FGM111
Cheese Cutters and Graters
Models FGS / FGM
Instruction Manual
Version 1
1-800-465-0234
www.omcan.com
3115 Pepper Mill Court, Mississauga, ON, L5L 4X5
4450 Witmer Industrial Estates, Unit 4, Niagara Falls, NY, 14305
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Table of Contents
Section
General Information
Safety and Warranty
Technical Specications
Installation and Operation
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Parts Breakdowns
Electrical Schematics
Warranty Registration
Model FGSM15 / Model FGSM10 / Model FGS101
Model FGS121 / Model FGM111 / Model FGM111M
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General Information
Omcan Manufacturing and Distributing Company Inc. and Food Machinery Of America, Inc. dba Omcan
are not responsible for any harm or injury caused due to any person’s improper or negligent use of
this equipment. The product shall only be operated by someone over the age of 18, of sound mind, and
not under the inuence of any drugs or alcohol, who has been trained in the correct operation of this
machine, and is wearing authorized, proper safety clothing. Any modication to the machine voids any
warranty, and may cause harm to individuals using the machine or in the vicinity of the machine while
in operation.
MANUAL IMPORTANCE
The present instruction manual for the use is to be considered as an integral part of the machine:
1. Must be kept for the full life of the machine.
2. Must be coupled with the machine in case of its ceasing.
3. To show all useful notices for operators and containing the electric diagrams that will be used for the
possible maintenance reparations.
SCOPE / MANUAL PURPOSE
The instructions manual has the purpose to furnish all necessary information so that the machine supplied will
be used in a proper, efcient and safe manner. Besides supplying indications and warnings, it is to identify its
principles and functioning limits. For possible doubts, call Omcan.
RECEIVERS
The instruction manual, which accompanies the machine, is an integral part of the machine and is intended
both for its operators and for skilled technicians qualied for the installation, use and maintenance of the
machine.
RESPONSIBILITY
• If the manual endures damages or is lost, request a copy from Omcan;
• The manual reects the technical state during the machine’s manufacturing; the manufacturer reserves the
right to update the product and as a consequence other manual issues, without the obligation to update
previous manuals, unless pertaining to the health and safety;
• Pay particular attention to the safety features on the machine and the prescriptions to which the following
instructions for proper use;
• The manufacturer is responsible for the machine to be in its original conguration;
• The manufacturer is not responsible for damages caused from the improper use of the machine and
damages caused by standards violation, negligence, lack of experience, imprudence and not respecting
the regulation standards on behalf of the employer, of the operator or the maintenance person and for
every possible damage caused from an irrational, improper and/or wrong use;
• The manufacturer is not responsible for consequences caused from not using original spare parts or ones
of equal characteristics;
• The manufacturer is responsible only for the information shown in the manual;
• Not fullling the requirements contained in this manual will cause the guarantee to be immediately
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terminated;
• Carry out the foreseen safety measures;
• Inform the operator about the specic risks to which they are exposed to and bring to their attention the
essential prevention standards;
• It is required that operators observe the safety standards and use the protection means put at their
disposal.
SYMBOLOGY MEANING
The following shows the specied symbols and their denitions which will be used in the
manual:
DANGER
This symbol shows the danger for those who work on the machine and those in the vicinity.
The indicated activity must be performed in accordance with the accident prevention standards
and with the indications showed in the manual.
PRECAUTION
The symbol is used to indicate a warning on useful information or recommendations about an
operation.
ATTENTION
The symbol is used to show that an operation should be performed with attention to avoid
damage to the machine.
The grater machine is designed to:
1. Grate tough cheese, bread and biscuits.
The machine is constituted from an electric motor inserted in a
unique fusion (basic machine body). In any versions the fusion can
be recovered from a bonnet (hulled machine body). The product is
loaded manually inside the grater mouth and placed in the top side
of the machine, always done manually. Through pressure on the
handle, the product is pushed against the grater roll. The product
load must be in a moderate quantity to avoid low pressure, due to the
safety micro switch placed in the pressure lock. The grater roll, which
can be stamped or milled, cannot be removed from the machine.
In accordance with the functioning requirements and production,
the machine can be substituted with different optional parts. The
machine is supplied with the identication plate on which the
following data is shown:
General Information
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Safety and Warranty
NORMAL USE, IMPROPER USE, OR NOT CORRECT USE
The machine describe in the present instructions manual for the use is foreseen to be drive from an only
operator skilled and prepared on residual risks with competency and in a safe manner.
In its NORMAL USE; the machine can be used only to:
1. Grate tough cheese, bread and biscuits.
The machine must not be used IN AN IMPROPER WAY; IN PARTICULAR:
1. It must not be used for domestic uses,
2. It must not be functioned with parameters different from those shown in the technical characteristics table,
3. When used with modalities different from those shown in the manual, the manufacturer declines every
responsibility,
4. The user is responsible for the damages resulting from the lack of observance of the conditions described
in the manual.
5. Not to tamper or damage intentionally nor remove or hide the labels.
The machine must not be used INCORRECTLY because some damages or injuries could be caused for the
operator, in particular:
1. It is dangerous to move the machine when it is connected to the electric feeding;
2. It is dangerous to pull the power cable or the machine to disconnect the feeding plug;
3. It is dangerous to put weights on the machine or on the power cable;
4. It is dangerous to put the power cable on sharp or ammable objects;
5. It is dangerous to use the machine with a damaged power cable or with the control devices;
6. It is dangerous to leave the machine off with the power cable still connected;
7. It is dangerous to leave the loaded machine unsupervised;
8. It is dangerous to insert any type of object inside the motor ventilation cap;
9. It is dangerous to use ammable substances, corrosive or harmful cleaning agents;
10. It is dangerous to put the machine on top of objects;
11. It is dangerous to insert any type of object under the machine base or place clothes or other things
between the machine feet and the working ground;
12. It is dangerous to plunge the machine in water or in other liquids;
13. It is dangerous that non-authorized personnel use the machine and with clothes different from that showed
for the use;
14. It is dangerous to introduce the grinding neck and the grater mouth with products or objects having
characteristics different from those showed in normal use, such as bones, frozen meat, non-food products
and clothing;
15. It is dangerous to introduce in the grated product exit zone any object such as knives, blades, etc.;
16. It is dangerous to function with the protection shelters and xes not blocked or correctly removed;
17. It is dangerous to partially remove the protection pieces and danger signals;
18. It is dangerous to function without all the precautions about the residual risks adopted on behalf of the user;
19. It is dangerous to smoke or use free ame devices and manipulate incandescent materials, unless some
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Safety and Warranty
suitable safety measures are adopted.
However, the user is responsible for damages resulting from not observing the specied normal
use and conditions. For possible doubts you can enquire at the Authorized Assistance Center.
Failure to follow proper safety instructions can be dangerous and can cause damage or injury.
Except where differently specied, the personnel who performs the installation interventions,
connection, maintenance, reassembly and reuse, damages or breakdowns, demolition and
dismantling must be a skilled personnel qualied in safety matter and educated on the residual
risks. The personnel must be competent and perform in a safe matter with all other maintenance
employees.
ENVIRONMENTS, WORKING AND PASSING PLACES
The work environment must answer to the directive 89/654/CEE requirements. In the working area no foreign
objects can be present. The employer, in the directive of 89/391/CEE, must follow the measures promoting the
safety and health of the workers during the work. They must eliminate or reduce the residual risks as foreseen
in the manual.
WARNINGS ON THE RESIDUAL RISKS
RESIDUAL RISK DUE TO THE FIXED PROTECTIONS REMOVAL, INTERVENTIONS ON BROKEN/WORN
PARTS
The operator must not try to open or remove a protection measure or tamper a safety device.
In the phase of maintenance and cleaning, and during all further manual operations that
happens to introduce the hands or other body parts in the machine’s dangerous areas, a
residual risk remains due above all to:
1. Hitting with machine manufacturing parts,
2. Grazing and/or abrasion with machine rough parts,
3. Injury from the sharpened parts,
4. Lacerations from a tool having sharpened parts.
The operator and maintenance personnel must be skilled for the intervention connected to the manual
operations with open protections, must be trained on joined consequent risks and must be authorized from a
responsible person.
PROTECTION DEVICES ON THE MACHINE
The machine protections and safety devices must not be removed. If they must be removed for
extraordinary maintenance requirements, some measures will have to be immediately adopted.
To put in evidence and to reduce amount of danger. The reassembling aspect of the protection or safety
devices must happen as soon as the extraordinary circumstance has completed.
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Safety and Warranty
The machine transmission parts are completely isolated by means of xed protections which do not allow
access improper objects. For all safety functions including the control and check systems, well-tested
components and safety principles have been used.
Grater group:
1. Taking into account the machine’s modality and use, the moving elements are not isolated from the
protections and safety devices,
2. On the handle and pressure group, a micro switch is placed, which stops the grater roll rotation so it is
possible to access the grater mouth,
3. Fingers are prevented from accessing the grater roll as there is a xed protection piece to stop this.
ONE YEAR WARRANTY
Technical Specications
TECHNICAL
DATA
MODEL
GS G8D GSM G1 GD GG
Motor Power
(kW / HP)
0.75 / 1 0.75 / 1 1.1 / 1.5 0.75 / 1 0.75 / 1 3 / 4
Grater Mouth
Internal Size
(mm)
140 x 75 140 x 75 140 x 75 140 x 75 140 x 75 x 2 285 x 150
Grater Timetable
production (kg/h)
50 50 50 50 50 100
Mass (kg) 17 17 20 17 20 40
Maximum Size: A
x B x C (mm)
380 x 220 x 380 380 x 220 x 380 420 x 220 x 380 410 x 220 x 350 540 x 220 x 380 700 x 400 x 600
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Technical Specications
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Acoustic
Power Level
Considered
Equal to A
Minor of 70dBA
Current Nature -
Frequency
Cfr. Machine Plate
Full Charge
Current
Cfr. Machine Plate
Use Nominal
Voltage
Cfr. Machine Plate
Auxilary Circuits
Voltage
AC 24V - DC 24V
Mass and
Neutral
TT e TN
Protection
Degree
IP X3
Use Place Inside
Machine
Positioning
Working ground used in the food eld of height included between 900/1100mm from the trampling level of
adequate capacity, with a free circulation space of at least 800mm
Max
Environment Air
Temperature
+40°C
Requested
Minimum
Illumination
500 lux
Product Directive
Conformance
98/37/CE, 73/32/CEE and successive modications and integrations, Reg. 1935/2004
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Technical Specications
GROUP
MODEL
GS G8D GSM G1 GD GG
Basic machine body, grater on the left ● ● ● ●
Basic machine body, grater on the right ● ● ●
Increased motor ●
Motor from 3 kW ●
Hulled machine body (I) ●
Stamped grater roll ● ● ● ● ● ●
Milled grater roll ● ● ● ● ●
GROUP EXAMPLE
1. Machine Body
2. Control Switch ON/OFF
3. Pressure Handle
4. Grater Mouth
5. Collect Container
Installation and Operation
The machine management is allowed only by authorized personnel and those of a sufcient
technical experience.
Before switching on the machine perform the following operations:
• Read with attention the technical documentation.
• Know what protections and emergency devices are available on the machine, their
location and functioning.
The non-authorized use of commercial parts and accessories altering the protections and safety devices can
cause some malfunctions and danger for the operators. The operator must have received adequate training.
WORKING POSITIONS AND OPERATORS TASKS
As described in the instructions manual, the machine is designed to be drive by an operator skilled and
informed on the residual risks with competency and in a safe manner.
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Installation and Operation
The normal working zone of the operator is:
1. The machine’s frontal zone near the grater mouth (dened loading zone) in normal conditions of functioning
is the loading operations of the food product, with the xed covers closed and blocked;
2. The machine’s front, the product dispenser in normal conditions of functioning is the location for withdrawal
operations of the food product stored in the collect container, with the xed covers in closed and blocked
position.
TRANSPORTATION, HANDLING AND STORING
All transportation and handling operations must be performed by informed and trained personnel and must
have read and understood the safety instructions shown in this manual.
1. Perform the machine handling and transportation always when it is off;
2. Verify that lifting means are use, it is able to support the loading weight and overall
dimensions in safety conditions and that are approved and subjected to a regular
maintenance,
3. Adopt all necessary measures to assure the maximum stability in relation to their mass,
4. Avoid making the machine suffer shaking or accidental collisions during the moving and
the loading,
5. Perform the handling with continual movements, without pulls or repeated impulses.
PACKING REMOVAL – OPENING MODALITY
PACKING DESCRIPTION – HOW TO GET RID OF THE PACKING MATERIAL
The machines are package so that the liquids inside and organic matters are not present. There is a
polyethylene cover around the machine which is then inserted in a cardboard box of adequate size. The empty
spaces within the box are occupied with ll material.
Do not waste the packaging, but store it for possible transportation or locate a recycling agency for disposal.
It is an employer’s obligation to be acquainted of the laws in its own country and observe these legislations. It
is forbidden and liable to nes to leave the machine and electric equipment in the environment.
PREPARATION PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS
STABILITY
The machine stability is designed so that in normal functioning conditions, taking into account the climatic
conditions, the machine can be used without reversal risk, fall or inopportune movement. Taking into account
the conformation and the position of the machine, it will function without fastening it to the working ground.
GRATER ROLL ROTATION
The operations indicated must be performed by the maintenance person (skilled personnel
in the electric maintenance eld of industrial machinery). For machines fed with three phase
voltage (3 PE AC 400V 50Hz), slacken lightly the blockage wheel to not have a strong
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Installation and Operation
pressure on the drilled plate for the cutting knife. When turning on, verify the Archimedean screw / grater
roll rotates counterclockwise. If there is clockwise rotation, switch off the machine, disconnect the plug,
disassemble it, disconnects the two phase conductions and invert their position.
FUNCTIONING DESCRIPTION
The control devices are designed and manufactured to handle normal service stresses and strains. The control
devices are clearly visible, locatable and marked distinctly. The main control devices are shown:
TYPE / COLOUR REFERENCE / DESCRIPTION
Button / Black “0” / button for the machine stop control
Button / White “1” / button for the machine start control
STARTING
The machine only starts with a voluntary action on the control device: white button “1” for the starting control.
STOP
For the stop control push the black button “0”. In case of momentary or extended stop, all food products must
be removed to get the machine to function again.
FUNCTIONING SAFETY
If the machine is under stress or is exposed to long functioning times or overload, the thermal protection
function will stop the machine. In this case, wait until it is completely cooled before proceeding to the starting
function.
VOLTAGE LACKING
In the case of the electric feeding breaking off of the machine and being disconnected, the machine will only
restarted after the electric feeding is back or there is re-connection to the power source.
STARTING
The machine only starts with a voluntary action on the control device: white button “1” for the starting control.
STOP
For the stop control push the black button “0”. In case of momentary or extended stop, all food products must
be removed to get the machine to function again.
FUNCTIONING SAFETY
If the machine is under stress or is exposed to long functioning times or overload, the thermal protection
function will stop the machine. In this case, wait until it is completely cooled before proceeding to the starting
function.
VOLTAGE LACKING
In the case of the electric feeding breaking of if the machine is disconnected, the machine will only be restarted
after the electric feeding is back or there is re-connection to the power source.
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