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Section 7: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
7A. Troubleshooting
Tapered bottles.
Many wine bottles have a slight taper to them. Using the normal procedures outlined in the
manual will cause the labels to be applied crooked. You may be able to apply your label
straight if you angle the container idler roller to correspond with the angel of the taper. For
example, if you normally apply labels to the bottle with both sides of the container idler roller
in the third notch from the drive roller, try putting one side in notch three and the other side
in notch four.
Motor stalling on labels 6" (15.3 cm) or wider.
For label stock 6 in. [15.3 cm] and wider, it may be necessary to reduce the speed of the
Label Applicator. The AP380 includes a half-speed mode that generates more torque from
the motors for wider label stock. To activate this mode, hold down the foot switch while
switching on the unit. The A380 will revert back to the default mode when switched on
without holding down the foot switch.
AP380 is running slow.
See Section 5A. Make sure the foot switch is not depressed at any time during the boot up
sequence.
Small diameter containers.
Small containers such as lip balm containers which are close to the minimum allowed
diameter specification (0.6 in.) will occasionally get pushed off the rollers by the oncoming
label. To solve this problem add pressure to the arm by hand while applying labels on
extremely small containers. This will prevent the label from pushing the container off the
rollers.
There are bubbles or wrinkles in the label.
Wrinkles or bubbles can appear on the applied label if the container is not completely round,
is not smooth, or has bumps or ridges. To minimize bubbling or wrinkling with such bottles,
smooth the labels by hand as the container rotates after label application. For this procedure
you must apply labels with out using the container pressure arm.
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