HOKUBEMA PANHANS 546|100 User manual

TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL VERSION
HOKUBEMA Maschinenbau GmbH
Graf-Stauffenberg-Kaserne, Binger Str. 28 | Halle 120
DE 72488 Sigmaringen | Tel. [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail] | Web: https://hokubema-panhans.de
Operating Manual
Combined Surface Planer & Thicknesser
PANHANS 546|100
Machine Type:
546|100

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Table of Contents
1Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Legal Notice ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Illustrations ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
2Symbols .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 General Symbols ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Symbols in Safety Instructions ................................................................................................................................ 8
3General........................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Target Group and Previous Experience................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Requirements for the Operators............................................................................................................................. 9
3.3 Accident Prevention................................................................................................................................................ 9
3.4 General Safety Regulations................................................................................................................................... 10
3.5Structure and Function ......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.6 Advantages & Special Features of the Machine.................................................................................................... 11
3.7 Standard Equipment ............................................................................................................................................. 12
3.8 Available Options.................................................................................................................................................. 12
4Safety............................................................................................................................................................ 13
4.1 Basic Safety Instructions ....................................................................................................................................... 13
4.1.1 Application Area and Intended Use............................................................................................................. 13
4.1.2 Modifications and Conversions to the Machine.......................................................................................... 13
4.1.3 Residual Risks .............................................................................................................................................. 14
4.2 Observe the Environmental Protection Regulations............................................................................................. 15
4.2.1 Organisational Measures............................................................................................................................. 15
4.2.2 Personnel Selection and Qualification - Basic Duties .................................................................................. 15
4.3 Safety Instructions for Specific Phases of Operation ............................................................................................ 16
4.3.1 Normal Operation ....................................................................................................................................... 16
4.3.2 Special work within the Scope of Maintenance Work as well as Troubleshooting in the Workflow .......... 17
4.3.3 Safe Working Practices................................................................................................................................ 17
4.4 Hazardous Areas ................................................................................................................................................... 18
4.4.1 Danger Zones during Surface Planing.......................................................................................................... 18
4.4.2 Working Areas & Protective Measures ....................................................................................................... 18
4.4.3 Danger Zones during Thicknessing.............................................................................................................. 19
4.4.4 Working Areas & Protective Measures ....................................................................................................... 19
5Machine Data ............................................................................................................................................... 20
5.1 Technical Specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 20
5.2 Technical Features ................................................................................................................................................ 20
5.3 Emission Levels ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
5.3.1 Noise Information ....................................................................................................................................... 21
5.3.2 Noise Emission Values................................................................................................................................. 21

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6Dimensions................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.1 Front & Top View .................................................................................................................................................. 22
6.2 Side View............................................................................................................................................................... 23
7Installation and Connection ......................................................................................................................... 24
7.1 Check Delivery Conditions .................................................................................................................................... 24
7.2 Transport .............................................................................................................................................................. 24
7.3 Installing the Machine........................................................................................................................................... 24
7.4 Temporary Storage ............................................................................................................................................... 25
7.5 Lashing on a Transport Vehicle ............................................................................................................................. 25
7.6 Connecting the Extraction Unit............................................................................................................................. 26
7.7 Electrical Connections........................................................................................................................................... 27
7.8 Backup Fuse .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
7.9 Supply Cable.......................................................................................................................................................... 27
7.10 Machine Socket (Option) ...................................................................................................................................... 27
7.11 Attachment of Auxiliary Equipment...................................................................................................................... 27
8Components and Controls............................................................................................................................ 28
8.1 Machine Components........................................................................................................................................... 28
8.2 Control Panel Planer & Jointer (Detail View) ........................................................................................................ 30
8.3 Control Panel Thicknesser (Detail View) ............................................................................................................... 30
9Commissioning ............................................................................................................................................. 31
9.1 Switching the Machine ON and OFF ..................................................................................................................... 31
9.1.1 Surface Planing & Jointing........................................................................................................................... 31
9.1.2 Thicknessing ................................................................................................................................................ 31
9.1.3 Combined Working...................................................................................................................................... 32
9.1.4 Emergency Stop System .............................................................................................................................. 32
10 Operation ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
10.1 Surface Planing & Jointing..................................................................................................................................... 33
10.1.1 Electrical Adjustment of the Infeed Table................................................................................................... 33
10.1.2 Adjusting the Outfeed Table ....................................................................................................................... 33
10.1.3 Adjustable Outfeed Table (Option) ............................................................................................................. 33
10.1.4 Operating the Planing Fence ....................................................................................................................... 34
10.1.5 Auxiliary Fence ............................................................................................................................................ 34
10.1.6 Push Block ................................................................................................................................................... 34
10.1.7 Calibrating the Planing Fence (Position 90°) ............................................................................................... 35
10.1.8 Calibrating the Planing Fence (Position 45°) ............................................................................................... 35
10.2 Planer Guard TXF 1570 ......................................................................................................................................... 36
10.2.1 Flat Planing.................................................................................................................................................. 36
10.2.2 Edge Jointing ............................................................................................................................................... 36
10.3 Optional Planer Guards SUVAMATIC & TX MATIC ................................................................................................ 36
10.4 Thicknessing via Touchscreen Control .................................................................................................................. 37
11 Touchscreen Control Unit ............................................................................................................................ 37

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11.1 Buttons and Symbols ............................................................................................................................................ 37
11.2 Activating the Controller....................................................................................................................................... 38
11.3 Operating States & Language ("Info" Menu) ....................................................................................................... 38
11.4 Positioning Mode (“Machine” Menu)................................................................................................................... 39
11.4.1 Table Height Positioning in Absolute Mode ................................................................................................ 39
11.4.2 Table Height Positioning in Incremental Mode ........................................................................................... 39
11.5 Calibrating the Table Height (“Setup” Menu) ....................................................................................................... 40
11.6 Feed Rate Visualisation (Option)........................................................................................................................... 40
11.7 Warnings and Error Messages .............................................................................................................................. 41
11.7.1 Error Messages............................................................................................................................................ 41
11.7.2 Warnings ..................................................................................................................................................... 42
12 Fine adjustable Table Rollers (Option) ......................................................................................................... 43
12.1 Adjusting the Table Rollers ................................................................................................................................... 43
13 Changing the Planer Knives .......................................................................................................................... 43
13.1 Changing the TERSA Knives on an All-Steel Cutter Block (standard)..................................................................... 43
13.2 Changing the Knives on PANHANS Traditional Cutter Block (Option)................................................................... 44
13.2.1 PANHANS Cutter Block Adjusting Devices................................................................................................... 44
13.2.2 Magnetic Quick Adjusters 1533 (Option) .................................................................................................... 45
13.3 Changing the Knives on PANHANS Spiral Cutter Block (Option) ........................................................................... 46
13.3.1 Procedure for Changing the Knives ............................................................................................................. 46
13.3.2 Advantages of the PANHANS Spiral Cutter Block........................................................................................ 46
14 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................... 47
15 Maintenance and Inspection........................................................................................................................ 48
15.1 Lubrication Instructions ........................................................................................................................................ 48
15.2 Replace / Tighten the V-Belts................................................................................................................................ 49
15.3 Retighten the Feed Chain...................................................................................................................................... 49
15.4 Adjusting the Fingers of the Anti-Kickback Device................................................................................................ 49
15.5 Replace Rubber Rollers ......................................................................................................................................... 50
16 Options and Accessories .............................................................................................................................. 52
16.1 Cutter Blocks and Planing Knives .......................................................................................................................... 52
16.1.1 Accessories for Tersa Cutter Blocks (Standard)........................................................................................... 52
16.1.2 Accessories for Traditional Cutter Blocks (Option)...................................................................................... 52
16.1.3 Accessories for Spiral Cutter Block (Option)................................................................................................ 52
16.2 Optional Table Systems......................................................................................................................................... 53
16.3 Planer Guards........................................................................................................................................................ 53
16.4 Special Accessories ............................................................................................................................................... 53
17 Disassembly and Scrapping .......................................................................................................................... 54
EU - Declaration of Conformity............................................................................................................................. 55

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List of Figures
Figure 1: 546|100.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2: Danger zones during surface planing..................................................................................................... 18
Figure 3: Danger zones during thicknessing.......................................................................................................... 19
Figure 4: Nameplate.............................................................................................................................................. 20
Figure 5: Working areas ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Figure 6: Dimensions top & side view................................................................................................................... 22
Figure 7: Dimensions side view............................................................................................................................. 23
Figure 8: Transportation ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 9: Foot underlay ......................................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 10: Lashing points (4 x)............................................................................................................................... 25
Figure 11: Extraction ports.................................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 12: Main switch housing ............................................................................................................................ 27
Figure 13: Components & controls (front view) ................................................................................................... 28
Figure 14: Components & controls (side & rear view).......................................................................................... 29
Figure 15: Control panel planer & jointer (standard)............................................................................................ 30
Figure 16: Control panel thicknesser (standard)................................................................................................... 30
Figure 17: Control panel thicknesser (optional).................................................................................................... 30
Figure 18: Planing & jointing controls................................................................................................................... 31
Figure 19: Thicknessing controls........................................................................................................................... 32
Figure 20: Emergency stops .................................................................................................................................. 32
Figure 21: Operation “planing & jointing” ............................................................................................................ 33
Figure 22: Outfeed table adjustment.................................................................................................................... 33
Figure 23: Top view of the surface planing fence ................................................................................................. 34
Figure 24: Auxiliary fence...................................................................................................................................... 34
Figure 25: Push block in compartment ................................................................................................................. 34
Figure 26: Check angle 90 degrees........................................................................................................................ 35
Figure 27: Calibrate angle to 90 degrees .............................................................................................................. 35
Figure 28: Calibrate angle to 45 degrees .............................................................................................................. 35
Figure 29: Planer guard TXF 1570 ......................................................................................................................... 36
Figure 30: Guard setting for flat planing............................................................................................................... 36
Figure 31: Guard setting for edge jointing ............................................................................................................ 36
Figure 32: Type SUVAMATIC (example) ................................................................................................................ 36
Figure 33: Touchscreen control unit ..................................................................................................................... 37
Figure 34: Screen at start-up (booting)................................................................................................................. 38
Figure 35: Screen “ready for use” ......................................................................................................................... 38
Figure 36: Info menu with status messages.......................................................................................................... 38
Figure 37: Language menu.................................................................................................................................... 38
Figure 38: Setpoint input in absolute mode.......................................................................................................... 39
Figure 39: Position reached in absolute mode...................................................................................................... 39
Figure 40: Setpoint input in incremental mode .................................................................................................... 39
Figure 41: Setpoint reached.................................................................................................................................. 39
Figure 42: Calibrate table height........................................................................................................................... 40
Figure 43: Input of the reference value ................................................................................................................ 40
Figure 44: Feed rate visualisation ......................................................................................................................... 40
Figure 45: Error message 1 ................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 46: Error message 2 ................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 47: Error message 3 ................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 48: Error message 4 ................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 49: Error message 5 ................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 50: Error message 6 ................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 51: Warning 1............................................................................................................................................. 42

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Figure 52: Warning 2............................................................................................................................................. 42
Figure 53: Adjusting the table rollers.................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 54: Changing Tersa knives.......................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 55: Traditional cutter block........................................................................................................................ 44
Figure 56: Standard adjusting devices .................................................................................................................. 44
Figure 57: Magnetic quick adjusters 1533 ............................................................................................................ 45
Figure 58: Adjustment of the cutter block ............................................................................................................ 45
Figure 59: Spiral cutter carbide inserts ................................................................................................................. 46
Figure 60: Grease nipples for adjusting spindles .................................................................................................. 48
Figure 61: V-belt pulleys ....................................................................................................................................... 49
Figure 62: Two of the four adjustment screws ..................................................................................................... 49
Figure 63: Squared timber as adjustment aid....................................................................................................... 49
Figure 64: Rubber roller replacement Step 1a...................................................................................................... 50
Figure 65: Rubber roller replacement Step 1b...................................................................................................... 50
Figure 66: Rubber roller replacement Step 2........................................................................................................ 50
Figure 67: Rubber roller replacement Step 3........................................................................................................ 50
Figure 68: Rubber roller replacement Step 5a...................................................................................................... 51
Figure 69: Rubber roller replacement Step 5b...................................................................................................... 51
Revisions:
Revision
Editor
Modification
Date
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Original manual translated
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1Introduction
The purpose of this operating manual is to acquaint the
user with the machine and enable him to use it to the full
extent of its intended capabilities. Additionally it contains
important information to operate the machine safely,
properly and economically.
Observance of the manual helps to avoid hazards, reduce
repair costs and downtimes and increase the reliability
and service life of the machine.
Furthermore, this operating manual serves to supple-
ment instructions based on national regulations for acci-
dent prevention and environmental protection.
Figure 1: 546|100
This operating manual must always be available at the place of use of the machine. It must
be read and followed by every person who is assigned to work on the machine, e.g.
•during operation, including set-up, troubleshooting in the work process, removal of pro-
duction waste and maintenance,
•during maintenance (servicing, inspection, repair)
•and/or during transport.
Apart from the operating manual and the legally binding accident prevention provisions applicable in the coun-
try and place of use, the recognized technical regulations for safe and proper work must also be observed.
1.1 Legal Notice
All contents of these operating instructions are subject to the rights of use and copyright of Hokubema Maschi-
nenbau GmbH. Any reproduction, modification, further use and publication in other electronic or printed me-
dia, as well as their online publication, requires the prior written consent of Hokubema Maschinenbau GmbH.
1.2 Illustrations
All photos, figures and graphics contained in this document are for illustration and better understanding only
and may differ from the current state of the product.
2Symbols
2.1 General Symbols
Symbol
Meaning

Indicates passages within this operating manual that must be particularly observed in order to
prevent malfunctions or damage to the machine.

Refers to chapters, sections, or figures within this document.

Refers to an external document or a third-party source.

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2.2 Symbols in Safety Instructions
Symbol
Safety Instruction
General danger symbol, which requires the highest attention!
Failure to observe may result in damage to the equipment, serious injury or even death.
Warning of possible danger from forklift traffic!
Non-observance may result in life-threatening injuries.
Warning indicates a possible hazard under suspended loads!
Non-observance may result in life-threatening injuries.
Warning indicates a possible fall hazard!
Non-observance of these instructions may result in serious injuries.
Warning indicates a possible cutting hazard!
Risk of personal injury and possibly additional damage to equipment.
Reference to the obligation to wear protective gloves!
Non-observance of these instructions may result in personal injury.
Reference to the obligation to wear hearing protection!
Non-observance of these instructions may result in personal injury.
Reference to the obligation to wear protective goggles!
Non-observance of these instructions may result in personal injury.
Reference to the obligation to wear a respiratory protection mask!
Non-observance of these instructions may cause breathing difficulties and lung damage.
Possible dangerous crushing hazard in the area of stationary objects!
Risk of personal injury and possibly additional equipment damage.
Reference to a possible crushing hazard!
Non-observance increases the risk of injury to hands and fingers!
This symbol warns of the dangers of electric voltage!
Failure to observe may result in damage to the equipment, serious injury or even death.
Fire hazard! Do not smoke and do not ignite open fire.
Access for unauthorized persons prohibited!
Risk of personal injury and possibly additional equipment damage.
This safety notice indicates a possible dangerous pull-in hazard!
Wearing loose clothing, jewellery as well as long untied hair is prohibited!
Risk of personal injury and possibly additional damage to property.

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3General
This combined planer and thicknesser was produced by HOKUBEMA Maschinenbau GmbH according to the
current state of the art and put into operation as a complete machine. All legal and normative regulations were
complied with.
•The thickness planer has a planing width of 630 mm.
•The maximum planing height for thickness planing is 250 mm with a table length of 1100 mm.
•The maximum chip removal during thicknessing is 8 mm and during surface planing 5 mm.
•All measuring scales are manufactured according to accuracy class 2 in accordance with the calibration
regulations.
3.1 Target Group and Previous Experience
This operating manual is intended for the operating and maintenance personnel of the machine. The operating
personnel is to be determined by the operator and must further meet the following requirements:
•Basic technical knowledge (e.g. apprenticeship as carpenter, machine fitter, etc. and/or practice in operat-
ing woodworking machines)
•Reading and understanding these operating and maintenance instructions
In order to acquire the knowledge required to operate this machine, the operator must ensure the following
measures:
•Product training for every operator (also possible external personnel)
•Regular safety instruction
3.2 Requirements for the Operators
•The planer & thicknesser may only be operated by trained personnel who have also read this manual.
•Inspection, maintenance, cleaning and repair may only be performed by technical specialists
with product-specific training and mechanical and/or electrical training.
•Specialists with product-specific training are to be commissioned and held responsible for
planning and checking the work.
•The national protective regulations for employees must be observed .
•The operator is responsible for the safe use of the machine.
•The legal minimum age must be observed.
3.3 Accident Prevention
To avoid accidents, the following rules must be observed for operation:
•Prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the machine.
•Keep unauthorized persons away from the danger areas.
•Repeatedly inform present other persons about existing residual risks (see section 4.1.3).
•Conduct and record regular training & instruction for persons who must be in the area of the machine.
•New employees must be trained internally to work on a thickener and this training must be documented.

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3.4 General Safety Regulations
In general, the following safety regulations and obligations apply when handling the planer & thicknesser:
•A planer & thicknesser may only be operated in a technically perfect and clean condition.
•It is prohibited to remove, modify or bypass any protective, safety or monitoring equipment.
•It is forbidden to modify or alter the machine without the written approval of the manufacturer / supplier.
•Faults or damage must be reported to the operator immediately, eliminated without delay and repaired if
necessary.
•For repairs, only original spare parts may be used.
•All protective, safety and monitoring devices must be regularly checked and maintained by the operator.
•Only instructed, trained or qualified persons may work on this machine.
•Maintenance work must be carried out and documented in accordance with the maintenance instruc-
tions.
•After maintenance or repair, the machine may only be started with all protective devices fitted. A respon-
sible person must be defined for this purpose, who checks that the guards have been properly installed.
For the operation of a thickness planer, the respective national safety regulations for employees as well as the
national safety and accident prevention regulations apply.