Sterling SSP 5 User Manual

Op er ating In struc tions

Con veyor Hop per
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Ster ling Ma te rial Pro cess ing

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These op er at ing in struc tions are for:*

(* Plea se fill in per so nal ly)

Se ri al num ber:

Built in:

Date of de li very:

Num ber of de li very:

Date of com mis sio ning:

Lo ca ti on:

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Group of ma chi nes:

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Ster ling Ma te rial Pro cess ing re tains all rights to change the in for ma tion in these
op er at ing in struc tions at any time with out no tice.

We as sume no li a bil ity for any er rors or di rect or in di rect dam age re sult ing in con ­text with these op er at ing in struc tions.

Copying, trans la tion or pub li ca tion in any form ex cept for per sonal use of pur -

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Ta ble of con tents

1. Safety in struc tions ............................................6

1.1. Warn ings and sym bols ..................................7

1.2. Ex pla na tions and in for ma tion .............................8

1.3. For your safety ........................................9

1.4. For the safety of the equip ment ...........................9

2. In stal la tion in struc tions .......................................10

2.1. Trans port ............................................11

2.2. Set-up ..............................................12

2.3. Com pressed-air sup ply .................................13

2.4. Elec tri cal con nec tion ...................................14

3. Func tional de scrip tion ........................................15

3.1. Gen eral .............................................16

3.2. Con trol ler SSP .......................................17

4. Putting into op er a tion ........................................18

4.1. Set ting the con trol ler SSP ..............................19

4.2. Alarm Mes sages dis played on the con trol ler SSP ...........20

5. Main te nance.................................................21

5.1. Main te nance in ter vals ..................................23

5.2. Re placing the nonreturn valve seal ing ring .................24

5.3. Re placing the out let flap seal ing ring......................25

5.3.1. Ad just the flap switch ..........................26

5.4. Cleaning the hop per loader .............................27

5.5. Cleaning/re plac ing the fil ter car tridges of the clean ing unit ....28

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6. Tech ni cal data ...............................................30

7. Spare parts list ..............................................32

8. Ac ces sories .................................................35

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1. Safety in struc tions

These safety in struc tions ap ply to all per sons within the range of

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ac tion of the equip ment.

Please in form all per sons within the range of ac tion of the equip ­ment of the di rect and in di rect haz ards con nected with the
equip ment.

These op er at ing in struc tions are to be used by all per sons as ­signed ac tiv i ties con nected with the equip ment.

Knowl edge of the Eng lish lan guage is pre req ui site.

En sure in each case that the op er at ing per son nel are fa mil iar
with the op er at ing in struc tions and the func tion of the equip ­ment.

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Ob serve the safety in struc tions of the con nected con vey ing
sys tem.

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1.1. Warn ings and sym bols

The fol low ing warn ings and sym bols are used in these op er at ing in struc tions:

This sym bol in di cates dan ger to life! Fa tal or se ri ous in jury is

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pos si ble if the cor re spond ing in struc tions, reg u la tions or warn ­ings are not ob served.

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This sym bol in di cates that se ri ous in jury is pos si ble if the cor ­re spond ing in struc tions, reg u la tions or warn ings are not ob ­served.

This sym bol in di cates that ex ten sive dam age to equip ment
is pos si ble if the cor re spond ing in struc tions, reg u la tions or
warn ings are not ob served.

This sym bol in di cates in for ma tion im por tant for be com ing fa ­mil iar with the equip ment, i.e. tech ni cal cor re la tions.

This sym bol in di cates that a tech ni cal term is ex plained at
this point.

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1.2. Ex pla na tions and in for ma tion

Var i ous terms and des ig na tions are used fre quently in these op er at ing in struc ­tions to en sure clar ity. There fore please note that the terms used in the text stand
for the cor re spond ing ex pla na tions listed be low.

Equip ment

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“Equip ment” can mean an in di vid ual unit, a ma chine or an in stal la tion.

Op er ating per son nel

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The “op er at ing per son nel” are per sons op er at ing the equip ment on their own re ­spon si bil ity or ac cord ing to in struc tions (min i mum age: 16).

Op er a tor

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The “op er a tor” of the equip ment (pro duc tion man ager, fore man, etc.) is the per ­son re spon si ble for all pro duc tion se quences. The op er a tor in structs the op er at ­ing per son nel of what is to be done.

Op er ating in struc tions

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The “plant op er at ing in struc tions” de scribe the in ter ac tion of the equip ment, pro ­duc tion se quences or meth ods. The plant op er at ing in struc tions must be com ­piled by the op er a tor of the equip ment.

Equip ment fore man

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When sev eral op er at ing per son nel work on one ma chine, the “equip ment fore ­man” co or di nates the se quences. The equip ment fore man must be ap pointed by
the op er a tor.

Trained per son nel

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“Trained per son nel” are per sons who, due to their train ing, are au tho rized to carry
out the re quired work in good prac tice.

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1.3. For your safety

It is ab so lutely nec es sary that you ob serve the op er at ing in struc tions for the cor -

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re spond ing con vey ing sys tem.

The de vice is in tended ex clu sively for con vey ing plas tic gran ules and regrind.

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Any other us age is not per mit ted.

This de vice is not suit able for pro cess ing foods.

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Be fore be gin ning main te nance work, set all com pressed air pip ing on the de vice

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at zero pres sure. Dan ger of ac ci dents!

The de vice may only be op er ated if all cor re spond ing com po nents have been

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prop erly con nected and are in ac cor dance with the rel e vant reg u la tions.

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1.4. For the safety of the equip ment

It is ab so lutely nec es sary that you ob serve the op er at ing in struc tions for the cor -

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re spond ing con vey ing sys tem.

For the op er a tion of the hop pers, a com pressed-air sup ply is nec es sary.

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Never set the op er at ing pres sure of the hop pers at more than 6 bar (87.02 PSI)

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(sys tem overpressure).

In stall the hop pers in such a way that the out let flap is hinged in a right an gle to the

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di rec tion of move ment of the ma chine.

Make sure that all plugs are con nected prop erly.

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Ob serve the car ry ing ca pac ity of the ma chine flange.

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2. In stal la tion in struc tions

These in stal la tion in struc tions are in tended for per sons with

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skills in elec tri cal and me chan i cal ar eas due to their train ing, ex ­pe ri ence and re ceived in struc tions.

Per son nel us ing these in stal la tion in struc tions must be in ­structed in the reg u la tions for the pre ven tion of ac ci dents, the
op er at ing con di tions and safety reg u la tions and their im ple men ­ta tion.

En sure in each case that the per son nel are in formed.

The in stal la tion in struc tions pro vided in the cor re spond ing op er ­at ing in struc tions ap ply for all con nected equip ment.

Ob serve safety reg u la tions with re gard to lift ing gear han dling

All in stal la tion work must be car ried out with the equip ment dis ­con nected from elec tri cal power and com pressed air sup ply.

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For in stal la tion work tak ing place at heights of over
approx.1829mm (6 ft.), use only lad ders or sim i lar equip ­ment and work ing plat forms in tended for this pur pose. At
greater heights, the proper equip ment for pro tec tion against
fall ing must be worn.

Use only suit able lift ing gear which is in proper work ing or der
and load sus pen sion de vices with suf fi cient car ry ing ca pac ­ity. Do not stand or work un der sus pended loads!

Use suit able work shop equip ment.

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In stall the equip ment such that all parts are eas ily ac ces si ­ble; this fa cil i tates main te nance and re pair work.

2.1. Trans port

For trans port, only the ap pro pri ate lift ing gear should be used (e.g. fork lift or
work shop crane).

Ob serve the car ry ing ca pac ity of the lift ing gear.

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Ob serve the safety in struc tions for the han dling of lift ing gear.

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2.2. Set-up

The ar range ment of the hop per load ers may vary de pend ing on the type of de ­vice to be con veyed on and the ma te rial used. Fas ten ing onto fixed ma chine
throats is pro vided by means of strap re tain ers. How ever, ad di tional sup port of
the hop per loader is nec es sary if the de vices are not suf fi ciently ca pa ble of bear ­ing the load.

Mount the hop per loader in such a way that the out let flap swings in a right-hand
an gle to the di rec tion of ma chine move ment. Please check dur ing as sem bly that
the ad mis si ble bear ing loads are not ex ceeded.

Please check that all con nect ing points are tight to en sure that the con vey ing per ­for mance is not im paired.

It should more over be ob served, par tic u larly if cus tom pro duced con nect ing parts
are used, that the ma te rial dis charged from the hop per loader must nei ther get
into the open nor must it clog the fil ter sur faces (ob serve an gle of re pose!).

Do not ex ces sively load in let noz zle of hop per loader,
re move hose sep a rately, if nec es sary!

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Assembly

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2.3. Com pressed-air sup ply

For op er at ing the con trol valves and the clean ing unit, a com pressed-air sup ply is
nec es sary.

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Check com pressed-air pip ing for cor rect in stal la tion and as sem bly.

Check fit tings, length and qual ity of the hose con nec tions for agree ment with re ­quire ments.

The op er at ing pres sure is 5-6 bar (72.52-87.02 PSI) (sys tem overpressure).

Depressurize com pressed-air sup ply lines which must be
opened.

Com pressed air must be dewatered, dustfree and oilfree.

In stall a main te nance unit if re quired.

Ad just pres sure to a max. value of 6 bar (87.02 PSI) (sys tem
overpressure).

Check the com pressed-air sup plied by the plant’s sup ply net work.

Ad just com pressed-air pres sure to 5-6 bar (72.52-87.02 PSI) (sys tem
overpressure).

Con nect the unit to the plant’s sup ply net work by means of a hose.

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2.4. Elec tri cal con nec tion

The elec tri cal con nec tion may only be car ried out by trained per -

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son nel.

Other per sons are not per mit ted to carry out the elec tri cal con ­nec tion.

The rules of the lo cal elec tric ity board must be ob served.

Be fore be gin ning the elec tri cal con nec tion, make sure that the
mains volt age and the power fre quency are in ac cor dance with
the data on the name plate of the de vice.

All work may only be car ried out when the unit is at zero volt age
and at zero pres sure.

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3. Func tional de scrip tion

This func tional de scrip tion is in tended for all op er at ing per son -

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nel of the equip ment.

Pre req ui site for this func tional de scrip tion is gen eral knowl edge
of con vey ing units.

En sure in each case that the op er at ing per son nel are suf fi ­ciently in formed.

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3.1. Gen eral

The con veyor hop per is used for the au to matic con vey ance of freely flow ing plas ­tic gran ules, regrind and pow der. The hop per can only func tion in con nec tion with
a multi-sta tion vac uum con vey ing sys tem.

The con veyor hop per func tions ac cord ing to the prin ci ple of suc tion con vey ance.
A high-per for mance tur bine pro vides for the vac uum that is re quired to con vey
the ma te rial into the sep a ra tor.

In the sep a ra tor the ma te rial is sep a rated from air by sev eral fil ter car tridges. Af ­ter the con vey ing time is fin ished the tur bine is switched off and the ma te rial emp ­tied.

The au to matic fil ter clean ing takes
place by ad just able com pressed-air
shocks (pulse du ra tion).

On the hop per, there is a sep a rate
on/off switch (A) and a func tion con ­trol ling de vice which in di cates the fol ­low ing op er a tional modes:

(B): lamp on - hop per switched on at
the on/off switch (A); lamp flashes ­the hop per is con vey ing

(C): lamp flashes - er ror

(D): lamp is on - hop per sig nals lack
of ma te rial

Con nec ti on hou sing hop per

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The fil ter-clean ing pro cess takes place dur ing the con vey ing
pro cess.

The fil ter car tridges are cleaned in ad just able in ter vals (time
in ter val).

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3.2. Con trol ler SSP

The set ting for the con vey ing time and the line clear time are made via the keys
(A1: “change-over” key, A2: “ar row key”) on the front of the con trol sys tem. The
val ues which have been set will be dis played on the dis play (B). The val ues which
have been set are main tained af ter the ma chine has been shut off.

3 LEDs in di cate the re spec tive modes of op er a tion: pulse du ra tion (C), time in ter ­val (D), with out func tion (E).

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The pulse du ra tion can be set to 0.5, 1.0 or 1.5 sec onds.

The time in ter val can be set from 5 to 20 sec onds.

When the unit is switched on all LEDs blink and the soft ware
ver sion is dis played.

C

B

D

E

A1 A2

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4. Putting into op er a tion

This chap ter is in tended for op er at ing per son nel.

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Pre req ui site for this chap ter is gen eral knowl edge of the op er a ­tion of con vey ing units.

Also pre req ui site for this chap ter is that the func tional de scrip ­tion has been read and un der stood.

En sure in each case that the op er at ing per son nel are suf fi ­ciently in formed.

Ob serve the man ual of the con vey ing sys tem.

Make sure that the On/Off switch of the hop per loader con ­nec tion hous ing is in po si tion “1".

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4.1. Set ting the con trol ler SSP

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Set ting the pulse du ra tion

Press the “ar row key”.

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Set ting the time in ter val

It is only pos si ble to set the pulse du ra tion / time in ter val
when the unit is not con vey ing any ma te rial.

The pulse du ra tion (= du ra tion of a clean ing pulse) which
was last se lected ap pears in the dis play.

0.5, 1.0 or 1.5 sec onds may be set for the pulse du ra tion.

Press the “ar row key” and

the “change-over” key.

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The time in ter val which was last se lected ap pears in the dis ­play.

5-20 sec onds may be set for the time in ter val be tween 2
clean ing pulses.

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4.2. Alarm Mes sages dis played on the con trol ler SSP

If a dis tur bance oc curs in the unit, an alarm mes sage will be is sued.

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“E2"
If the con trol sys tem be comes too hot dur ing op er a tion >70°C (158°F) the “E2"
alarm mes sage is dis played and the unit is switched off.

En sure that the con trol sys tem is suf fi cient cooled.

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An “E” ap pears in the dis play and an er ror num ber.

The unit starts au to mat i cally af ter the cool ing down phase.

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5. Main te nance

This chap ter is in tended for per sons with skills in elec tri cal and

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me chan i cal ar eas due to their train ing, ex pe ri ence and re ceived
in struc tions.

Per son nel us ing the in struc tions in this chap ter must be in ­structed of the reg u la tions for the pre ven tion of ac ci dents, the
op er at ing con di tions and safety reg u la tions and their im ple men ­ta tion.

En sure in each case that the per son nel are in formed ac cord ­ingly.

For main te nance work tak ing place at heights of over
approx.1829 mm (6 ft.), use only lad ders or sim i lar equip ment
and work ing plat forms in tended for this pur pose. At greater
heights, the proper equip ment for pro tec tion against fall ing
must be worn.

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Use only suit able lift ing gear which is in proper work ing or der
and load sus pen sion de vices with suf fi cient car ry ing ca pac ity.
Do not stand or work un der sus pended loads!

En sure that the elec tric mo tors/switch cab i nets are suf fi ciently
pro tected against mois ture.

Use only suit able work shop equip ment.

Be fore start ing main te nance work, ap point a su per vi sor.

In form the re spon si ble per son nel be fore main te nance work on
the sys tem is started.

Never op er ate the equip ment when par tially dis man tled.

All main te nance and re pair work not de scribed in this chap ter
may only be car ried out by Ster ling ser vice per son nel or au tho ­rized per son nel (ap pointed by Ster ling ).

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Dis con nect the equip ment from mains sup ply be fore start ing
main te nance pro ce dures to en sure that it can not be
switched on un in ten tion ally.

Depressurize all com pressed air pip ing of the equip ment be ­fore start ing main te nance work.

Please ob serve the main te nance in ter vals.

Be fore start ing main te nance work, clean the equip ment of
oil, fuel or lu bri cants.

En sure that ma te ri als and in ci den tals re quired for op er a tion
as well as spare parts are dis posed of prop erly and in an en ­vi ron men tally sound man ner.

Use only orig i nal Ster ling spare parts.

Keep re cord of all main te nance and re pair pro ce dures.

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5.1. Main te nance in ter vals

Daily: check warn ing signs on equip ment for good

leg i bil ity and com plete ness.

Weekly: check the main te nance unit

check the op er at ing pres sure in the fac tory
ductwork sys tem (max. 6 bar sys tem overpressure)

Monthly: check the sealings on the fil ter car tridges

(ac cord ing to the ac cu mu la tion of dust)

Ev ery six months: check fil ter con tam i na tion, if nec es sary clean or

re place the fil ter car tridges

check all elec tri cal and me chan i cal con nec tions
for proper fit

check the set tings of the level probes (if avail able)

check the seal ing ring on the lock ing flap

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check the seal ing ring on the out let flap

Yearly: re place the seal ing ring on the lock ing flap

re place the seal ing ring on the out let flap

The given main te nance in ter vals are av er age val ues.

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Check whether in your in di vid ual case the main te nance in ­ter vals must be short ened.

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5.2. Re placing the nonreturn valve seal ing ring

Stop the con vey ing pro ce dure.

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Switch off the hop per by means of the on/off switch on the con ­nec tion hous ing.

Switch off the con vey ing con trol by means of the main switch.

Dis con nect the unit from mains sup ply.

Depressurize all sys tem sec tions of the equip ment.

Open the ten sion ring (A).

Re move the hop per lid.

Draw the old seal ing ring off the
noz zle.

In stall the new seal ing ring. Ob ­serve the di rec tion of in stal la tion
(B).

Mount the hop per lid.

Close the ten sion ring (A).

In stall the hop per loader.

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Or der num ber seal ing ring: ID 85610

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5.3. Re placing the out let flap seal ing ring

Stop the con vey ing pro ce dure.

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Switch off the hop per by means of the on/off switch on the con ­nec tion hous ing.

Switch off the con vey ing con trol by means of the main switch.

Dis con nect the unit from mains sup ply.

Depressurize all sys tem sec tions of the equip ment.

Re move the ten sion ring (A).

Re move the up per part of the hop per
loader with hop per lid.

Draw the old seal ing ring off the noz zle of
the ma te rial out let.

In stall the new seal ing ring.

Ob serve the di rec tion of in ­stal la tion (B).

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Set the flap switch.

In stall the up per part of the hop per loader.

In stall the ten sion ring (A).

In stall the hop per loader.

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Or der num ber seal ing ring: ID 23098

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5.3.1. Ad just the flap switch

Re move the con nect ing plug “flap switch” from the con nec tion hous ing of the
hop per.

Con nect an ohm me ter to PINS 2 and 3 of the con nect ing plug “flap switch”.

Re lease the nuts (A) of the flap switch (B) un til the sup port can be dis placed.

Open the out let flap (C) so far that
the front tip of the out let flap is
approx. 30 mm (1.28 in.) away from
the seal ing sur face.

Dis place the flap switch (B) un til
the con tact of the mag net switch is
closed.

Tighten the nuts (A) of the flap
switch.

Check the ad just ment:
In case of free hang ing out let flap

C B A

(empty hop per loader) the con tact
of the mag net switch must be
closed.

Out let flap

If the out let flap can not be prop erly ad justed, re place the flap switch or the out let
flap with mag net.

In stall the hop per.

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Or der num bers

flap switch: ID 28839
out let flap with mag net: ID 23093

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5.4. Cleaning the hop per loader

Stop the con vey ing pro ce dure.

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Switch off the hop per by means of the on/off switch on the con ­nec tion hous ing.

Switch off the con vey ing con trol by means of the main switch.

Dis con nect the unit from mains sup ply.

Depressurize all sys tem sec tions of the equip ment.

Open the ten sion ring (A).

Re move the hop per loader lid.

Re move the clean ing unit.

Open the ten sion ring (B).

Re move the up per part of the hop per
loader.

Clean the hop per loader by means of a
vac uum cleaner.

In stall the up per part of the hop per loader.

Close the ten sion ring (B).

Mount the clean ing unit.

Mount the hop per loader lid.

Close the ten sion ring (A).

In stall the hop per.

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5.5. Cleaning/re plac ing the fil ter car tridges of the clean ing unit

Stop the con vey ing pro ce dure.

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Switch off the hop per by means of the on/off switch on the con ­nec tion hous ing.

Switch off the con vey ing con trol by means of the main switch.

Dis con nect the unit from mains sup ply.

Depressurize all sys tem sec tions of the equip ment.

Clean the sep a ra tor hop per each time you are chang ing the
ma te ri als.

Use only clean ing agents which ful fil the cor re spond ing re ­quire ments.

Only clean the sep a ra tor hop per with com pressed-air and/or
a brush.

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The con vey ing ca pac ity is di min ished by a clogged fil ter car ­tridge.

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Re moval

Open the ten sion ring (A).

Re move the hop per loader lid.

Re move the clean ing unit.

Re lease clamp ing de vices of the fil ter car ­tridges.

Re move the fil ter car tridges from the in ter ­me di ate plat form.

Clean the fil ter car tridges from the in side
out by means of com pressed air or re ­place the fil ter car tridges by new ones.

In stal la tion

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In sert fil ter car tridges into the open ing of
the in ter me di ate plat form.

Make sure that the seal ing pad is tightly fit ted be tween fil ter
car tridges and in ter me di ate plat form.

F

Mount clamp ing de vices of the fil ter car tridges.

Mount the clean ing unit.

Mount the hop per loader lid.

Mount the ten sion ring.

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Or der num ber
fil ter car tridge, short ver sion: ID 83379

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6. Tech ni cal data

Ba sic Ver sion

• Con veying hop per made of stain less steel

• In te grated high per for mance fil ter

• Au to matic fil ter clean ing

• In te grated con trol ler for clean ing

Per for mance

• Hop per loader ca pac ity
SSP 5: approx. 5 l (0.28 cf.)
with ex ten sion mod ule: max. 15 l (0.53 cf.)

• Typ i cal con vey ing ca pac ity
SSP 5: up to 250 kg/hr (550 lbs/hr)
with ex ten sion mod ule: 400 kg/hr (880 lbs/hr)

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Op tional Fea tures

• Ex ten sion mod ule

Di men sions and data wit hout ob li ga ti on. Di men sions in mm. (in.). Spec i fi ca tions may be sub ject to al te ra tions.

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Di men sion Sheet

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Di men sions and data wit hout ob li ga ti on. Di men sions in mm (in.). Spec i fi ca tions may be sub ject to al te ra tions.

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7. Spare parts list

This parts list is only for the use of trained per son nel only.

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All other per sons are not per mit ted to re pair or to change the
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Pos. Or der no. Des ig na tion

1 26487 Pneu matic valve

2 85460 Vent valve

85462 Com pressed-air con tainer

97556 So le noid valve

3 86851 Ten sion ring

4 98754 Sealing (1 m)

5 83081 Con trol ler SSP (24 V)

6 83379 Fil ter car tridge, short ver sion (4x)

7 85533 Ten sion ring

8 28420 Sealing

9 85610 Sealing ring

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10 35796 Fil ter sup port

26299 Fil ter bag

11 85533 Ten sion ring

12 28420 Sealing

13 28839 Flap switch

26462 Cover

14 23098 Sealing ring

15 23093 Out let flap with mag net

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