Located left side of machine. Begin by removing wire cable locking latch. Next make sure Safety Switch handle is in the lower position, OFF.
Open the Safety Switch.
Photo on the left shows the inside of the Safety Switch. 240 VAC input feeds from the lower left corner. Prior to hooking up electricity to this machine, make sure the circuit breaker from where the input power wire comes from is in the off position.
Hook up the Black incoming power wire to where shown in the photo. Hook up the White incoming power wire to where shown in photo. Hook up the Green Ground incoming wire to the ground grid lugs shown in the photo. Safety Switch only fuses 240 VAC Line 1 and Line 2.
As shown in the photo, there are two 60 Amp Fuses preloaded into the Safety Switch. These fuses assume incoming voltage is 240 VAC. If incoming voltage is less than 240 VAC, the fuse values may need to be changed. To calculate fuse value; divide 13,500 by incoming voltage. Fuse value should be approximately 5% greater than the calculated value. If needed, replace fuses with correct fuse value. Make sure circuit breaker from where the input power wire comes from is in the off position before replacing Safety Switch fuses.
Pneumatic Air
In addition to electricity, this machine requires compressed air. The photo shows an incoming air filter with 3 regulators. Each of the regulators includes a pressure gage indicator.
Before attaching the air hose, make sure that all packing materials are removed from the machine. Make sure the Upper Sealing Bar is no longer tethered to the Lower Sealing Bar.
From your compressor, hook up the air hose line on the quick disconnect fitting to the left of the Air Filter. Turn on your compressor. Check Air Gage to assure various Regulator Gages are set correctly.
To adjust Regulator air pressure, slightly pull down on the black cap at the bottom of each Regulator and turn clockwise to increas, counterclockwise to decrease air pressure. Air pressure changes may not change instantly.
Rocker pressure must always be greater than Press Pressure.
Rocker Air Pressure
Rockers are pneumatic cylinders used to keep tension on the heating elements. Rocker valves are manual and as a result we prefer that you keep Rocker valves ON at all times. Heat sealing with the Rocker valve OFF will damage the heating elements.
There is only one time when the Rocker valve should be turned off and that is when you are replacing heating elements. Refer to section on maintenance.
Casters
Caster option was added to this machine, and includes two kinds of casters ... swivel without lock and swivel with lock. Shown on the left are swivel without lock casters and these casters are located inside the machine. Swivel with lock casters are located on the left and right side of the machine. When moving the machine make sure that the swivel with lock casters are unlocked. When positioned, lock the casters.