Automatic Products 310, Operating & Service Manual

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components
Vend Motors
The vend motors used in the APi 320 machines have been specifically developed to operate with the APi MasterVend™
Control System and are different physically from previous motors. The motors are color coded, but one primary
difference that distinguishes the new motors from previous motors is the presence of an eight sided star at the drive hub
of the motor. This permits the stopping position of the spiral to be customized by the operator to ensure the best possible
delivery of product.The combinations of different colors on the motors and their hubs will help identify its function (see
figure 2.1).
Some of the motors used in the 120 & 320 will be of the fast trac style, with all electronics required to correctly operate
the motor contained inside the gear case or the motor housing and no external control board. Each of the motors used
with the MasterVend™ Control System will have two terminals. The two terminals continue to be used to identify the
shelf and column (selection) to be vended. In a cabinet that contains a Food Driver Board, their are left hand and right
hand motors, this permits odd and even motors to be paired and operate in counter rotating (similar to the current dual
spiral motor) and creates a very flexible means to vend items of many shapes and sizes. This is accomplished by
removing any motors between the two motors required to vend the properly and pairing the odd and even in the motor
pairs menu items.
Cabinet and Shelf Harnesses
The shelf and cabinet harnesses connectors are different than the snack motors, they have been changed to insure a
better connection.This change in addition to using a lower temperature grease in the motors, was made to insure the
motors would operate in colder temperatures.
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