MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
PREGIS AIRSPEED 5000
AIR CUSHION MACHINE
Electrical shock or unexpected machine
movement can cause serious injury or
death. For your safety, follow your compa-
ny’s lockout/tagout policy as required for
each task.
Daily Maintenance
1. Check the condition of the sealing belts, trans-
port rollers, and nip rollers. Flip or replace
belts if worn 75% through, or if the splice is
peeling or pulling apart more than 0.03" (0.76
mm).
Weekly Maintenance
1. Clean the sealing belts, guide rollers, nip
rollers, seal wire, lower platen, slitter blade,
and counter wheel of any contamination
and/or debris.
2. Ensure that all parts turn freely, including all
belt rollers, the film dancer roller and pivot
shaft, and the unwind shaft (with brake off).
3. Ensure the unwind shaft brake mechanism
works properly. The brake must be able to go
from totally free to a tight grip on the shaft.
Monthly Maintenance
1. Check all components for excessive wear,
including the nip plastic drive gears, rubber
nip rollers, and the slitter blade.
2. Check fasteners for looseness.
3. Clean the blower of any debris.
4. Check the alignment of the seal wire with the
platen and the upper guard/clamp with the
lower block.
5. Inspect the sealing surface (green) of the lower
platen for wear and replace if necessary.
Semi-Annual Maintenance
1. Apply axle grease (Exxon Ronex MP
TM
or
equivalent) to the face of nip actuation cams.
Also apply grease to the mating surfaces
where the cams contact and actuate the upper
rollers of the outfeed nips.
NOTE: Refer to the Introduction instruction for
the lubrication location.
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