I just got the casadei k320
Good condition but, the glue pot has been sitting at 16° for over an hr now. I don’t understand why.
1- the emergency switch is not enabled
2- the belt feed is closed and locked

Can anyone assist me with this issue?

We just had the same problem yesterday with our casedei bander . Turns out we had 1 blown fuse in our wall mounted fused 3 phase disconnect so we were only getting 2 phases of elect. and that would run the control panel but would not run the heating elements .So I would verify that you are getting all 3 phases of elect to the machine.

You can also turn off all power and disconect on side of element then check for continuity, a pot needs all its elements to heat up less elments working will cause this

So manually I can switch the pot on using the internal control switch but it took almost an hr to get to 90°. So today I changed it out with a spare control switch and same issue. Had to manually turn it on and still warmed a slow rate.

There are several heating elements in that pot perhaps one or more of them is bad or has a bad connection

Also make sure this switch is turned to the right where I have the arrow drawn

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How do I go about checking the elements?

How do I go about checking the elements?

Google testing heating element with a multi meter, however you most likely need to dismantle the glue pot to do it and that appears to be quite a task.

Ok this is going to be fun. I’ll start with the fuses, breakers, control switches and see what I can find out. Appreciate everyone’s input thanks! Will update soon. Maybe we we all learn something 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hello, I had the same problem with an scm machine , my tech walked me through some fixes over the phone . My machine has a row of trap door fuse compartments , one was bad . Home depot and Grainger had the replacement fuse.
Ed

UPDATE: I have tested everything and the only unusual thing I have come across is the elements are only receiving 90V but I can’t determine if that’s right or not. I have included a photo, maybe some can give me an idea where to go next?

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Hi Ed, I checked all the fuses and they are A ok. Unfortunately I was praying for an easy fix but no such luck.

Hi Ed, I checked all the fuses and they are A ok. Unfortunately I was praying for an easy fix but no such luck.

Hello Sam-Every time I had issues with my gluepot not reaching temperature, it was bad heater cartridges. A gluepot will generally have 3 or 4 of these heaters.
You may be able to use an infrared thermal tester to find the cool spot on your gluepot. (About $15 at Home Depot or Amazon. This would likely reflect which heater is not working. Each cartridge has two wires coming from it.
disconnect the wires from a suspected bad heater and check continuity with a circuit tester. If the heater is bad, it will show as an open circuit. Most of these heaters are in the shape of a large pencil, usually held in the pot casting with a set screw, and are easily removable, some are in the form of a plate on the bottom of the gluepot. My Cehisa bander had both. Here is a picture of a typical "pencil rod heater cartridge".

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