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K500 Auto Hydroheater – 3.5 Rev: 8-2016
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5.2 Rough Operation ................................................................................... 32
5.3 Excessive Temperature Variation ............................................................. 33
6.0 Maintenance ............................................................................................ 33
6.1 General Practices .................................................................................. 33
6.2 Recommended Maintenance ................................................................... 34
6.2.1 Signs of Wear ................................................................................. 34
6.2.2 Anti-Seize Compounds ..................................................................... 37
6.3 Inventory and Spare Parts Recommendations ............................................ 38
7.0 Disassembly and Assembly ........................................................................ 41
7.1 Head-Actuator Removal .......................................................................... 41
7.2 Complete Disassembly ........................................................................... 42
7.3 Assembly .............................................................................................. 47
7.4 Torque Requirement .............................................................................. 58
7.5 Installing a Manual Combining Tube Adjustment (CTA) .............................. 58
7.5.1 Zeroing Procedure ........................................................................ 59
7.6 How to Reverse Mount a New Style CTA ................................................... 60
7.7 Rotating the Actuator ............................................................................. 61
8.0 Illustrated Parts List ................................................................................. 63
8.1 Exploded View – K500 ........................................................................... 63
8.2 Exploded View – CTA Assembly ............................................................... 66
9.0 Bench Setting of K500 Hydroheater Actuator & Positioner ............................ 69
9.1 Actuator “Bench Set” Procedure (Pre-Installation of Positioner) .................. 69
9.2 Positioners ........................................................................................... 72
9.3 Calibrating a Fisher DVC 6010 Positioner ................................................. 72
9.4 Installing and Calibrating a DVC 2000 Positioner ...................................... 75
9.4.1 Mounting Magnet Array for DVC 2000 ............................................... 75
9.4.2 Calibrating a DVC 2000 ................................................................... 75
9.5 Installing and Calibrating a DVC 6200 Positioner ...................................... 78
9.5.1 Mounting Magnet Array for DVC 6200 ............................................... 78
9.5.2 Calibrating a DVC 6200 ................................................................... 78
10.0 Limited Warranty .................................................................................... 81
Appendix ....................................................................................................... 82
Appendix A: Steam Table ............................................................................. 82
Appendix B: Saturation Table ....................................................................... 84
Appendix C: Table of Figures ........................................................................ 85
Appendix D: Table of Tables ......................................................................... 86
Contact information: .................................................................................... 87