KGK JET S510 Instruction Manual

On-demand ink jet printer for industrial use

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Instruction Manual
Head. Reservoir portion
Thank you very much for purchasing our product.
In order to use the product properly, please read this manual carefully.
Please keep this manual in hand always. This will help you surely when a problem has been occurred
while using our product.

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  • Page 1 On-demand Ink jet printer for Industrial use Instruction Manual Head. Reservoir portion Thank you very much for purchasing our product. In order to use the product properly, please read this manual carefully. Please keep this manual in hand always. This will help you surely when a problem has been occurred while using our product.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Index 1 Introduction ......................5 2 Precautions ......................7 2-1 Symbols/Indicators Explanation ....................7 2-2 About Power ..........................8 2-3 About Printhead ..........................8 2-4 Maintenance ..........................9 2-5 In an Emergency ........................... 9 3 Features and configuration ................. 11 3-1 Features ............................
  • Page 4 6-1 Purge-Definition ........................... 29 6-2 Tools needed to perform purge ....................29 6-3 Pressure purge ..........................30 6-3-1 Pressure purge is, ..........................30 6-3-2 Procedure-Pressure purge ........................ 30 6-4 Suction purge ..........................33 6-4-1 Suction purge is, ..........................33 6-4-2 Parts of the suction purging device ....................33 6-4-3 Suction purge-Procedure .........................
  • Page 5: Introduction

    1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the KGKJET S510 - our high-quality ink jet printer for industrial use. This printer is designed as a high-resolution marking device for wide use in various manufacturing lines. It is an innovative ink jet printer for industrial use, which can print high-quality characters comparable to typography unlike dot matrix characters printed by conventional ink jet printers.
  • Page 7: Precautions

    2 Precautions 2-1 Symbols/Indicators Explanation RISK If you ignore this warning and if any incorrect handling injury may occur. If you ignore this warning and if any incorrect handling then property damage may Warning occur. Caution If you ignore this warning, and the incorrect handling it will lead to outage content. For prohibited usages.
  • Page 8: About Power

    2-2 About Power RISK Prohibition of using power supply of other than the rated voltage Do not use the power supply of other than the rated voltage. It may cause fire or electric shock. Precautions for handling the power cord Do not scratch, modify, heat and put heavy objects on top of the power cord.
  • Page 9: Maintenance

    2-4 Maintenance Risk The nozzle surface should be handled with care. Deformation and cracking, and cause discoloration. 2-5 In an Emergency Risk When there is smoke coming out from Device If there is smoke or any strange smell coming from the equipment, turn off power and remove the power plug immediately, and contact us.
  • Page 11: Features And Configuration

    3 Features and configuration 3-1 Features KGKJET S510 (hereinafter referred to as "S510") head reservoir is a high-performance ink jet printer for the industry that is capable of printing high-quality character closer to the printed characters in various production lines. Print quality, print performance, operability, reliability, and maintainability that are far superior to those of existing ink jet printers have been achieved by reviewing the basic design from all aspects including the print head, ink, hardware, software, and system.
  • Page 12: Standard Configurations

    3-2 Standard Configurations Head cable Reservoir AC adapter Head Part name Function Prints characters on a product (print target). Handle it with care because Printhead *1) it is very sensitive. In particular, it is sensitive to shocks. Ink supply equipment. It contains an ink tank for supplying ink to the print Reservoir*1) head and an electronic circuit for driving the print head.
  • Page 13: Reservoir Portion

    3-2-1 Reservoir portion Ink supply LED Ready LED Maintenance LED Heat up LED Remaining amount of ink Ink supply port Air valve Suction purge connector Printing sensor connector Reservoir Ink valve earth Head cable Power connector connector Part name Function Ink supply port Insert the ink bottle during ink refill.
  • Page 14: Head Portion

    3-2-2 Head portion Head printing sensor Nozzle plate Maintenance switch Purge switch Part name Function Nozzle plate 510 pieces of ink ejection hole (nozzle) has been placed. Head printing sensor Sensor for detecting the work. Toggle between normal and maintenance modes. Embedded LED lights in the Maintenance switch maintenance mode.
  • Page 15: Installation And Adjustment

    4 Installation and adjustment 4-1 Installation procedure Operation Checking the installation Refer to p. 17 “Installation environment environment” Stand mounting Refer to p. 18 “Stand mounting” Refer to p. 18 “Install the head Installation-Head reservoir reservoir to stand” Refer to p. 20 “Opening the Opening the reservoirs valve reservoirs ”...
  • Page 16 Refer to p. 26 “Connecting to the Connecting to controller controller” Ink supply Refer to p. 26 “Ink supply” Purge Refer to p. 26 “Purge” Print check Refer to p. 26 “Print check” TEC3026J...
  • Page 17: Installation Environment

    4-2 Installation environment Warning The Head reservoir should be avoided installing in the following places since it is a precision instrument. ⚫ outside the scope of the location of the ambient temperature is 5 ~ 35 ℃ (regular) ⚫ place that vibration often place extremely tilt ⚫...
  • Page 18: Stand Mounting

    4-3 Stand mounting (1) Install the head reservoir to stand Downward printing Sideways printing (2) Please be fixed with screws and nuts the head reservoir. Please be fix head, so that the printing direction and vertical. Bolt and nut Screw TEC3026J...
  • Page 19: Height Adjustment Of The Reservoir

    4-4 Height adjustment of the reservoir Please adjust S510 height of the reservoir as the following. S510 has the ink supply is held by the balance of the atmospheric pressure and the capillary suction force. For this reason, the head and the reservoir level difference adjustment is important. Caution An ink level is too high (the reservoir is higher than the head), the ink will leak from the head front of the nozzle.
  • Page 20: Opening The Reservoirs Valve

    4-5 Opening the reservoirs valve The reason is ink leakage prevention during transport. In transit in this valve, it shuts off the ink flow path and the air flow path. Air valve Ink valve TEC3026J...
  • Page 21: Inserting The Installation Cap

    4-6 Inserting the installation cap (1) Remove the Transportation cap. Use the removed transportation cap while transporting again.Please place it carefully in a bag where dust particle does not stick. 輸送用 For transport (2) Insert the installation cap. 設置用 For installation TEC3026J...
  • Page 22: Nozzle Cap Removal

    4-7 Nozzle cap removal Remove the screws 6 points, remove the nozzle cap. Nozzle cap and bis removed, at the time of long-term rest, is required, such as during and movement and transportation. So, Please Keep by putting them in a bag so that it does not soiled with dust.
  • Page 23: Nozzle Guard Mounting

    4-8 Nozzle guard mounting The nozzle cover is secured screw six. In that case, attach the nozzle guard according to the printing direction. Nozzle cover Screw Nozzle guard (Note the direction of the cut surface.) Mounting of the nozzle guard when the printing direction is left-to-right Nozzle guard (Note the direction of the cut surface.) Mounting of the nozzle guard when the printing direction is right-to-left TEC3026J...
  • Page 24: Angle Adjustment Of The Nozzle Surface

    4-9 Angle adjustment of the nozzle surface Print quality in distance (printing distance) of the nozzle surface and the workpiece surface (printing surface) is highly dependent. Therefore, Nozzle surface and the workpiece surface and the (printed surface) to finely adjust the angle of the nozzle surface so as to be parallel are equipped on the head. (1) Loosen the screws three points of the head side Loosen the 3-point screw...
  • Page 25: To Adjust The Printing Distance

    (3) Fix by tightening the screws three points Loosen sides. Screw 4-10 To adjust the printing distance Spacing of the nozzle surface (guard surface) product will be adjusted so as to be 1 ~ 5mm. Caution If the distance between the nozzle surface and the product exceeds the specified range, the printed content will be blurred or smeared by ink splashes.
  • Page 26: Connecting To The Controller

    4-11 Connecting to the controller (1) Head cable and AC adapter, connect to the reservoir. Head cable AC adapter (2) AC adapter is connected to power supply and head cable is connected to the controller. Caution On Installation of AC adapter, please make sure there is no stress on the cable. (3) Turn on the power to the controller.
  • Page 27: Ink Supply

    5 Ink supply Ink supply is performed when the amount of ink in the reservoir has been reduced. When the amount of ink is low, the ink supply LED lights. Ink OUT next and continue to use, the operation will stop.
  • Page 29: Purge

    6 Purge 6-1 Purge-Definition Purge is done in S510 to recover the original high-quality printing. ⚫ If this is the first time to install Or if you have moved If the dot omission occurs in strong shock is applied printing characters to the print head ⚫...
  • Page 30: Pressure Purge

    6-3 Pressure purge 6-3-1 Pressure purge is, Pressure purge is a purge method in which, the ink tank is pressurized by the air pump that is built into the reservoir portion, by the pressure, out of ink from the nozzle, to discharge the dust and air bubbles, also, to clean the dusts in nozzle plate surface.
  • Page 31 (4) The purge switch is turned to ON for 2 to 5 seconds, issue the ink from the nozzle. At that time, or have mixed air bubbles in the ink, if you or not uniformly out ink from all channels, again, please put out the ON to ink the purge switch.
  • Page 32 Remove the BC wiper that had Atega the part that is not dirty with ink (or another brand-new wiper) in, please wipe lightly nozzle surface so as not to scratch (when the ink out of the nozzle flows down clean the dust of the nozzle plate surface, it attaches to the wiper that Atega' under by rubbing the nozzle plate in the marked with garbage, because that does not scratch the nozzle plate) Caution...
  • Page 33: Suction Purge

    6-4 Suction purge 6-4-1 Suction purge is, By using the suction purge machine, it strongly sucks the ink from the nozzle surface, it is a way to discharge the dust and air bubbles more powerfully. Suction purge, such as installing the camera or when moved up, is required if a large amount of air is in the ink route (immediately after the purge, even OK, if hundreds of channels and have a continuous printing is not ejected, the large amount of of air is assumed to be in the ink route).
  • Page 34: Suction Purge-Procedure

    6-4-3 Suction purge-Procedure (1) Set to "stop" the operation state of the head for the suction purge, so that ink will not be ejected. (2) Please press maintenance switch on the back of head. When it comes to maintenance ON state switch lights.
  • Page 35 lit, please discharge the ink from the drain. (6) If you are with a nozzle guard to the left side of the head, please remove the nozzle guard. If this is the case, remove the nozzle guard. (7) Place the ink suction port to the nozzle cover. At that time, the nozzle cover, apply in accordance with the ledge of the ink suction port on the left of the cut.
  • Page 36 (8) Close the valve on the ink tube. While the While the faucet is open faucet is closed (9) Press the "operation" switch on the vacuum purge machine, to start the suction. (10) When the needle of the suction force is equal to or less than the -50kPa, it opened the valve was closed with (7).
  • Page 37: Other Notes

    6-5 Other notes Caution ⚫ Regarding handling of ink, please refer to the SDS. ⚫ If no positional relationship of the reservoir portion tank and the print head is turned to normal, there is a case that printing be performed purge does not recover. The setting level line and the head of the mounting shaft center of the reservoir portion, please adjust to within 10mm (for more information, please refer to p.19...
  • Page 39: Print Check

    7 Print check It describes the printing confirmation method. (1) Press the head maintenance switch Maintenance Switch (2) Test piece (cardboard pieces and dummy work, etc.) will continue to have on the front of the head. (3) The test piece, (depending on the settings reverse) from left to right at the nozzle front moves at a constant speed.
  • Page 40 (4) The Message content to be set is as follows. Note Message content used should be same as above, if not all nozzles may not be tested. (5) If abnormal printing then do(2)~(3). Perform Purge p.29 "Purge”. (6) If print quality is good, then it shows the End of process. TEC3026J...
  • Page 41: During Movement And Transport

    8 During movement and transport (1) Set to OPEN position. Only in transporting the head reservoir, set to CLOSE position. Air valve Ink valve (2) Remove the nozzle guard of the head Nozzle Guard TEC3026J...
  • Page 42 (3) Attach the nozzle cap on the head Nozzle cap (4) Remove the installation cap 設置用 For installation TEC3026J...
  • Page 43 (5) Insert the Transportation cap. 輸送用 For transport Please fit the cap protrusion with the groove. TEC3026J...
  • Page 45: Ink Supply

    9 Maintenance 9-1 Ink expiration date We guarantee stable use of ink for this product within a prescribing range of usage environment and an expiration date. The expiration date is regulated according to sufficient verifications. When you use our ink for over the restriction on the use range, a performance degradation of this product, a decline in an ink function, and/or any trouble could be occurred.
  • Page 46: On A Pause

    9-3 On a Pause 9-3-3 A Week Pause You do not need to install it, but during the rest please avoid dust and moisture (water). Please be careful not to damage the nozzle plate accidentally. Perform Purge Refer to p.30 "Pressure purge”. 9-3-4 More than a week pause If you do not want to use more than one week is fitted with a nozzle cap to the print head, drying of the ink, dust adhesion of, it is recommended to prevent the moisture of the impact, or the like.
  • Page 47: Periodic Replacement Parts

    9-4 Periodic Replacement parts Recommended Approximate Customers work Part name Part no. Location replacement cycle life (8 ~ 12h propriety *1) (8 ~ 12h operation) operation) S510-HEAD1- Head 2 years 3 years Print Head ① Ink filter Reservoir ink 2 years Over 3 years S510-IFU1 unit...
  • Page 48: Filter Exchange

    9-5 Filter exchange 9-5-5 Things needed to perform Ink filter unit Name Part No. Function Ink filter unit S510-IFU1 Please arrange the new filter unit. BC Wiper WIPER1 Use the dedicated BC Wiper to clean. Wastes Use the waste material under the Head while Purge is going on.
  • Page 49: Removal Of The Filter Unit

    9-5-7 Removal of the filter unit (1) Please loosen the screws on five places and remove the Reservoir cover. Loose Loose Loose TEC3026J...
  • Page 50 (2) Disconnect the connection portion of the ink filter unit and the reservoir. Unscrew and remove the fitting (3) Ease remove the screws of the two places. Remove TEC3026J...
  • Page 51: Filter Unit Mounting

    9-5-8 Filter unit mounting (1) By putting the 2 screws fix the New filter unit. Fix the screwa (2) Connect the connection portion of the ink filter unit and a reservoir. Thighten it TEC3026J...
  • Page 52 (3) Install the reservoir cover. Please tighten the five locations screws. Screw Screw Screw TEC3026J...
  • Page 53: Complete Ink Discharge

    9-6 Complete ink discharge This function allows the ink in the head reservoir to be completely discharged without issuing an ink out warning. Use it when it is necessary to completely discharge ink, such as when the ink has expired without being used for a long time.
  • Page 54 (4) Press the head maintenance switch to turn the maintenance ON. Then turn on the purge switch to discharge the ink. Continue to turn on the purge switch until no ink comes out. Maintenance Switch Purge switch (5) When you have finished discharging ink, press the icon to exit.
  • Page 55: Warranty

    10 Warranty ⚫ Warranty period of S510 is one year after acceptance. ⚫ Failure occurring under normal handling conditions within the warranty period and caused within our work scope shall be repaired free of charge. However, note that we shall not be liable for any damage of items out of our work scope even if the failure falls into the category of repair at our expense.
  • Page 56 Kishu Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd. 466 Nunohiki, Wakayama-shi, Japan 641-0015 http://www.kishugiken.co.jp (September 2024)

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