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Maintenance
7. Maintenance
7.1 Safety instructions
WARNING!
PPE
Hot surfaces / hot material (plastic melt)
Body burns by hot surfaces.
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Let the HPS III hot runner system and all components cool down completely to
ambient temperature before starting maintenance work / disassembling. Never
touch material leaking from the nozzle/the mould/the hot runner or the material
inlet. Even material that seems to be cooled down already may still be hot inside
the core and cause burns.
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Please make sure you wear your personal protective equipment (PPE)
7.2 Instructions for maintenance
NOTE!
Deferred, incomplete and improper maintenance work causes increased wear on single components of the
HPS III hot runner system.
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Maintenance work must be carried out according to the maintenance schedule completely and within the
indicated time intervals.
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Specific maintenance work must only be carried out by the qualified staff which is specified in the mainte
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nance schedule.
In addition to the proper operation a careful maintenance is required in order to assure a long service life as well as a
trouble-free function of the HPS III hot runner system. Beside inspection and repair this is a preventive measure to keep the
HPS III hot runner system in perfect operating condition.
Please adhere to the time intervals indicated in the maintenance schedule.
It is recommended to document the maintenance work carried out in written form.
7.3 Maintenance schedule
Component/
function
Measure
Staff
Interval
Remark
Chart 12: Example for a maintenance schedule
