RAPIDTOOL A Series User manual
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RapidTool Series A Rebar Tying Machine
Troubleshooting Guide
Contents Page
Warning .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Phone Diagnosis ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
General Issue ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Issue with wire feed or wire cutting mechanism.............................................................................................................................................................3
Troubleshooting Guide..........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
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Phone Diagnosis
General Issue
Ensure all bolts on machine are tightened –particularly around Machine Mouth –needs to be in correct alignment.
Issue with wire feed or wire cutting mechanism
1. Remove wire and use air blow gun to clean wire feeding channel by firing air through wire feed Pipe.
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Note: Customer should be removing wire coil and cleaning the feeding gear, brake gear and machine mouth areas after use with an air
blow gun. This includes using air blow gun to also clean wire feeding channel by firing air through wire feed Pipe as detailed above.
If issue is still not resolved:
1. Open machine mouth.
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Troubleshooting Guide
Refer to troubleshooting spreadsheet below. Solutions in yellow may be performed by customer without need to return machine.
No.
Normal Operation
Problem
Warning
Sound
Cause
What to Check
Solution
1
Power on →The Tip Axis is
initialized and the wire-
cutter operates
automatically.
No operation
takes place.
No sound
emitted.
Battery completely empty.
Confirm the battery is charged.
Perform normal charge.
Electrode plate has been oxidized.
Take out the battery and see if the
electrode is brown.
Polish terminal part of battery pack
with clean cloth, etc.
Continuous
short beeps
Battery is empty.
Confirm the battery is charged.
Perform normal charge.
One short
beep
Bad connection of twisting motor
connecting wire or twisting motor
is broken.
Check twisting motor connecting
wire or twisting motor.
Reconnect the connecting wire or
replace with new twisting motor.
Twister cannot go
back to the initial
state.
Seven short
beeps
repeated
There is foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#326)
and Route PWB unit (#325) or bad
connection of connecting wire K.
Check if there is foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#326)
and Route PWB unit (#325) or
check the wire K connection.
Remove the foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#326)
and Route PWB unit (#325) or
replace with new connecting wire
K.
2
Trigger ON →Wire is sent
out.
No wire is sent
out.
Two short
beeps
Curl guide is open.
Open/close curl guide.
Fully close curl guide.
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No.
Normal Operation
Problem
Warning
Sound
Cause
What to Check
Solution
Three short
beeps
repeated
Tie wire has run out.
Check if the tie wire has run out.
Set the new tie wire as per loading
tie wire section below.
Wire caught inside reel.
Check if wire inside reel has been
loosened and caught.
Remove fray on reel.
Feeding channel is blocked with
foreign substance.
Check the feeding channel
Remove wire and use air blow gun
to clean wire feeding channel by
firing air through wire feed pipe as
shown in diagram above.
A small bump on tie wire
Check tie wire
Cut off the part of tie wire with a
small bump
Bad connection of feeding motor
connecting wire or feeding motor
is broken.
Check feeding motor connecting
wire or feeding motor.
Reconnect the connecting wire or
replace with new feeding motor.
3
Binding wire draws a
circle.
Curl is distordered
and steps out of
curl guide.
No sound
emitted.
Wire, by hitting reinforcing bars,
was repelled.
Check if wire hits reinforcing bars
at binding.
Pay attention so that wire does not
hit reinforcing bars at binding.
4
Wire is cut.
No wire cutting
takes place.
No sound
emitted.
Cutter section is blocked with
foreign substance.
Confirm function of cutter section.
Remove wire and use air blow gun
to clean wire feeding channel by
firing air through wire feed pipe as
shown in diagram above.
Open machine mouth and wipe
cutter section with dry cloth or
blow it with air as shown in
diagram above.
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No.
Normal Operation
Problem
Warning
Sound
Cause
What to Check
Solution
Cutter or the cutting mechanism is
broken or worn out.
Check the cutter, and each part in
cutting mechanism
Open machine mouth and replace
with a new part as shown in
diagram above.
5
Wire twisting takes place.
Wire gets tangled.
No sound
emitted.
Wire, by hitting reinforcing bars,
was repelled.
Check if wire hits reinforcing bars
at binding.
Pay attention so that wire does not
hit reinforcing bars at binding.
Seven short
beeps
repeated
There is foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#326)
and Route PWB unit (#325) or bad
connection of connecting wire K.
Check if there is foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#326)
and Route PWB unit (#325) or
check the wire K connection.
Remove the foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#326)
and Route PWB unit (#325) or
replace with new connecting wire
K.
Tie wire is tangled on the twister.
Check the twister for tangled wire.
Remove tangled wire from the
twister.
Four short
beeps
repeated
Bad connection of twisting motor
connecting wire or twisting motor
is broken.
Check twisting motor connecting
wire or twisting motor.
Reconnect the connecting wire or
replace with new twisting motor.
Binding power is
weak.
No sound
emitted.
Reinforcing bar is not of
designated size.
Confirm size of reinforcing bars to
be bound.
Use appropriate diameter scope.
Tension setting is not at the right
level.
Check the tension setting level.
Adjust the tension setting to a
higher level.
Erroneous handling such as
improper application of machine.
Confirm how to apply machine to
reinforcing bars.
Adjust the tension setting to a
higher level and ensure machine is
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No.
Normal Operation
Problem
Warning
Sound
Cause
What to Check
Solution
held as per correct usage section
below.
Twisting-off tie
head occurs
No sound
emitted.
Reinforcing bar is not of
designated size.
Confirm size of reinforcing bars to
be bound.
Use appropriate diameter scope.
Tension setting is not at the right
level.
Check the tension setting level.
Adjust the tension setting to a
lower level.
Erroneous handling such as
improper application of machine.
Confirm how to apply machine to
reinforcing bars.
Adjust the tension setting to a
lower level and ensure machine is
held as per correct usage section
below.
Works properly.
Continuous
short beeps
Low power remains in the battery
pack.
Confirm the battery is fully
charged.
Perform normal charge.
Six short
beeps
repeated
The tool is used at high
temperature.
Check the temperature at the job
site.
Leave the tool and the battery
pack at a cooler temperature for
some time, then continue
operation.
4. Insert the p of the wire into wire guide C,
through the gap of the feeding gears and
all the way into the pipe (10-20 mm).
If the window is dirty and it is dicult to
determine the posion of the Wire Guide C,
clean the inside of the window with a so
cloth. Close the window again to prevent the
ingress of foreign bodies in the machine.
5. Push the release stopper and make sure
that the release lever is back in original
posion, and that the feeding gears are
clamping the wire.
Feeding gears Release lever
Release stopper
4. Machine Operaon
Always read, understand and comply with
safety instrucons (Secon 2) before use.
Baery Saving Funcon
The machine is equipped with a baery
saving funcon and will automacally shut
down aer 10 minutes of no use.
Tie Tension Sengs
Use the adjusng knob to set e tension at
desire level (1=min tension / 10=max tension).
Loading Wire Coil
Warning - Ensure trigger lock is on, power is
switched o and baery removed.
Release leverRelease stopper
Reel stopper
Reel stay
1. Push the release lever unl it is caught by
the release stopper.
2. Push the reel stopper to open the reel stay.
10-20mm
Pipe
Wire guide C
3. Insert the wire coil with the wire-end
upwards and forward. Carefully close the
reel stay and secure the reel stopper.
1. Push the release lever unl it is caught
by the release stopper.
Release leverRelease stopper
2. Remove the wire coil.
3. Push the reel stopper to release the
reel stay and open it at the same me,
remove the wire coil.
4. Load new wire coil (refer to previous
instrucons for loading wire coil).
5. Perform a test e, to check if the e
tension of set correctly.
Wire
Pipe
Reel stay
Reel stopper
6. Make sure that the wire is ght and rm.
Prevent the wire from curling up behind
the wire coil. This may cause a jam.
7. Insert baery into machine baery slot
and set the main switch to ON. Release
the trigger lock before starng to e.
Replacing Wire Coil
Warning - Ensure trigger lock is on, power is
switched o and baery removed.
1. Place the arm A unit in a 45˚ angle over
the rebar cross surface and push the
mouth towards the rebar.
2. Place arm A perpendicularly on top of the
rebar cross surface and with the mouth
centred over the cross.
Warning - Do not move the machine while
it is tying.
3. Cross-tying. Bend down the knot of the
rst e, before you make the second e.
Correct Usage
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