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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SLAYER STEAM X USER MANUAL V1.1 | SEPTEMBER 2019