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Take the knife holder apart for cleaning. To do
so, proceed as follows:
•
Fold knife guard (
9
) downward.
•
Rotate the clamping lever (
11
) of the lateral
displacement forwards and pull it out side-
ways.
•
Push the knife holder base plate (
86
) with
the pressure plate (
83
) until it can be
removed from the segment arch (
87
).
•
Rotate the blade clamping lever (
10
) down-
ward and pull it out sideways.
•
Remove pressure plate (
83
).
•
Clean all parts of the knife holder.
For cleaning and removal of paraffin,
do not use xylene or cleaning fluids
containing alcohol (e.g. glass cleaner).
•
Dry knife holder and reassemble.
•
After cleaning the moving parts, apply a thin
coat of drive part oil to them (see also
Chapter 8.3).
•
When installing the pressure plate (
83
) make
sure that the upper edge is parallel and level
with the rear edge of the knife holder base
plate (
86
).
8.
Cleaning and maintenance
Knife holder E
Fig. 55
10
11
9
Fig. 56
86
83
83
86
87
11
10
If several knife holders are cleaned at
the same time, the parts must not be
mixed up!
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