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FILL MANIFOLD & TUBING MAINTENANCE:
To replace or service the silicone fill tubing the filling manifold must removed from the tubing
pinch valve.
1.
With the compressed air disconnected from the machine, remove the tubing clamps and
tubing from the filling tubes at the top of the filling head. Disconnect the small sensor tube
from the top of the liquid manifold.
2.
Lift while wiggling the liquid manifold back and forth. The manifold tubes with silicone
come up out of the tubing pinch valve. Once the manifold has been removed from the
machine pull the silicone tubing off of the manifold tubes.
3.
Cut new silicone tubing to the proper length and thread the new tubing through the pinch
valve. The trick to this is twisting the tubing as you push it through the guide holes of the
pinch valve.
4.
Place the end of the tubing protruding from the top of the pinch valve fully on the tubes of the
manifold. Grasp the silicone tubes from below the pinch valve and pull them down while
pushing the liquid manifold down using a back and forth motion. When fully down you may
still have a small gap between the manifold and pinch vale, this is normal.
Above, round style manifold with RTD
temperature probe. Machines are shipped with
the control panel removed and the temperature
probe removed from the manifold as shown.
The probe is spring loaded and simply pushes
in to connect to the manifold similar to the
pneumatic tubing connections on the machine.
The tip of the RTD probe must be in firm
contact with the SS tube in the manifold to
provide accurate readings.
