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SLAYER STEAM X USER MANUAL
PROCEDURE
1. Complete “General Group Cleaning” steps 1-3 on page #35. Set aside shower screens
and dispersion screws.
2. Prepare a solution of hot water and approved espresso machine cleaning
powder in a 1-liter (or larger) heat-tolerant container.
3. Remove portafilter baskets and portafilter springs from all portafilter bodies.
4. Add all shower screens, dispersion screws, portafilter baskets, portafilter
springs, and portafilter bodies to prepared solution. Soak for a minimum of 20
minutes, then rinse thoroughly with clean water. Meanwhile, complete remaining
steps.
Do not submerge portafilter handles in solution or fading will occur.
5. Use a flat-head screwdriver to install a second set of shower screens and
dispersion screws, then complete the following steps for each grouphead.
6. Install a blind insert in a replacement portafilter, add cleaning powder, and lock it
in the grouphead.
7. Press and release the jog wheel above the grouphead to activate the menu.
8. Rotate the jog wheel clockwise until the “Group Cleaning” setting appears.
9. Press and release the jog wheel to enter the “Group Cleaning” setting. The
option to select a cleaning program will be presented.
10. Rotate the jog wheel to cycle between cleaning programs:
• All (all groupheads)
• Gp1 (leftmost grouphead)
• Gp2 (on 2-group, right grouphead; on 3-group, middle grouphead)
• Gp3 (rightmost grouphead; 3-group only)
11. Press and release the jog wheel to select and initiate a cleaning program. A
countdown will begin at the grouphead(s) running the cleaning program. The
cleaning program is complete when a buzz sounds and the shot light pulses.
12. Follow the prompt on the screen to remove the portafilter(s) from the
grouphead(s), then press and release the jog wheel to continue. A purging cycle
will begin at the grouphead(s) running the cleaning program. The purging cycle
is complete when the shot light pulses, after approximately thirty (30) seconds.
13. Reassemble the portafilter, inserting the portafiler spring and portafilter basket,
then lock it in the grouphead.
14. Repeat steps 6-13 for each grouphead, as needed.
Backflush the Groupheads, continued
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