HOW TO TEST A STRAPPER

Testing a strapping machine. Whenever I finish rebuilding or working on a strapper, I always run it 100-500 cycles. This way, you know that it's ready to go back into production.

[@tylerpeterson5088]

Will the machine continue to strap in the auto setting? Does the hose you are scraping cross the machine sensor?

[@ricks_garage]

To test the strapper like this, I jammed a piece of strap in the start button to keep it activated

[@tylerpeterson5088]

@@ricks_garage Gotcha. Thank you for the reply, the company I work for runs the StraPack RQ-8LD. Our mechanic doesn't quite have it running smooth. It seems to not catch or miss or not complete a whole cycle fairly often. Been trying to troubleshoot with some success, we run 300-500 packages a day. What type of maintenance schedule would you recommend? And also could the straps being too light or too heavy affect the machines ability to complete the strapping cycle? Thank you again!

[@ricks_garage]

@@tylerpeterson5088 My first question is: When you say it does not catch, do you mean tat it does not weld and the strap pops off? There are 2 kinds of strap: a machine strap and a hand grade strap. You should run the machine strap. The hand grade strap is to thin and not recommended for a strapper. Maintenance schedule: I recommend blowing the strap dust every day. This will fix 90% of the problems. I also recommend changing the bearings once a year. I have a video coming soon that shows hot to do this.