Maintenance
Pump Pump
Pump
Lubrication Lubrication
Lubrication
System System
System
ChecktheconditionoftheISOpumplubricant
daily.Changethelubricantifitbecomesagel,
itscolordarkens,oritbecomesdilutedwith
isocyanate.
Gelformationisduetomoistureabsorption
bythepumplubricant.Theintervalbetween
changesdependsontheenvironmentin
whichtheequipmentisoperating.Thepump
lubricationsystemminimizesexposureto
moisture,butsomecontaminationisstill
possible.
Lubricantdiscolorationisduetocontinual
seepageofsmallamountsofisocyanatepast
thepumppackingsduringoperation.Ifthe
packingsareoperatingproperly,lubricant
replacementduetodiscolorationshouldnotbe
necessarymoreoftenthaneverythreeorfour
weeks.
Tochangepumplubricant:
1.FollowPressureReliefProcedure,page62.
2.Liftthelubricantreservoir(R)outofthe
bracketandremovethecontainerfrom
thecap.Holdingthecapoverasuitable
container,removethecheckvalveandallow
thelubricanttodrain.Reattachthecheck
valvetotheinlethose.
3.Drainthereservoirandushitwithclean
lubricant.
4.Whenthereservoirisushedclean,llwith
freshlubricant.
5.Threadthereservoirontothecapassembly
andplaceitinthebracket.
6.Pushthelargerdiametersupplytube(ST)
approximately1/3ofthewayintothe
reservoir.
7.Pushthesmallerdiameterreturntube(RT)
intothereservoiruntilitreachesthebottom.
NOTE: NOTE:
NOTE:
Thereturntubemustreachthe
bottomofthereservoirtoensurethat
isocyanatecrystalswillsettletothebottom
andnotbesiphonedintothesupplytube
andreturnedtothepump.
8.Thelubricationsystemisreadyforoperation.
Noprimingisrequired.
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