
COLASIT AG
Plastic construction
CH-3700 Spiez
Phone +41 (0)33 655 61 61 Fax +41 (0)33 654 81 61
TD-000 674-E
Edition 4/2016, Subject to alteration
Copyright by COLASIT AG Spiez
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Logbook
For your own safety and as an aid to personal responsibility, we recommend the keeping of a logbook for the
entire period during which the fan is in service.
All events should be recorded in the logbook.
In case of damage and also in case of an accident, this document is the first source of information.
For example, enter the date and your signature:
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Start and end of a work cycle
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Special events, even if they do not concern the fan itself (e.g. power failure, alarm)
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Change of supervision staff (e.g. in case of shift operation),
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Repairs carried out and spare parts installed,
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Putting out of operation,
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Special instructions,
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etc.
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Disposal
Before disposing of plastics and other components (complete or as broken parts), please clean them as
necessary to avoid any danger to the environment.
Dispose of the components properly. Instruct a waste disposal company to do this or return them to us for
disposal.
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Troubleshooting
If faults occur, we recommend you identify and clear them using the following table.
If the fault cannot be cleared, please contact our customer service department.
Fault
Possible causes
Remedy
Fan not running smoothly
Impeller imbalance
Rebalance by specialist
company
Impeller caked up
Clean carefully rebalance if
necessary
Material corrosion on impeller
due to aggressive conveyed
medium.
Consult the manufacturer
Impeller deformed due to high
temperature.
Consult the manufacturer.
Install new impeller.
Check bearings
V-belt drive not correctly
aligned.
Adjust belt drive
V-belt torn or damaged
Normal wear and tear
Replace V-belts in sets
V-belt pretensioned too strongly
Tension replacement belt to
manufacturer’s specifications
V-belts slip due to
Incorrect pretension
Check belt tension and retighten
if necessary
Foreign bodies or soiling in
grooves or pulleys
Clean pulleys and check belt
profile
Leak at shaft bushing
Seal not suitable for application Consult the manufacturer
Leak on sleeves
Sleeves defective
Replace sleeves
Tensioning straps not tight
enough
Retighten tensioning straps
Fan output too low
Incorrect rotation direction of
impeller
Change rotation direction
Pressure losses in ducts too
high
Change duct arrangement
Restrictors not or only partly
open
Check opening on site