Operation and Safety Manual
™
Model GPR Belt Driven Gravity Slicers
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Blade sharpening
The self-contained blade sharpener (with its own grinding and finishing stones) makes blade
sharpening a simple task.
However, because you must clean the blade before sharpening, you must wear protective
steel mesh gloves during this operation.
Part of this operation requires the slicer to be switched on with the blade rotating.
You should take the utmost care during that phase of the operation.
The slicer blade requires regular sharpening to work cleanly and efficiently. How often you
sharpen the blade will depend on the condition of the blade after use and the type of products
being sliced.
You should keep in mind the following things when sharpening the blade:
1. The blade should only be sharpened after the slicer has been cleaned as specified in the
previous section; and
2. The sharpener cannot function properly once the blade diameter has been reduced by more
than 10mm. Contact your authorised Brice technician to arrange for a replacement once the
blade wears to this point.
To sharpen the blade:
1. Clean the blade, removing any greasy residue.
2. Turn the slicer off at the powerpoint.
3. Rotate the slice thickness control to zero to make
sure that the blade is covered by the thickness
plate.
4. Undo the sharpener locking knob at the back of
the sharpener (not shown) and lift the sharpener
housing.
5. Rotate the device 180° and lower it over the
blade. See the illustration at the left for how to do
this. The sharpener is now correctly positioned.
6. Push the power switch to start the machine.
The blade will begin turning.
7. Press the grinding wheel button to move the
grinding wheel against the spinning blade.
Hold the grinding wheel against the blade for
about 10 seconds. See the bottom left illustration
for more information.
8. Release the grinding wheel, and press the
finishing wheel button to move the finishing wheel
against the blade. Hold against the blade for a
further 5 seconds.
DO NOT DEPRESS HONING
AND GRINDING WHEELS AT THE SAME TIME
.
9. Turn off the slicer by pressing the power switch.
10. Only
AFTER
the blade has stopped turning, return
the sharpener to its normal position by rotating
180° and tighten the sharpener locking knob.
The self-contained sharpener
Positioning the sharpener
Lift (1) turn the sharpener 180° (2)
and lower (3) to engage the blade.
Using the sharpener
Press the Grinding Wheel button (1) for
ten seconds. Release Grinding Wheel
button and press the Finishing Wheel
button (2) for five seconds.
