RAPIDTOOL RT-40 User manual

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RapidTool RT-40/RT-60 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..........................................................................................................................................................................................................5

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Warning
Ensure power is off and battery removed before performing service.
Do not use oil based lubricants to clean product as this may void warranty.

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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. Open machine mouth

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2. Wipe cutter section with dry cloth or blow with air blow gun. Remove any caught wire if necessary before reassembling.

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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 →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 has gone brown.
Polish terminal part of battery
pack with clean cloth, etc.
Continuous
short beeps
Curl guide is open.
Open/close curl guide.
Fully close curl guide.
Tie wire is tangled on the
twister.
Check the twister for tangled
wire.
Remove tangled wire from the
twister.
Two long
beeps
repeated
Battery is empty.
Confirm the battery is charged.
Perform normal charge.
Tip Axis
Initializing fails
Seven short
beeps
repeated
There is foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#61)
and Route PWB unit (#62) or
bad connection of connecting
wire K.
Check if there is foreign
substance between Magnetic
plate (#61) and Route PWB
unit (#62) or check the wire K
connection.
Remove the foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#61)
and Route PWB unit (#62) or
replace with new connecting
wire K.
Four short
beeps
repeated
Bad connection of connecting
wire A and B or twisting motor
is burned.
Check the wire A and B
connection.
Reconnect or replace the wire A
and B or replace with new
twisting motor.
2
Trigger ON →Wire is
sent out.
No wire is sent
out.
Continuous
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 tie wire has run out.
Set the new tie wire.
Wire caught inside reel.
Check if wire inside reel has
been loosened and caught.
Remove fray on reel.
Cutter section is blocked with
foreign substance.
Confirm functioning of cutter
section.
Either wipe cutter section with
dry cloth or blow it with air as
per diagram above.
A wire is caught in the cutter
section or Wire guide A.
Check if any wire is caught.
Open the machine mouth to
access cutter section and
remove caught wire as per
diagram above.
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.
Either wipe cutter section with
dry cloth or blow it with air as
per diagram above.
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 new part.
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.

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No.
Normal Operation
Problem
Warning
Sound
Cause
What to Check
Solution
Seven short
beeps
repeated
There is foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#61)
and Route PWB unit (#62) or
bad connection of connecting
wire K.
Check if there is foreign
substance between Magnetic
plate (#61) and Route PWB
unit (#62) or check the wire K
connection.
Remove the foreign substance
between Magnetic plate (#61)
and Route PWB unit (#62) or
replace with new connecting
wire K.
Four short
beeps
repeated
Bad connection of connecting
wire A and B or twisting motor
is burned.
Check the wire A and B
connection.
Reconnect or replace the wire A
and B 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 approriate diameter scope.
Erroneous handling such as
improper application of
machine.
Confirm how to apply machine
to reinforcing bars.
Adjust the tension setting to a
higher lever and ensure
machine is 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 approriate diameter scope.
Erroneous handling such as
improper application of
machine.
Confirm how to apply machine
to reinforcing barts.
Adjust the tension setting to a
lower lever and and ensure
machine is held as per correct
usage section below.
Works properly.
Two long
beeps
repeated
Low power remains in the
battery pack.
Confirm the battery is fully
charged.
Perform normal charge.

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No.
Normal Operation
Problem
Warning
Sound
Cause
What to Check
Solution
Five 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 dicult to
determine the posion 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
posion, and that the feeding gears are
clamping the wire.
Feeding gears Release lever
Release stopper
4. Machine Operaon
Always read, understand and comply with
safety instrucons (Secon 2) before use.
Baery Saving Funcon
The machine is equipped with a baery
saving funcon and will automacally shut
down aer 10 minutes of no use.
Tie Tension Sengs
Use the adjusng 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 baery removed.
Release leverRelease stopper
Reel stopper
Reel stay
1. Push the release lever unl 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 unl 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
instrucons 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 baery into machine baery slot
and set the main switch to ON. Release
the trigger lock before starng to e.
Replacing Wire Coil
Warning - Ensure trigger lock is on, power is
switched o and baery 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