Un-Jam your Strippit Super 30/30 & Custom 18/30 Punch Press Machine Un-Jam-Strippit-Super-30-30-Punch-Press-Machine
Un-Jam Your Strippit
Super 30/30,  Custom 18/30,
Super 30/40-Mechanical,  and
Sonic 18/30  Punch Press Machines!
From Time to Time,  Machine Operators will Overload and Jam-Up the Strippit
Single-Station Punch Machine they are Operating.   Usually by,  Trying to Punch
Too-Thick of Sheet-Material,  a Punch Too-Large for Sheet-Material,  Wrong Die Clearance,  Wrong Die,  Wrong Punch,  Dull Punch & Die,  Crossed Punch & Die,  etc.

Punch will be  "Stuck-Down"  with  Machine Not finishing Punch-Stroke, 
Punch is Stuck in Sheet-Material,  and  Punch-Ram is Hard-Against Top of Punch.

And You Can Not Remove  Sheet-Material,  Punch,  or  the  Swing-Arm Holder.

This is because you Now have  OVER  30-Tons of Force Springing  &  Gapping
Machine C-Frame like the Large Spring that it is.   And  All of this Force is now
directed through the Ram to Punch and Sheet-Material,  
So of course,   you can not get it out!

Now this is when your  Rocket-Scientist  Operator  &  Maintenance Guys
get-out their  Big Hammers  &  Pipes  &  Pry-Bars  &  Acetylene Torches  to try
to Pry-up the Ram,  Rotate Flywheels,  or  Cut Out  Tool,   to  "Fix"  the Jam.
Instead,  they just  Damage  Machine  &  Swing-Arm  Holder  &  Tooling.

If they  Damage  or  Break  the  Swing-Arm Holder,
you are  Out--Of--Business  as  they are  NOT  Manufactured  anymore!

As an aside,  I would Build a Very Solid-Stand  Next to my Punch Machine
with  2  Good Holder-Places f or my  1 1/4"   &   3 1/2"  Swing-Arm Holders,  
as lazy Operators usually just leave Swing-Arm Holder they are not using on
Machine Table,  and  Sooner or Later,  will accidentally Knock-it onto the Floor
and  it will Often  Break-In-Two Pieces  that  Can NOT be Repaired  or  Replaced!

If Operator & Maintenance Guys Bothered to Read Machine Manual, 
You  Do  Have  a  Machine  Manual Right???  )
they would see they could-have
Simply Relieved the 30-Tons of Jammed Punch Pressure by;

1  --   Taking a  5/32"  Allen Wrench

2  --   Very Slowly  Backing-Out  5/16"-18  Cup-Set-Screw,   Item #15,  usually
         Located  on  Bottom  Left-Side of Ram.

3  --   This  Un-Seats the  1/4" Ball,   Item #14,   acting as a
         Check-Valve to  Ram Oil Chamber.   See  Ram Assembly Drawing  Below!

4  --   This allows Trapped-Oil,   Under  Tremendous Pressure,   Use  Caution!!!,  
         in  Punch-Ram to be Slowly Drained-Out, 
         and  releasing the 30-Tons of Force from Jammed Sprung Machine-Frame.
         Frame will  Un-Load  and  Ram should  Rise as Oil is Slowly Drained-Out.

5  --   You should now be able to Remove  Swing-Arm  &  Tooling  &  Sheet-Material

6  --   Reinstall the  Ball  &  Set-Screw

7  --   Using   #49579-000  Punch-Head  Dip-Stick,   Refill  Punch-Head with 
         Mobil DTE-24 Hydraulic Oil,   or  any Good  ISO-24 Weight Hydraulic Oil,  or
         my New Favorite   Mobil-1  Synthetic  0W-20  SAE  Motor Oil  
         Do  NOT  Use a  Heaver  Grade Oil!

8  --   Now Correct Original Problem that Caused Jam in the First-Place!!!

9  --   Also Check that the 2 Drive-Belts were Not Shredded when Jam occurred,
         Replace belts if necessary.    And,  if  Press Motor will Not Start,  Motor
         Overload-Breaker in Electrical Box on side of Machine probably has Tripped,
         just Press-In  Re-Set Plunger to Re-Set Breaker.

You should now be Back in the Punching Business!    Be More Carefull Next Time.

This Simple Pressure-Relief Valve is Built-In to  All  Strippit   Super 30/30, 
Custom 30/30,  Custom 18/30,  Sonic 18/30,  and  Super 30/40-Mechanical  Machines.

And also  Pre-1977  Super 30/40-Mechanical  and  Custom 30/40-Mechanical,
but  NOT  Super 30/40-Hydraulic  and  Custom 30/40-Hydraulic  Machines.
After  1977  30/40  Machines were redesigned to be Completely Hydraulic  Presses.
Very easy to tell them apart as Mechanical Machines will have 2 Flywheels in front
of Machine,  and  Newer Hydraulic Machines will NOT have any Flywheels at all.


This page was last updated: February 9, 2023
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