Urschel COMITROL 2100, Instruction Manual

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FEEDING METHOD
CAUTION: Do not allow foreign
material such as tools, hardware,
stones, wood, bottles or cans to enter
the feed area. The cutting parts will be
damaged or destroyed and the product
contaminated.
The feeding method affects the quality
and capacity of the finished product. A steady,
uniform flow of properly sized product from
a conveyor or similar feeding system yields
the best quality and greatest capacity.
Dumping large quantities of product into the
feed opening will produce undesirable cuts
and can overload the motors, clog the feed
opening or jam the cutting unit. Continuous
overfeeding or jamming will also cause pre-
mature damage and failure of machine com-
ponents.
A meter calibrated to show percent of full
motor load is wired into the electrical system.
The optimum feed rate may or may not be
achieved at 100% motor load. This will vary
with the type of reduction head and product
being run. Once the feed rate has been
established, without overloading the motors
or cutting parts, the meter should be used as
a reference.
The rate of discharge is as important as
the rate of feed. Product must not be allowed
to back-up in the cutting enclosure. Ideally,
product should be discharged into an open
receiving tank.
Except for an emergency, never start or
stop the machine when the feed area is full
of product. This puts a tremendous strain on
the motors, bearings and cutting parts. In
addition, product that is cut before the
machine has reached full operating speed
may be of such poor quality that it must be
discarded.
DANGER: Never place hands into
feed opening. Doing so can result in
serious injury such as amputation!
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OPERATION
Feeding
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updated information