BUCHI Encapsulator B-390 - Manual (Page 3)

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3 B-390 Operation Manual, Version C
Read this manual carefully before installing and running your system and note the safety precautions
in chapter 2 in particular. Store the manual in the immediate vicinity of the instrument, so that it can be
consulted at any time.
No technical modifications may be made to the instrument without the prior written agreement of
BUCHI. Unauthorized modifications may affect the system safety, the EU conformity or result in acci-
dents.
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this manual without prior written agreement is also prohibited.
The English manual is the original language version and serves as basis for all translations
into other languages.
Table of contents
1 About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 User qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Proper use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Improper use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4 Safety warnings and safety signals used in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 Product safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5.1 General hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5.2 Safety measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.5.3 Built-in safety elements and measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.6
General safety rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1
Scope of application and delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1.1 Standard instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1.2 Standard accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1.3 Optional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1.4 Recommended spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.3 Materials used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Description of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1
Functional principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2 Connections at the Encapsulator B-390. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5 Putting into operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.1
Installation site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2 Installing the Encapsulator B-390 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.3 Electrical connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.4 Assembling of the bead producing unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.5 Single (inner) nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.6 Electrode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.7
Pressure bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.7.1 Installation of the pressure bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.8
Option: Concentric nozzle system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.8.1 Mounting of CN nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.9
Final installation check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30