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10. MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING
The maintenance of the machine must be performed
by qualified staff, according to the instructions in this
manual. Disconnect the pneumatic/electric supply
before performing any maintenance or repair opera-
tions.
The adhesive warning, legal obligation and prohibi-
tion labels and the installation plates on themachine
indicating the prohibitions and warnings are express-
ly indispensable. In the case of damage or non-rea-
dability, the labels must be replaced immediately.
It is absolutely forbidden to carry out operations with
the machine when not perfectly visible all the labels
or in the event of accidental were tampered with by
the location where they were previously placed.
Extraordinary maintenance: Extraordinary mainte-
nance operations should only be performed by
specialized staff: contact the manufacturer for any
extraordinary maintenance required. Extraordinary
maintenance usually regards the breakage of machi-
ne components.
10.1. WATER SIDE
Maintenance operation
Frequency
Cleaning the support grid of the parts
Every day
Cleaning the entire machine
Every week
Cleaning the cigar-shaped filter
Every 2 weeks
Replacing the fabric filter Long filtration times*
Replacing the brush head
4 to 6 Months
* Dependent upon type of washing
Cleaning the support grid of the parts
Clean every day using the spray gun. If there are
patches of paint that are particularly difficult to
remove, use a spatula to scrape them off.
General cleaning of the machine
Every week give an overall clean to the machine,
using solvent and a brush or a spatula if especially
stubborn layers of paint have deposited.
Periodically check that the safety devices are functio-
nal and undamaged.
Any incrustations must be removed from the drains
and control valves regularly.
Cleaning suction filters
Every 2 weeks, clean the suction filter present on the
suction pipe of the machine then proceed as follows:
• Unscrew the suction filter from the relative pipes.
• Fully immerse the filter (soiled with paint) in a basin
full of solvent and leave to soak for 1 hour.
• After soaking for 1 hour, use the air gun to blow the
filter.
• Screw the suction filters onto the relative pipes.
Replacing the filter
Should filtering take a long time, open the lower door
of the machine and replace the nonwoven fabric filter
with another, new filter.
Replacement brush head
Every 4-6 months, verify the integrity of the brush
head and in case it occurs damaged and unusable,
unscrew the head and replace it with a new replace-
ment of the same type.
10.2. SOLVENT SIDE
Genaral cleaning of the machine
Every week give an overall clean to the machine,
using solvent and a brush or a spatula if especially
stubborn layers of paint have deposited.
Periodically check that the safety devices are functio-
nal and undamaged.
Any incrustations must be removed from the drains
and control valves regularly.
Cleaning of the spray-jets
Every 3 weeks, clean and drain off the spray-jets
placed inside the automatic washing tank then
proceed as follows:
• Unscrew all the washing nozzles from the relative
pipes.
• Fully immerse the nozzles soiled with paint in a
basin full of solvent and leave to soak for 1 hour.
• In the meantime run an empty wash cycle for
approx. 1 minute, this must be done without the
nozzles on the spider so as to clean the pipes of the
4 nozzles from any paint deposits.
• After the nozzles have soaked for an hour in the
solvent use the air gun to blow the washing nozzles
from the outside (fluid exit side) inwards.
• Screw the spraying nozzles into the related tubes.
Cleaning inside the automatic washing tank
To make easy cleaning inside the automatic washing
tank, you can completely remove the washing
spray-jet device by unscrewing the central fixing nut.
