Best GENIUS Compact - VII. Maintenance (continued); 7.2. Essential maintenance tasks; 7.2.1. Daily maintenance; 7.2.2. Weekly maintenance

Chapter 7: Maintenance
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7.2. Essential maintenance tasks:
The items of the maintenance program as described hereafter under Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and
Preventive Maintenance, must be applied to the GENIUS Compact optical sorter (if applicable) and are
essential to ensure that the sorter can keep working in optimum sorting conditions (more information
about the position of the different parts can be found in chapter 2):
7.2.1. Daily maintenance
- Thorough cleaning of the sorter installation:
- Cleaning of all different sorter parts, as indicated in chapter 6: Cleaning, including optional parts,
such as laser window (chapter 8) and FSV-system (chapter 9).
- Visual inspection of sorter installation:
Before starting sorting system:
- Check for and remove all obstacles and objects on the conveyor belts.
- Check for damaged and/or excessively worn conveyor belts, replace if necessary (see procedure
later in this chapter).
During operation:
- Check tracking of operation belt (see procedure later in this chapter)
- Check overall state of detection belt, rollers, drums and/or pulleys and Illumination windows.
- Pay attention to all excessive vibrations and noise from any moving parts.
7.2.2. Weekly maintenance
- Check water level of the air pressure regulator fi lter. If water level is too high, manually drain and
check for blockages in drain tube, see 7.3.
- Check the position of the infeed shaker versus the sorter unit (this position is important to ensure
proper feeding of the product on the infeed accelerator chute (see Pre-installation).
- Check the stroke of the infeed shaker.
- Check the operation of the air gun ejectors (using the “test valves procedure” later in this chapter),
grease or replace air guns if necessary (see chapter 8).
- Check alignment of belt(s), return systems and/or positioning of shaker(s) of return system (if
installed).
- Check the water level of the cooling unit (if no water is present, the water pump of the cooling unit
may be damaged).
- Check current of detection belt motor (on frequency regulator) current should stay under the nominal
value (9A). Lower tension of belt to 0.3% or 0.3 mm/m if necessary.
- Replace or clean air conditioning fi lters (see chapter 6: Cleaning & chapter 8: Laser Box (option))
- Check greasing of bearings: each week +/- 25 grammes of grease should be added (see
manufacturer info in Attachments chapter).