ITW Gema EasySelect-Cup, Operating Instructions Manual

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11 EasySelect-Cup
Issued 05/00
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
Regular, and conscientious maintenance will increase the operating life
of the unit and ensure a constant coating quality longer!
A) DAILY MAINTENANCE:
1a Clean the gun, see below
B) WEEKLY MAINTENANCE:
1b Clean the powder cup, injector, and gun, and if present the
powder hopper. (Only fill the powder hopper shortly before
starting the coating operation).
2b Check the grounding connections of the control unit with the
powder coating booth, the workpiece hangers or the chain
conveyor .
CLEANING AND REPAIRS
A) CLEANING
Frequent cleaning the powder gun serves to ensure the quality of the
coating.
Switch off the control unit, and disconnect the gun plug (3 - Fig. 7)
before cleaning the powder gun.
The compressed air used for cleaning must be free from oil and
water.
Daily:
1. Empty the powder from the cup ( 28 )
2 Unscrew the cup and clean
3 Blow off the outside of the gun and wipe clean etc.
Weekly:
4. Remove the powder hose from the connection.
5. Remove the spray nozzle from the powder gun and clean.
6. Blow the gun through with compressed air, from the connection
in the direction of flow.
7. Clean the gun tube ( 19 , Fig. 13) with the brush supplied.
8. Blow the gun through with compressed air again.
9. Reassemble the gun and connect.
10. Blow the powder hose through and clean.
3. Blow the powder hose through with compressed air
The powder hoses can be cleaned well when a foam rubber
cube, from the packing material, is blown through with com-
pressed air. Our specially designed compressed air gun (
Order
No. 346 055 ) should be used for this purpose. Foam cubes can
be ordered in sheets of 100 pieces ( Order No. 241 717 ).
4. Reconnect the powder hose to the hose connection on the
injector.
IMPORTANT