AEC VacTrac Series Conveying Systems - Manual (Page 5)

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: SAFETY ................................................................ 9
1-1 How to Use This Manual ............................................................................................. 9
Safety Symbols Used in this Manual.....................................................................9
1-2 Warnings and Precautions ........................................................................................ 10
1-3 Responsibility ............................................................................................................ 11
General Responsibility.........................................................................................11
Operator Responsibility .......................................................................................12
Maintenance Responsibility.................................................................................13
Reporting a Safety Defect ...................................................................................13
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION........................... 14
2-1 Models Covered in This Manual................................................................................ 14
2-2 General Description................................................................................................... 14
Basic System Components .................................................................................14
Basic System Types............................................................................................15
Conveying Distance ............................................................................................15
Equipment Cycle .................................................................................................15
2-3 Standard Features & Options.................................................................................... 16
SRI Series Inventory Vacuum Receivers ............................................................16
Pumps .................................................................................................................18
Blowback Pumps.................................................................................................20
VTTV TurboVac Series Pumps ...........................................................................22
APC Centrifugal Pumps ......................................................................................26
SRH/SRC Vacuum Receivers .............................................................................28
Vacuum Receivers ..............................................................................................32
Atmospheric Valves.............................................................................................36
Sequence T-Valves .............................................................................................37
Cartridge-Style Vortex Filter Chamber ................................................................38
FC Series Bag-Style Filters .................................................................................40
ACA Series Filter Chambers ...............................................................................40
AFC-S Series Filters............................................................................................42
Take-Off Compartments and Pickup Tubes ........................................................43
2-4 Safety Devices and Interlocks ................................................................................... 46
CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION.................................................. 48
3-1 Uncrating the Equipment........................................................................................... 48
3-2 Rigging and Placing Mechanical Components.......................................................... 48
Installing the Pump Package...............................................................................48
Installing the Control Panel .................................................................................51
Installing Material/Vacuum Tubing ......................................................................51
Installing VFC or FC Filter Chambers..................................................................56
Installing ACA Series Filter Chambers ................................................................57
Installing Vacuum Receivers and Inventory/Vacuum Receivers .........................58
Installing the Safety Filter ....................................................................................58
3-3 Compressed Air Blowback Connection ..................................................................... 60
3-4 Implosion Blowback Connection ............................................................................... 60
Conveying System Mechanical Components iv