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air brake sysTem
Coupling the air brake hoses
When coupling the air brake hoses pay attention
to the following:
- that the sealing rings of the coupling heads are clean
- correct insulation
- coupling according to designations
“Supply” (red colour) to “Supply”
“Brake” (yellow colour) to “Brake”
• Damaged sealing rings must be replaced.
• Before the first drive of the day, drain the water from
the air tank.
• Only drive off when the air pressure in the braking
system has reached 5.0 bar.
Park position of the brake hoses:
Safety advice
WARNINg
Risk of injury resulting in death or other serious
injury if the brakes fail..
•
The braking system is a safety-relevant
device. Therefore any work on the brake
system must be carried out by specialists.
maintenance
1. Check the brake-force regulator (1) is clean
prior to every run.
1
Clean if necessary otherwise an unexpected loss of brake-
force may occur. The brake force regulator (1) is installed in
the direction of travel on the right in front of the swivel arm.
2. The air tank is to be drained of water daily.
Using a piece of wire, turn bolt on drain valve in a
sideways direction.
When dirty, unscrew drain valve from the tank and clean.
3. line filter cleaning
Depending on the operating conditions, both line filters
must be cleaned normally about every 3-4 months. For
cleaning, remove the sinter filtrates from the filter.
Procedure:
a) Push in the locking tappet (21) on both flaps and take
out the slider (22).
b) Take out the locking tappet with O ring (23), the
compression spring and the sinter filter insert.
c) The sinter filter insert must be washed with nitro cleaning
agent and dried with compressed air. Damaged filter
inserts must be replaced.
d) For reassembly, proceed in the reverse order and pay
attention that the O ring (23) does not jam in the slider
guide slot!
