AEC Colortronic MS Series Screenless Granulator - Manual (Page 29)

Chapter 7 Maintenance and check
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Inspection items Contents of work
Wiping and check inside the
feed hopper and granulator Do the wiping and check in the following working order.
1. Put off the primary power supply.
2. Get rid of dust from the upper part of feed hopper with the air-gun or air
cleaner.
3. Remove the clamp of feed hopper, turns round the side the hopper is fallen,
and opens slowly.
4. As for cleaning of the upper part of granulator, get rid of dust by the air
cleaner.
And, check the edge of blade condition of fixed cutter.
5.Close the feed hopper, and fixed with the clamp.
6. Remove the clamp of cutter chamber, turns round the side the feed hopper is
fallen, and opens slowly.
7. Get rid the dust that sticks to the inside of the granulator (rotating cutter)
with the air cleaner and the brush.
8. Insert an attached metal rod (with knob) into the upper hole of the axis of
rotating cutter, and, rotate the rotating cutter.
9. Check edge of blade condition with rotating the rotation cutter.
10.As for the ditch of lower part of granulator and return cover (rotating part of
large cutter), get rid of dust by air-gun.
11.If wiping is end, lift the feed hopperslowly, and close.
Then, fix the cutter chamber of granulator by the clamp.
WARNING
◎ It is pushed down slowly with keep feed hopper from the down side
when feed hopper and cutting chamber is opened.
Don't insert a hand and a finger into stopper.
When feed hopper and cutting chamber is closed, feed hopper lifted
slowly.
At that time, be careful to insert a hand and a finger into pinch point.
When a hand and a finger are inserted into pinch point, it has the
danger of lacerations and fracture.
◎ Don't touch the guranulator cutter imprudently. Because the cutter is
sharp, it has the danger that injures a hand and a finger.
NOTE
The wiping by the air-gun is to use a mask, because dust scatters in the
air.