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Tridak® Model 2200 Cartridge Filling System User Guide
Once the material is flowing, allow it to flow until it is free of any air. This can be done in one or several shots
depending on the size of your waste receptacle.
When the flow is air free, continue to adjust the pressure on the Tank, either up or down, until you achieve
the desired flow rate.
Operation (Automatic Filling)
Note: This section presumes that all of the preceding steps, in each of the sections, have been followed.
1.
Lower the Follower Plate manually. Place a Cartridge over the Nozzle with the end resting on the Follower
Plate and allow it to move up as far as the Slide or Nozzle will allow.
Note: Since all of the adjustments at this point have been preliminary in nature, a slight upwards force on
the Follower Plate may be needed to prevent it from dropping away from the fluid too quickly. When the
cycle starts, the Valve will open and material will start to flow into the void below the Nozzle's bottom
surface. When the material starts to push on the Nozzle's bottom surface, the Cartridge will move away
from the Nozzle without the material flowing up along the interface between the side of the nozzle and the
cartridge. This operation should continue smoothly until the movement of the Cartridge/Follower Plate
reaches the point where the flow automatically stops.
2.
Initiate the automatic cycle by depressing the Footswitch. The Valve will open and the material should
flow into the Cartridge. If the material weight is too great for the amount of counterbalance force, use a
small amount of pressure applied by hand to the Follower Platform until the Cartridge is filled and
automatically shuts off.
3.
Remove the Cartridge by lowering it and pulling it away from the material. The technique used to pull the
Cartridge away from the material will vary from one material to the next and is solely dependent on the
characteristics of the material being dispensed. In some cases you'll want to pull straight away, others will
be angled slightly, and still others will require a wiping action with the cartridge top.
4.
Readjust the counterbalance pressure and/or the shut-off point and repeat Steps 1, 2, and 3 until you get
the desired results without having to apply any manual pressure. See the System Adjustments on page 17
for further details on making adjustments and fine tuning.
5.
The machine is now ready to be put into production.
