3M 40800, Instructions And Parts List

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Operation
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1. Turn electrical and air supply off and disconnect before servicing taping heads or
performing any adjustments or maintenance on the machine.
2. Turn electrical and air supply off when machine is not in use.
3. Before turning drive belts on, be sure no tools or other objects are on the conveyor bed.
4. Keep hands and loose clothing away from moving belts.
5. Never attempt to remove jammed boxes from the machine while machine is running.
6. Be aware of the pneumatically controlled movement of the upper frame and drive belts.
Keep away from these components when air and electrical supplies are on.
7. When feeding boxes to the machine by hand, push box in from end only – DO NOT PUSH
WITH HANDS ON ANY CORNER OF THE BOX.
8. Both the upper and lower taping heads utilize extremely sharp knife blades. The blades are
located under the orange blade guard which has the "WARNING – SHARP KNIFE" label.
Before loading tape, refer to Figures 3-1 and 3-2 in Section II to identify the blade location.
Keep hands out of these areas except as necessary to service the taping heads.
9. Failure to comply with these warnings can result in severe personal injury and/or equipment
damage.
WARNINGS
Note – If lower tape drum is mounted in lower
outboard position remove taping head from
machine bed by pulling straight up, insert
threading needle in taping head and replace
taping head. Install tape roll on drum (adhesive
on tape leg up), thread tape leg under knurled
roller on outboard mount, then attach tape leg to
threading needle and pull tape through taping
head with threading needle.
Tape Loading/Threading
See Manual 2