BLANKET FRAME ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE
FOR THE AdVantage
®
SCREEN LINE
***THIS PROCEDURE MUST BE DONE WITHOUT A SCREEN IN THE FRAME***
Minor adjustment of the blanket frame can be helpful for any loss in vacuum pressure.
The rubber on the vacuum blanket is very soft and supple, so it is common for it to take a set.
• Disconnect the power to the machine.
• Open the blanket frame.
• Use a screwdriver to remove the cap on the knuckle of the gas cylinder. (Do not attempt
to pry the knuckle off the pivot point without first removing the cap.) This knuckle is on
the pivot point attached to the blanket frame.
• Remove the knuckle from the pivot point.
• If there is more than one gas cylinder, repeat the previous two steps.
• Close and latch the blanket frame.
• On the back of the blanket frame, there are hinges that attach the blanket frame to the
glass frame assembly. There are two screws in the vertical slots on each hinge.
• Slightly loosen the screws in the vertical slots on one hinge. Apply pressure to the
blanket frame directly above the hinge. (This increases the pressure between the glass and
the blanket frame.) Tighten the screws.
• Repeat the above step for the other hinge, applying the same equal pressure as on the
previous one.
• Finish the procedure by adjusting the two front latches that attach the single bar latching
system to the frame of the unit as follows, keeping the blanket frame latched closed.
• Using a 5/32” allen wrench, slightly loosen the two screws on the one front latch. Adjust
the latch position while applying pressure to the front corner of the blanket frame. (This
increases the pressure between the glass and the blanket frame.) Tighten the screws.
• Repeat the above step for the other front latch, applying the same equal pressure as on the
previous one.
• Open the blanket and replace the gas cylinder(s).
• Reconnect power to the machine.
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