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MPS6100 MAINTENANCE MANUAL
ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS Page 14
6) The cooling and sealing bar pressure will also need to be released follow section 3.7 of
this manual and Figure 12 for details.
7) Remove the old bands and clear any band fragments that may be present. This is also an
ideal time to clean the seal bars, refer to section 3.1 for information.
8) Place the new bands between the heating and cooling bars. This is accomplished by
gently pulling up on the pressure plates shown in Figure 5, then sliding the Teflon band
between the front and the rear sealing/cooling bars.
9)
Slide the bands up the pulleys on both ends and try to centre them on the pulleys and on
the sealing/cooling bars.
10) Raise the rails by following the procedure in section 3.5.
11)
Tension the bands by turning the tension knobs clockwise.
Do not over-tension.
Adjustment of the bands is critical—if the bands are too tight, they may break.
FIGURE - 13
Tension
Knobs