some foam. If there is too much
CO2 dispensing, this can cause unwanted excessive foaming
Machine chooses Tank/Can Diff (psi) too Machine is looking for cans to reach a certain pressure. (Tank
not to fill certain low pressure – Tank/Can Diff (psi)) If any can does not reach this
cans pressure, the fill valve will not open.
Index screw misaligned Use HMI Jog+ and Jog- buttons to align fill heads with cans in
with fill heads index screw. Tip: always finish the adjustment with a Jog+ step as
there is too much hysteresis in the pockets of the screw to use
Jog- for alignment. Ensure that side rails keep cans tight in index
screw pockets.
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CO2 supply weak If the machine is not receiving a sufficient supply of CO2, it will
not be able to pressurize the cans to the pre-fill set point. Notice
what pressure the CO2 inlet drops to when there is a large CO2
draw (increase tank pressure to see this in action) If the inlet
pressure drops very low and recovers very slowly, the CO2
supply is weak.
High Dissolved Tank not purged well Run initialize sequence before filling tank with product on next
Oxygen before filling process run
Cans not purged well Increase number of evacuate cycles OR increase flow through
before filling purge timer depending on which method is enabled.
Not enough foam Too much foam is bad, it will cause short fills or float lids in the
seamer, but not enough foam will allow lots of space for oxygen
to get it. Try the following.
• Reduce the snift time
• Increase final snift throttle
• Decrease fill throttle
• Decrease tank pressure
Not enough underlid gas Open the manual throttle valve to the underlid gas. You should
be able to hear it coming out of the gassing starwheel.
No product Air bubble is blocking flow Set pump to 35-40Hz and watch view port for air bubbles to pass
flowing into filler through system.
tank Input & output are Change “Press PSI” to a higher value. If the measured psi drops,
reversed the input & output are reversed.
Filler Can Handling
Cans being Inlet air pressure too high Adjust inlet regulator to between 95-100 psi
crushed by fill Air cylinder flow control Reduce flow from fill head cylinder lower port (turn flow control
heads at beginning set too fast or damaged knob right) If this doesn’t reduce cylinder speed, replace flow
of cycle control fitting.
Index screw misaligned Use HMI Jog+ and Jog- buttons to align fill heads with cans in
with fill heads index screw. Tip: always finish the adjustment with a Jog+ step as
there is too much hysteresis in the pockets of the screw to use
Jog- for alignment. Ensure that side rails keep cans tight in index
screw pockets.
Fill head stops set too low Set fill head stops so there is minimal over travel when sealing on
top of cans
Cans being Snift time is too long Adjust snift time down to leave some pressure (about 2 psi
crushed by fill minimum) in cans before fill heads lift
heads at end of Final snift throttle (choke- Adjust snift throttle up to prevent last few psi from leaving cans
cycle psi) is set too low before fill heads lift
Cans being Rails not set correctly Rails could either be set too far out or too far in. Ensure cans are
damaged by index snug in pockets of timing screw, but not being crushed at any
screw on infeed point.
Transfer plate set too high Lower transfer plate for cans indexing under fill heads
– cans likely tipping
Screw Off (ft/min) HMI Reduce the relative speed of the index screw to the conveyor. If
setting too high the screw is driving faster than the conveyor and there is not
sufficient back pressure, the cans will lean forward and the
transfer plate is harder to set this way.
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Seamer
Lifter Lifting Too Feed screw timing off Retime screw to factory set points.
Soon Op1 timing off Encoder position needs adjusting.
Lifter Damaging Pin height set incorrectly Check pin height based on parameters listed on specification
Cans sheets received from end manufacturer. If set point from spec
sheet cannot be achieved contact Codi Manufacturing for
assistance.
Spring pressure too Verify pin height is set correctly. Verify spring pressure is set
high/low correctly and perform adjustments as needed per Spring Pressure
section on pg. 25.
Lifter is raising too quickly Adjust inline flow control valve at rear of machine.
Bad transfer/tipping cans Ensure transfer palates are clean. Polish the plates as necessary to
ensure a smooth transfer.
Ensure screw and guiderails are positioned correctly. Perform
adjustments as necessary.
Lifter Not Lifting Lifter is set in manual From manual run screen, ensure lifter is set to Auto.
mode
Issues with lid miss sensor Verify from seamer screen that lid missed sensor lamp is
triggering by manually raising the lid retention plate. If found,
contact Codi Manufacturing for technical support.
Cans Not Indexing Can is not engaged in Loosen the 5 mounting bolts and adjust screw accordingly until
Onto Lifter Pad pocket all the way maximum engagement is achieved.
Sticky transfer plate Ensure all foreign debris is cleaned off the transfer plate.
Perform visual inspection ensuring coating on plate still provides
adequate coverage. Replace if necessary.
Lids Not Being Feed screw timing off Retime screw to factory set points.
Dispensed Can detect sensor set Adjust positioning of sensor.
incorrectly
Low air pressure Check all lines and connections.
Lids Jamming At End chute block is Return to factory set point. If issues are still present contact Codi
Pusher misaligned Manufacturing for technical support.
End chute clogged with Perform visual inspection ensuring any debris or aluminum
debris filings found are cleaned and removed.
Lids Not Falling End chute clogged with Perform visual inspection ensuring any debris or aluminum
Down Lid Chute debris filings found are cleaned and removed.
Chute path too tight Loosen clamping bolts in effected areas to allow lid to travel
unimpeded.
Can and Lid Not Lid dropper height set Adjust overall height at the 3 height adjustment bolts. Perform
Mating Correctly incorrectly small adjustments and recheck.
Lid Separator Not Lid screw cutting timing Retime lid separator to factory set points.
Cutting off
Lid separator height to lid Ensure 0.020” gap from separator to track, perform small
track is off adjustments as necessary.
End chute block is Return to factory set point. If issues are still present contact Codi
misaligned Manufacturing for technical support.
Lid Separator Lid separator height to lid Ensure 0.020” gap from separator to track, perform small
Cutting Multiple track is off adjustments as necessary.
Ends End chute block is Return to factory set point. If issues are still present contact Codi
misaligned Manufacturing for technical support.
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Lid Knocks Can Lid chute retention plate Clean retention plate of all debris. Ensure it moves freely. If issue
Over During movement impeded continues contact Codi Manufacturing for technical assistance.
Placement Guide rails improperly set Verify guiderails are set in such a fashion that can has proper
engagement in pocket.
Product Pump Low air pressure Check all lines and connections.
Freezing/Not Dirty/wet air supply Compressed air must be clean and dry in accordance with ISO
Turning On 8573-1:2010. If particles or water are found present in the air, the
warranty provided by Codi Manufacturing is VOID.
Internal components of Completely disassemble pump. Perform inspection on all
pump are dirty or worn components for wear. Replace as necessary. Clean all
components and reassemble.
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