Mayer GmbH & Co. KG
Potting Machine 1018 - Instruction of Use
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e)
If there happened no irregularities such as extraordinary noises during trial operation so
the machine can be operated in the way
described in Chapter “Working with the
machine”.
5.3
STOPPING THE MACHINE
The machine can be stopped in 2 ways:
a)
In normal case the machine can be stopped
with the use of the stop button “STOP”.
b)
In alarm situation the machine can be stopped and switched off with the use of the
emergency stop switch “Emergency stop”.
Remark:
See also: Chapter 6.2
– “Shutdown of the machine”.
6.0
WORKING WITH THE MACHINE
6.1
NORMAL OPERATION
a)
The machine is filled with soil.
b)
The turntable is positioned under the soil slide and the height is set.
c)
The great container, the vessels or the sacks are prepared.
d)
The 2 foot switches are installed to the right and to the left from the elevator.
e)
After switching the main switch on, when operating the foot switches, the machine starts
working and fills the container with soil. The soil feeding runs so long till the foot switch
remains in operation.
f)
Controlling the amount of soil:
The delivery of the soil from the soil container to the elevator takes place with the help
of an endless rubber band that runs on carrier rollers in the soil container.
