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Piranha P-140 Update Manual

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SAFETY:
Only qualified personnel should make repairs on this equipment. Use caution and follow
Piranha procedures when working on the machine. Be sure to observe the following
guidelines:
1. Before performing maintenance or repair, turn the power OFF and follow lock
out/tag out (zero energy shutdown) procedures. Also, follow any lock out/tag out
procedures applicable to your specific plant requirements.
2. Wear safety glasses and other personal protective equipment as required by
applicable federal, local industry, and plant safety program standards.
3. Wear proper clothing. Do not wear watches, rings, jewelry, or loose-fitting
clothes.
4. Read and review the manual carefully.
5. Be familiar with the operation of the machine.
6. Always replace safety guards and other safety devices removed for service and
make sure that they are fully functional before operating the equipment.
7. Never remove, jumper out or bypass a safety device to permit machine
production.
8. Never place yourself in a hazardous situation to observe a problem and ask
someone else to operate the machine. This could be a very dangerous and life-
threatening situation.
Always verify that ALL electrical supplies are isolated
before undertaking any service or maintenance work. The
machine may have more than one electrical supply.
Danger

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Summary of Contents for Piranha P-140

  • Page 1 SAFETY: Only qualified personnel should make repairs on this equipment. Use caution and follow Piranha procedures when working on the machine. Be sure to observe the following guidelines: 1. Before performing maintenance or repair, turn the power OFF and follow lock out/tag out (zero energy shutdown) procedures.
  • Page 2 Step1: Remove the cover containing the front/off/rear selector switch on the front operator box. PH1/PH2 Step 2: Locate the contacts on the back side of the front/off/rear selector switch. Find the contact that that is closed when the selector is in the “front” position. The green actuator in the middle of the contact will be at surface.
  • Page 3 Step 3: Locate the contact provided in the package (PH4). Clip the new contact on top of existing contact pointed out in step 2 (PH5-PH6). Be sure contact is fully seated and clipped in as shown in PH7.
  • Page 4 Step 4: Remove retaining nut and washer from top side of the joystick. Note which side of the joystick is facing outwards so the orientation will be correct upon reassembly. (PH8- PH9) Step 5: Carefully pull out the joystick from the control box and locate the contact that contains 2 light blue wires (PH10).
  • Page 5 Step 6: Insert blue wire from the newly added contact in place of wire removed from step 5 (PH12-PH13). Tighten the terminal screw, give wires a pull to ensure they are secure. PH12 PH13 Step 7: Take the light blue wire that was removed from the joystick contact, insert in the newly added contact and tighten the terminal screw.
  • Page 6 Step 8: Take picture of contact installed and connection to joystick as ilustrated picture PH15 Step 9: After ensuring all connections are tight, carefully reinstall the joystick in proper orientation using the nylon washer and nut. Reinstall the control box cover being cautious to not pinch any wires(PH16-PH18).
  • Page 7 PH21 PH22 Step 11: Locate the relay provided in the package (PH23). Clip the new relay onto the mounting rail in the provided space made (PH24). PH23 PH24 Step 12: Locate the light blue wire coming from the connector on the left side of the enclosure box (PH25).
  • Page 8 PH25 PH26 Step 13: Strip both ends of the light blue wire that was cut (PH27). Connect both light blue wires to the pre-wired light blue wires on the added relay. You may connect to either wire, there is no polarity. Pull up orange lever on empty terminal of the Wago connector (PH28).
  • Page 9 PH29 PH30 Step 14: Locate the orange wire coming from the connector on the right side of the enclosure box (PH31). Cut the wire approximately 1.5 inches back from the connector and strip both ends (PH32). PH31 PH32 Step 15: Repeat the process from step 12 by connecting orange wires that were stripped to the orange wires on the added relay.
  • Page 10 PH33 PH34 Step 16: Connect the white wire with the fork terminal from the added relay (PH35) to the top of the transformer on terminal X2. Loosen terminal screw and slide fork on top of existing white and green wire and tighten screw (PH36). PH35 PH36...
  • Page 11 Step 17: Take picture of relay installed and connections as indicated in pictures PH28, PH29, PH32, PH35 Step 18: After work is completed and all panels are in place. Power up machine and verify all functions. Turn the switch to front mode and make sure all 4 directions work at the front joystick and machine cannot be moved using the rear joystick.