ATTENTION:
Remove all chemicals before storing
the sprayer. Chemical products have
different reactions and can damage
the sprayer components as well as
cause personal injury.
Pump
the lever
until the
discharge
runs clear.
CLEANING THE SPRAYER
- After finishing the spray application, clean and wash all equipment in an approved
decontamination area.
13- MAINTENANCE
LUBRICATION
Periodically remove the chamber and lubricate the pis-
tons.In sequence, clean and grease the rod linkage,
as described :
- Pull up the protector (1).
- Loosen the fastener (2).
- Remove the rod (3) from the hole of ball compartment .
Clean and deposit the grease in this compartment (4).
- Proceed the assembling in reverse sequence of the
disassembling.
- Lubricate the others compomnents, as shown.
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2
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4
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- Take the container cap off and carefully pour the rinse water into
the spray tank.
- Keep holding the container over the spray tank opening
for approximately 30 seconds to the last drop.
- REPEAT this operation twice more. This way, you complete the
TRIPLE WASH.
- Next, make the plastic and metallic containers
useless by piercing with a pointed instrument the
containers bottom. This way, their labels are not
damaged for identification purposes.
- The useless containers can be stocked temporarily in an appropriate place, until final destina
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tion.
- In the case of mid and large size container (50, 100 and 200 liters), after washing with the ap-
propriate volume (1/4 of the total) and fitting the cap, roll it on the ground during approximately
30 seconds.
- Then in the upright position complete the agitation by moving back and forth for approximately
30 seconds.
- Then, empty the container by pouring the rinse water into the spray tank.
- REPEAT this operation twice more. In the last one, empty totally the container by pouring rinse
the water in the spray tank.
- The least the quantity of rinse water that remains in the container, from one wash to the next,
the most perfect and complete will be the decontamination.
- For the performance of the TRIPLE WASH, do not use a water volume either much lower or
much higher than 1/4 of the container capacity.
-The TRIPLE WASH must be done IMMEDIATELY AFTER emptying the container, during the
preparation of the solution
SOURCE - ANDEF (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VEGETAL DEFENSE)
14- CYLINDER VALVE MAINTENANCE
ASSEMBLING
- Using a pen, install the diaphragm into the
cylinder as shown in the figure below.
- Replace the cylinder on the sprayer and
tighten the two bolts (1).
- Remount the chamber on the cylinder.
DISASSEMBLING
- Remove the chamber from the cylinder.
- Loosen both cylinder fastening bolts (1).
- Remove the cylinder (2).
- Remove the diaphragm (3).
- Wash or replace the diaphragm.
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