Owner manual
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4-3 Start-Up Checks
4-3-1 Check the Cutting Chamber
Before starting the granulator, open the cutting chamber to ensure
that during transportation or installation, no foreign objects have
fallen in. The use of heavy gloves is recommended to avoid injury
when exposed to the knives in the cutting chamber.
1. Turn the Main Power switch to Off, lock out power, and
remove line fuses.
2. Remove the access panel screws (this includes the safety
switch actuator arm screw), and lift up and out to remove the
access panel. The panel has a bottom internal skirt that must
be lifted clear of the base strip.
3. Remove the cradle arm bolts and swing the screen cradle arms
down.
4. Remove the screen.
5. Check that there are no foreign objects in the cutting chamber.
6. Replace the screen(s), in the cradle arms, making sure that the
far edge is trapped beneath the downstroke bed knife block.
Tighten the cradle arm screws.
7. Replace the access panel and tighten in position, making sure
that the interlock screw sets the safety switch actuator arm into
its correct operating position.
8. Replace the line fuses, unlock the power supply, and turn the
Main Power switch to On.
4-3-2 Check the Knife Bolts
Following the procedures in Section 6-2-1 and 6-2-2 on pages 23-
29, check the tightness of the knife bolts and knife clearances.
4-3-3 Check the Motor Rotational Direction
1. Check that the limit switches are closed.
2. Turn the Main Power switch to On.
3. Jog the motor by pressing the START and then the STOP
button. This starts and stops the motor.
4. With the electrical power On, check that the motor rotates in
the proper direction. (Note the direction of the arrow on the
guard.)