Problem & answerA-09
Capsules Not Entering the Tooling
Likely causes
- Powder covering the ball bearing and spring in the capsule gate channel
How to fix it
- 1Stop and isolate the machine.
- 2Remove the capsule gate, then its set screw, spring and ball bearing.
- 3Clear the channel of powder and clean the spring and bearing.
- 4Reassemble and test.
It is fixed when
Capsules drop cleanly into every tooling hole.
Stop it coming back
- Clean the capsule gate as part of routine cleaning.
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