Microcanner MC202 Instruction Manual

microcanner MC202
OPERATING INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Version 1.0
Date 9/22/16

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WARNING!
OPERATING AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT IS DANGEROUS. DO NOT OPERATE
THE MC202 CANNING SYSTEM UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS MANUAL AND
HAVE RECEIVED PROPER TRAINING. PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO
SAFEGUARD OPERATORS. OPERATORS MUST BE TRAINED AND AWARE
OF DANGER POINTS, IF SOMEONE FAILS TO FOLLOW SAFETY RULES,
INJURY OR DEATH COULD RESULT.
IMPORTANT SAFTEY PRACTICES
•Conveyors are dangerous and present entanglement hazards. Loose clothing,
hair, and jewelry should be avoided at all costs. Never place hands near or
inside of a moving conveyor.
•NEVER permit children, or un-trained operators anywhere near an operating
machine.
•In the event of an emergency, hit the E-stop.
•Never preform adjustments without being in E-Stop mode, or unplugging.
•Never plug into an outlet that is not GFCI. Water and electricity do not mix.
•Never open the control panel while powered up / plugged in.
•Keep clear of all moving parts.
•Clear machine jams only when in E-stop mode or fully powered down.
•It is recommended that you wear safety glasses anytime during operation of the
MC202 canning system.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 5
2 MACHINE REQUIREMENTS 5
3 GENERAL MACHINE SERVICE 6
4 START UP PROCEDURE 8
5 SEAM SETUP GUIDE 12
5.1 GETTING STARTED 12
5.2 GENERAL SEAMING INFORMATION 12
5.3 HOW TO ADJUST SEAM FOR TOOLING 12
5.4 HOW TO TEST AND MEASURE SEAMS 15
6 CHANGE OVER PROCEDURE 17
6.1 ADJUSTING THE FILLER 17
6.2 ADJUSTING THE CAP FEEDER 18
6.3 ADJUSTING THE CAP HOLD DOWN 19
6.4 ADJUSTING THE SEAM LIFT DECK 21
6.5 ADJUSTING THE TRANSFER STAR 22
6.6 ADJUSTING THE SEAM STATION 22
7 HMI OPERATIONS 24
7.1 HMI BASIC OPPERATIONS 24
7.2 F1: MAIN SCREEN 25
7.3 F2: SEAM SETUP DIMENSIONS 26

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7.4 F3: FILL STATION SETUP 27
7.5 F4: TOP OFF MODE 28
7.6 F5: SEAM SETUP CONTROLS 28
8 TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL RUN 30

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1 INTRODUCTION
•Thank you for purchasing a microcanner MC202 canning system. This manual is
written for your benefit to help you fully understand how to operate and service your
machine. With proper operation and service your machine will offer you years of
service.
•The MC202 canning system is designed to run 12 or 16oz cans with a few simple
changeover steps. The machine will run up to 60 cases per hour, this will vary from
product to product based on carbonation and/or specific gravity.
2 MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
•For safety purposes you should plug your machine into a 110v 20 amp GFCI outlet.
Please note that the motors use a V.F.D. (variable frequency drive) to convert 110v
single phase to 220 volt, 3 phase power. The type of GFCI commonly purchased in
a big box store will not work. A licensed electrician with experience in motor control
should to be contracted to perform the work.
•Clean dry air supply to the machine. Below is one we would suggest.
ohttp://www.smcusa.com/products/idfb-refrigerated-air-dryer.aspx
oModel IDF B3E-11N should be adequate. Consult your local SMC
representative prior to purchase.
oFailure to provide dry air will destroy valves and void the warranty.
oAir Regulator at the machine is to be set at 105 P.S.I. If your pressure needle
jumps around during operation, you will need to supply a surge tank near the
machine.
oThe lift table regulator valve should be backed out 2 full turns from full
pressure setting to avoid crushing cans.
•CO2delivery system that is regulated to 10 P.S.I. This line should have a standard
quick connect for hooking up to the filler head.
•Water supply for rinse tunnel, and pre-rinse if applicable. Simple garden hose
connection.

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•1 ½ Tri-clamp product supply line from brite tank, preferably insulated
•30°F product @ 1.64 Co2 @ 15 PSI head pressure (head pressure will vary and a
longer line set may be required when running high gravity, high IBU double IPA
beer)
•1 1⁄2” Tri-clamp with sanitizer to rinse filler valves (pump or keg supplied is OK)
3 GENERAL MACHINE SERVICE
Like any other piece of equipment, new car or tractor, your canning machine needs
to be cleaned, lubricated and periodically serviced. Screws loosen, Filters plug up
with contaminates, sensors vibrate out of adjustment and seam tooling wears. It is
important to assign a technician to learn the system and take good care of it.
•Prior to each use, all screws and sensors should be checked for tightness.
•During each use seams should be checked at least every 200 cans to assure
that bad cans are not being made due to worn out or loose tooling.
•Drain beer from fill line and run sanitizer through it after use. Thoroughly clean
fill level sensors and spray with alcohol.
•Following each use, the entire machine should be hosed off (no pressure
washers). A bucket of warm water and dawn soap should be prepared, and the
machine be scrubbed with a soft plastic bristled bush. All water spots should be
polished off using vinegar and rags.
•After cleaning a food grade zero weight grease
(http://www.mcmaster.com/#1242k11/=125v2xd) needs to be applied to all
conveyor bearing zerk fittings. There are 3 conveyor bearings on the main line,
and 4 on the add-on conveyor. Zerk location showed circle red below.

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•Grease must also be applied to 1st operation and 2nd operation tooling. While
greasing, spin the form wheel. Stop pumping when you just start to notice the
rpm of the wheel drop from the grease contact (ONLY ABOUT A 16TH OF A
PUMP PER 100 CASES)
•Grease Gate cylinders and all three rods on the filler head H-slide after each use.
•Prior to running the machine check to see if any water has accumulated in the
catch bowl of the filter regulator to the right, or the water separator to the left.
oTo empty the catch bowl, push down on the grey thumb slide, then turn
and pull down to take the bowl off. Empty the bowl of any water.

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oLook through the sight glass of the water separator and open the relief
valve on the bottom to clear any water. The separator is designed to auto
drain when air is powered down.
4 START UP PROCEDURE
1. Put machine into desired location.
2. With a bubble level on the bed of the conveyor, raise the machine by lowering
the threaded foot pads by hand until the machine is completely level.
3. Connect and level add-on rinse conveyor, if applicable. If not, skip to step 4

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a. Prior to starting make sure that any addiontional bolts that were used to
hold the transition pieces in place have been removed.
b. When connecting the two conveyors you will use two ¼-20 x 1-1/8”
SBHCS and a nut on the insides of the conveyors. These screws and
nuts will pass through the T-shaped delrin (plastic) piece.
c. Bring the add-on conveyor over and get it roughly in place by aligning the
drive shafts. The shafts are halved so you will need to line up the flats on
either shaft to be able to fit through the bearing block.
d. Start by raising the left hand side of the conveyor with the height adjusting
foot pads until the drive shafts are in line. You’ll want the try to keep the
conveyor level front to back during this process.
e. Once the drive shafts are inline you can slide the two conveyors together
so that each shaft enters the opposite conveyor bearing block.
f. Now fully level the add-on conveyor with the level placed on the bed of the
conveyor. While leveling the add-on conveyor keep watch for the
alignment of the mounting holes through the T-shaped transition plate,
and insert the mounting screws when possible.

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g. Make sure that the heads of the bolts connecting the conveyors are on the
outside of the conveyors and the nuts are on the insides, as shown above.
This will ensure that the screws do not rub on the conveyor belting.
h. Verify that all screws and nuts are in place and tightened.
4. Verify that the machine is setup to run desired cans, 12 or 16 oz. If not see
change over manual
5. Verify that the cap shedder is at the appropriate running height. Run a can by
hand under the shedder to verify the end catches and falls on top of the can.

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6. Plug in the machine power, hook up the air supply, connect Co2 at filer head,
attach cold water supply, and attach supply of sanitizer to the filling station.
7. With the machine on, e-stop button off, and the fill station raised, put the machine
into paused mode. On the fill station screen (7.4) on the HMI hit the on/off button
to open the valves and let the sanitizer flow completely through the fill lines.
a. During this process leave 6 cans under the filling station so they will fill
with sanitizer.
b. Make sure sanitizer has fully made it through the system.
c. Using the fill station screen, lower the fill station so that the fill tubes and
float switches can be soaked with sanitizer.
d. On the HMI turn the fill valves off.
e. Let sit for desired amount of time.
f. Raise the fill station.
g. Remove the 6 cans filled with sanitizer.
h. Fully purge system with product.
8. Hook up water supply to rinse station(s). Turn on water supply
9. Load ends into cap feeder station.
10.Turn machine to automatic mode.

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11.Load cans
*Be sure to check the seam dimensions (5.4) on the first few cans, and
periodically throughout the run.
5 SEAM SETUP GUIDE
5.1 GETTING STARTED
•Prior to getting started review seam setup dimensions (7.3) and controls (7.6)
in the HMI operations section (7).
•Your machine will be setup prior to shipment, but you will want to verify that the
seams are still in spec prior to every run, and periodically while running.
5.2 GENERAL SEAMING INFORMATION
•There are 3 main components to the operation.
1. The center chuck is what the can is pressed into and holds the can in place
for seaming.
2. The 1st operation form tool is to the right of the chuck, and starts the seam
by curling the end around the lip of the can.
3. The 2nd operation form tool is to the left of the chuck, and acts more as an
anvil to flatten and seal the seam
•Check out http://www.doubleseam.com/ for a wealth of great information.
5.3 HOW TO ADJUST SEAM FORM TOOLING
1. You should read this section 5.3 and the next 5.4 to get a good
understanding of the necessary steps required to properly setup your tool prior
to adjusting any tooling.
2. It is recommended that any step in this section 5.3 be done with the air
powered down, turned off, and the seaming arms moved manually to verify fit

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and function. Failure to follow this step could result in damage to tooling and
voiding warranty of the tooling.
3. Unless your chuck becomes loose, there is never any need to adjust it.
4. When setting up the 1st and 2nd op form tools you want to have about a
paper thickness of air gap (.003”) between the shoulder of the chuck, and the
shoulder of either form tool.
5. To adjust the height on either form tool you first need to loosen the 2 jam
nuts, then the two set screws that lock the threads of the form tools. Never
use a set screw that is not brass or brass tipped as you risk damaging the
threads of the form rolls. You then turn the form tools clockwise to raise the
tool, or counter-clockwise to lower the tool. Once in position, retighten the 2
set screws, and jam nuts. Take care to make sure the form tools do not move
while retightening the clamp screws.

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6. To adjust the depth of the 1st op form tool you will need to first loosen the
jam nut on the cylinder rod on the rear of the cylinder. Then put a wrench on
the rod of the cylinder and turn the wrench clockwise to increase depth, and
counter-clockwise to reduce depth. Retighten the jam nut once in desired
position.

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7. Adjusting the 2nd op form tool is the same except you turn the wrench in the
opposite direction. Counter-clockwise to increase depth, and clockwise to
reduce depth.
5.4 HOW TO TEST AND MEASURE SEAMS
1. Prior to make sure to complete the steps in section 5.3 to roughly position the
seam tooling to avoid damage to the tooling.
2. Start with the machine on, and in manual mode. (reference 7.2 for manual
mode)
3. Take a can and fill it with water to give it structural rigidity. The can will get
crushed without fluid in it running through the seaming station.
4. Place an end on the can, and place it on the conveyor prior to the seaming
station

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5. The following steps will be done using the seam setup controls screen (7.6).
6. Index the can into position.
7. Lift can.
8. Motor on.
9. Press and hold the 1st operation button for 2 seconds.
10.Drop can
11.Motor off
12.Index can
13.Measure the seam and compare to seam dimensions. If dimensions are out of
tolerance adjust the 1st op form tooling until within spec.
14.Repeat steps 3-12 until you have a seam that is within spec.
15.After your first seam is set and in tolerance, repeat steps 3-8 and proceed as
follows
16.Press and hold the 2nd operation button for 2 seconds.
17.Drop can.
18.Motor off.
19.Index can.
20.Measure the seam and compare to seam dimensions. If dimensions are out of
tolerance adjust the 2nd op form tooling until within spec.
21.Repeat steps 3-19 as necessary to get a seam within spec. You can skip steps
9-13 after the first operation seam is satisfactory.

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6 CHANGE OVER PROCEDURE
6.1 ADJUSTING THE FILLER
1. Fill 6 cans with water or product to the desired volume/weight, and place
them under the filling station.
2. Go the filling station screen on your HMI panel, and lower the filling station
so that the fill tubes and float switches are inside the cans.
3. Loosen the set screw (shown red below) on each collar. Move the collar up
or down until the sensor light is activated on the HMI screen. Then tighten the
set screw. Repeat for each can/station.
4. Use the HMI screen to raise the fill station.
5. Remove setup cans so the machine will be ready to run.

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6.2 ADJUSTING THE CAP FEEDER
1. The 4 bolts shown red from the rear will need to be loosened to set the
height for 12 or 16 oz. Cans.
2. Make sure that there are caps in the feed track to assist with setting height.
3. Use an unseamed can without an end on the conveyor and raise or lower
the feeder until caps catch on the can.
4. Retighten the 4 red bolts.
5. Run can through by hand to verify height. Repeat as necessary.

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6.3 ADJUSTING THE CAP HOLD DOWN
1. The 4 bolts shown red from the rear will need to be loosened to set the
height for 12 or 16 oz. Cans.
2. Use a can with an end in place.
3. Raise or lower the cap hold down bar until the can slides under the bar. The
can end should only touch the hold down rail with the end fully seated on the
can, and only raise the rail if foam is present.
4. Retighten the 4 red bolts.

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5. Once the rail height is set, put a can with an end on it under the cap in place
sensor. This is the sensor directly above the next can waiting to go into the
seam station.
6. With a can and end directly under the cap in place sensor press and hold
the teach button until it turns solid yellow. From time to time this sensor will
need to be retaught its position. Repeat this step whenever necessary. See
image below.