Never operate a grinder unit while under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
Do not place your hands under the plate
guard for any reason.
Do not shut the grinder off when full of
product unless it is an emergency. If the
grinder is full of frozen product you may
damage the unit by attempting to start it
when full.
Never turn the grinder on to push the plate
out when taking the grinder apart! The
grinder must have the power locked out and
it must stay locked out during the entire
disassembly process.
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS continued.
The hopper guard is a guard, not a large
capacity chute or storage bin. Large pieces
of fresh meat do not bridge as easily as pre-
ground material, but the grinder cuts the
cleanest when only the feedscrew is covered
with product.
Because of the aggressive nature of this type
of meat grinder, excessive amounts of
product in the grinder hopper will roll. The
feedscrews are made this aggressive to insure
that the head is 100% full, thus maximum
capacity can be achieved. The draw back to
this design is that over feeding in the hopper
will result in damage to the finished product.
Feedscrew designs exist with lesser pitches in
the hopper to reduce the rolling. We also
have special hopper designs that all but
eliminate product rolling.
If the grinder becomes bridged, do not
attempt to free the bridge while the grinder is
running. Shut the grinder off, and from a
safe distance using a long fork or hook free
the bridge. DO NOT FOR ANY REASON
ATTEMPT TO BREAK A BRIDGE BY
HAND.
If an object falls into the grinder unit that
requires manual removal, the grinder must
be shut off then the
With the key to the lock in your teeth you
may attempt to remove the foreign item. If
you are unsure of how to lock out this
machine, or you do not have a lock, see your
supervisor, plant safety officer, or the plant
manager and get one.
THIS MACHINE
MUST NEVER BE TOUCHED WITH THE
POWER LIVE!
This machine does not know
the difference between humans, beef, pork,
or fowl, so be careful.