Kraissmann 1600 EMS 4, Instruction Manual

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3) Connect the unit to the power source
(230V/110V)
Check that the red power LED lights when the unit
is plugged in.
4) Select the working temperature with the
regulator knob turn th eregulator knob to the
working position.
This model have a temperature scale marked from
200 o C to 300 o C
5) Wait until the socket welding device reaches
its working temperature.
• When the socket welding device has reached its
optimum working temperature, the green tempe-
raturecontrol LED will start to blink.
The time required to reach working temperature is
approximately 5 to 7 min.
PRECAUTION
The parts of the equipment indicated can reach tem-
peratures between 100 and 300 °C. Never handle the
heating plate while the unit is hot.
Never attach or remove adapters while the heating
plate is hot. Only handle items that could be hot when
it is safe to do so.
NOTE
The socket welder is equipped with two safety ther-
mostats which disconnect the unit if the temperature
reaches 330 ºC and reconnects it when the tempera-
ture has fallen to 265 ºC.
C) THE WELDING PROCESS
This consists of four steps: heating, assembly, set-
ting and cooling.
1) Heating
• Using light pressure, insert the tube and the acces-
sory simultaneously onto the corresponding adap-
ters (tube in the female adapter, accessory on the
male adapter).
The surfaces to be welded must be cleaned immedi-
ately before welding.
Protect the surfaces from weather conditions.
B) PREPARING THE SOCKET WELDING
DEVICE
1) Mount the socket welding device
Mounting using the G-clamp
The socket welding device is supplied with a
G-clamp that can be used to attach it firmly to a work -
bench.
• Introduce the top section of the G-clamp into the
slot in the bottom of the unit.
• Mount the unit on the edge of the workbench and
tighten the screw of the G-clamp until the unit is
firmly held in place.
Mounting without G-clamp
• Spread out the legs and rest the socket welding
device on a flat surface, ensuring that it is stable.
PRECAUTION
The unit must not be connected to the mains supply
and used for welding whilst the G-clamp has not been
mounted. The legs can be used to position the unit
once it has been removed from the case, to mount the
adapters when cold, etc.
2) Mount the correct adapters for the diameter
of the tubeto be welded onto the heating plate
• Locate the male and female adapter halves on
each side of the heating plate and bolt them to it
using the allen key supplied with the equipment
PRECAUTION
In order to mount the adapters onto the heating pla-
te, make sure that the plate is cold and that the unit
is unplugged.
ENGLISH
ELECTRIC SOCKET WELDER
1600 EMS 4