Series 612  MAINTENANCE 
 
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7.2  Maintenance procedures 
Two maintenance procedures are defined for this valve. This are: 
 
• 
Replacement of shaft feedthrough seals and valve cleaning. Refer to chapter: «Replacement of 
rotary feedthrough». 
• 
Replacement of Option board. Refer to chapter: «Replacement of Option board» 
 
 
 
Required frequency of cleaning and replacement of seals is depending on process 
conditions. 
VAT can give the following recommendations for preventive maintenance: 
 
Replacement of  unheated 
1)
 
heated 
≤
 80 °C 
1)
 
heated > 80 °C 
1)
 
feedthrough seals
2’000’000 cycles  6 months but 
max. 2’000’000 cycles 
3 months but 
max. 2’000’000 cycles 
 
 
 
 Those figures are reference values for clean conditions under various temperatures. 
These values do not include any impact of the process. Therefore preventive 
maintenance schedule has finally to be checked for the actual process conditions.