Operation and Safety Manual
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300IB Belt Drive Series Gravity Slicers
Maintenance
Maintenance
This section deals with routine maintenance for your slicer, including blade sharpening.
We recommend that, before cleaning or maintenance tasks are undertaken, the machine
operator(s) receive some training from authorised Brice representatives, preferably during the
installation phase.
Before carrying out cleaning or maintenance tasks, it is very important that:
1. power to the slicer is disconnected at the powerpoint; and
2. the thickness control is set to its “zero” position.
Be very careful performing any cleaning or maintenance task that brings you close to, or in
contact with, the slicer blade. always perform these tasks with the appropriate protection
- steel mesh safety gloves. The blade is very sharp and the risk of a cutting injury without
proper protection or due care is high.
Routine Maintenance
The robust design of the slicer means that there is very little required in the way of routine
maintenance. Generally, the only maintenance required is cleaning (discussed in the previous
section) and lubrication of the meat table and meat grip carriage bars. Blade sharpening is only
infrequently required, when the blade no longer slices cleanly.
Cleaning
Normal cleaning, as specified in the previous section and in accordance with the recommended
schedule, is all that is required to maintain the external surfaces of the slicer.
We recommend that you clean the machine prior to any other maintenance operation so that all
surfaces are free of and grease. This makes the machine easier and safer to handle.
Lubrication
1. Turn the slicer off at the OFF button and at the powerpoint, and disconnect the power cord.
2. Tilt the slicer over to expose the underside and locate the meat table carriage bar
underneath the machine (arrowed).
3. With the lubricant container provided deposit two or three drops of oil directly onto the
carriage bar in the two places indicated below. You’ll have to reach up and under the slicer to
do this. Make sure that the slicer is supported in this position as the machine is quite heavy.
4. Return the machine to its upright position and slide the meat table back and forward several
times to spread the oil.
Lubricating the meat table
carriage bar
Place two or three drops of oil on the
carriage bar at the points shown by
the arrows.
The slicer has been tilted over on its
side to more clearly show where the
oil is to be placed. We DON’T recom-
mend that you do the same thing on
your own. The machine is heavy and
balancing it in this position on your
own is dangerous.
