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18.0 Maintenance.
The
KSM-Stoker
is constructed in a way so as to minimize the maintenance as much as possible;
however there are a few things that call for your attention.
18.1 Gear.
From the factory, the strong gear has been filled with lubricant and this needs no topping up. However,
pay attention if oil spots appear on the floor that might originate from the gear. In that case, contact your
plant supplier.
18.2 Fire Protection.
Once a year, turn off the small tap on the pressure tank and then dismount the tube on the thermal valve.
Direct the tube into a bucket and open the tap. After this, dismount the thermal valve and clean away old
sawdust from the hole leading into the screw.
After flushing and cleaning, re-screw the tube and the valve – don’t forget to turn on the water tap again.
18.3 Air Nozzles.
Before starting up a new heating season, make sure that the air nozzles have not burnt and are broken. If
the nozzles are not absolutely in order, the result will be a poor combustion.
The nozzles shall be remounted with some heat-proof gun gum, as described in section 12.
18.4 Screw Tube.
As occasion requires, clean this tube for clinker once or twice during each heating season, in the area
where the tube runs into the burner head.
Be particularly careful to remove any clinker in the corners seeing that this may otherwise prevent the
fuel from moving forward and will thus block the screw.
18.5 Firebricks.
You may be unlucky enough to break the firebricks if you handle them to roughly while they are still
warm. It is easy to exchange the broken bricks, always use firebricks supplied by KSM to be sure to get
the correct quality.
18.6 Combustion Air Fan.
If the stoker is placed in dusty surroundings, the combustion air fan should be dismounted for cleaning
before the start of a new heating season.
Dust will gather on the fan blades and this will reduce the efficiency of the combustion air fan. For easy
removal use a fan pistol connected to a compressor.
18.7 Mouldings.
Any and all mouldings around doors must fit tightly, in order to avoid flue gas escape and false draught.
Damaged mouldings must be exchanged.