Maintenance and cleaning
Edition 1 | Operating instructions Sortimat
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Remove the slide (no. 1) on the sieve stack.
Pull the sieve cleaning device half way out with the pull handle (no. 6).
There is a securing hook on the pull handle of the sieve cleaning device (no. 5). Grip this by the eye
and pull it up and out.
Pull the pull handle down at the side.
Remove the spacer (no. 7) and the two cushioning disks.
Unscrew the four knurled nuts on the holding screws (no. 2) evenly and disengage them.
NOTE
The sieve stack is connected and clamped by the four holding screws.
When you unscrew the holding screws, the spring brackets of the sieve cleaning device
are slackened.
To prevent the sieve frames from falling out, press the sieve stack down before you
disengage the holding screws.
Remove the Plexiglas cover (no. 3).
Remove the uppermost sieve frame. After that, the other sieve frames can be removed.
Pull out the sieve cleaning device (no. 15) to the left in the sieve frame.
The sieves (no. 11) are firmly connected to the sieve frame using two Phillips head countersinking
screws (no. 14). Unscrew these two screws on the sieve frame.
Remove the sieve.
Insert the new sieve into the sieve frame with the smooth side and the embossed number facing
upwards.
Screw the sieve on tightly with the two Phillips head countersinking screws.
The new sieves are inserted in the two other sieve frames in the same sequence.
Reinstall the sieve cleaning device into each sieve frame.
Place the sieves and the Plexiglas cover back onto one another correctly. Make sure that the sieve
with the largest nominal hole width is at the top.
Press the entire stack down and engage the holding screws with the knurled nuts.
Tighten the knurled nuts firmly and evenly.
Close the opening in the uppermost sieve frame for the sieve cleaning device with a sealing plug
(no. 12).
Push the spacer with the two cushioning disks over the middle sieve cleaning device and secure
everything together with the pull handle over the securing hook.
Insert the slide. The angled piece must point to the right (toward the sieve stack).
NOTE
To prevent damage, handle the sieves and sieve frames with care. Pfeuffer GmbH
recommends cleaning the sieve cleaning device and the sieves every time they are
changed, see
chapter 8.1.
On the Youtube® channel of Pfeuffer GmbH, there is a film showing the change of
sieves on the SORTIMAT: https://www.youtube.com/user/PfeufferCOM