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Dixon B
5107
Series Butterfly Valves
| IOM
Assembly and Disassembly
To ensure quality operation of your Dixon
®
equipment, the equipment must be disassembled and assembled properly to prevent
equipment damage during operation. Please follow the instructions contained in this manual carefully and be sure to follow any safety
warnings contained herein. If any questions should arise during the assembly or disassembly process that are not addressed in this
manual, please feel free to contact Dixon
®
– Sanitary Division at 800.789.1718.
Assembly
– Manual Handle Valves
1. Apply food grade anti-seize to the body bolts (
item 1
).
2. Install the seat (
item 3
) onto the valve disc (
item 4
)
see
Figure B
. Pinch the seat between your thumb
and index finger. Slide the long end of the disc
stem through the hole in the seat. Stretch the
remaining end of the seat over the short end of the
disc stem.
3. Slide the upper bushing (
item 6
) over the square of
the valve disc stem.
NOTE:
the upper bushing is
split.
4. Slide the lower bushing (
item 5
) onto the bottom of
the valve disc.
5. With disc in the open position, press the seat/disc
assembly into the seat groove in one side of the
valve body (
item 2
).
6. Press the remaining valve body (
item 2
) onto the
seat/disc assembly. Ensure the bushings are both
in alignment and the seat is sitting securely in the
valve bodies.
7. Insert the body bolts (
item 1
) through the holes in
the valve body (
item 2
) and thread on the body bolt
nuts (
item 7
).
8. Tighten the body bolts in a star pattern to the
torque values listed below:
•
M6 = 77 in-lbs.
•
M8 = 188 in-lbs.
•
M10 = 372 in-lbs.
Fig. B