Empire Abrasive Equipment Company
3.3 Reclaimer Adjustment
All ProFormer
™
reclaimers can be adjusted to control the average size of media
retained by the reclaimer. The reclaimer is supplied with a “tune-able” secondary air
adjustment. When the band is properly adjusted reusable media will be returned to
the media storage hopper. Unwanted dust and broken down media (fines) will be
removed from the system and conveyed to the dust collector. See Figure 6.
Empire’s reclaimer design has vertical slots with a solid tuning band. The original
ProFormer
™
reclaimers have horizontal slots in both the reclaimer and tuning band.
Fine tuning adjustments of both reclaimers are similar. Just remember to move the
band in the direction of the reclaimer slots; horizontal slots rotate the band, vertical
slots slide band up or down.
The tuning band is joined at both ends by a bolt and wing nut that must be loosened
before the band can be adjusted. The slot pattern around the reclaimer body has one
slot omitted. The joined ends of the tuning band must be located over the area of the
omitted slot.
NOTE
Dust collectors require a coating of dust on the filter cartridges to achieve
maximum filter efficiency, also known as “seasoning”. The filters are seasoned
when the static pressure reading on the collector gauge is 2 or greater.
Step 1:
Start with no reclaimer slots visible. Adjust the band in one direction until
1/16” of opening is created between the band and reclaimer slots.
HELPFUL HINT
Place a reference pencil mark on reclaimer body (and a corresponding reference
mark on the tuning band if horizontal slots).
Step 2:
Operate the blast system for at least one hour.
Step 3:
Turn the cabinet snap switch to OFF.
Step 4:
Inspect the dust collector waste drum for reusable media.
Step 5:
If no media is found in the waste, adjust the tuning band to expose 1/16”
more reclaimer body slot area.
Step 6:
Make a new reference mark on the reclaimer body.
Step 7:
Repeat Steps 2 through 7 until a small amount of media is found in the dust
collector waste. Adjustment is complete.
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