Maguire Products VBD-50, Installation Operation & Maintenance

Page 1: ...MAGUIRE PRODUCTS INC VBD 50 Vacuum Batch Dryer VBD 50 MaguireVacuumBatchDryer INSTALLATION OPERATION MAINTENANCE Copyright Maguire Products Inc 2008...

Page 2: ...Maguire Products Inc Edition May 27 2009 VBD 50 2 VBD Vacuum Batch Dryer...

Page 3: ...ire Products Inc accepts no responsibility or liability for damage or malfunction of the equipment arising from non observance of these operating instructions To avoid errors and to ensure trouble fre...

Page 4: ...tion in this manual or find errors please let us know so that we may make the required corrections or provide you with accurate information Additionally we will gladly provide you with an updated copy...

Page 5: ...2 3 3 Recommended Cycle Times 13 3 4 Dryer Overview 14 3 5 Controller Operator Station 15 PART 4 MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE 26 4 1 Cleaning the Fill Hopper 26 4 2 Cleaning the Heat Vac Vessel 27 4 3 Clea...

Page 6: ...ave to read the entire manual BUT PLEASE READ THE NEXT FEW PAGES It will take about 10 minutes THESE PAGES COVER Warranty and Disclaimers What we Warranty and what we cannot promise SAFETY Warnings Sa...

Page 7: ...l other warranties expressed or implied and of all other obligations or liabilities on our part and MAGUIRE PRODUCTS neither assumes nor authorizes any other persons to assume for it any other liabili...

Page 8: ...180C on high temperature models Typically these surfaces are not at dangerous temperatures however all hot surfaces should be avoided Warning Label indicate HOT SURFACES USE CAUTION when removing and...

Page 9: ...bolted to a pallet with 4 bolts Lifting and Moving Dryer The VBD Dryer can be lifted by forklift only if it is securely attached to a pallet Once removed from the pallet the dryer should only be roll...

Page 10: ...Dryer If your air supply has oil in it add an oil separator coalescing filter Oil in the air will combine with dust drawn from the canisters forming a paste inside the vacuum generator It will stop wo...

Page 11: ...g details THREE PHASE 60 cycle 480 volts or 50 cycle 400 volts Confirm Correct 3 Phase Electrical Connection THREE PHASE Unit CONFIRM proper 3 Phase power connection by following these instructions Tu...

Page 12: ...Default is 20 minutes 5 When your adjustments have been made Press the Start button 3 2 Standard Operating Sequence This section will help you understand what the dryer is doing after you press the St...

Page 13: ...10 45 80 110 180 230 PPO 0 02 45 100 120 210 250 PPS 0 02 45 150 300 PUR 0 02 45 125 140 260 280 PSU 0 02 35 40 150 300 SAN 0 20 0 10 30 50 80 180 Final moisture content as recommended by the raw mat...

Page 14: ...Maguire Products Inc Edition May 27 2009 VBD 50 14 VBD Vacuum Batch Dryer 3 4 Dryer Overview...

Page 15: ...the dryer is currently doing Upper Region of Display START Button Press to START the cycle Lights when the unit is running automatically Red LED light to indicate when Dryer is running LED must be ON...

Page 16: ...ntained within the heat vac vessel Default Heat Time is 20 minutes Range in minutes is 001 999 Adjustments are in 1 minute increments Vacuum Time minutes Amount of time that the heat vac vessel holds...

Page 17: ...parameter table 2 A periodic printout of temperature vacuum reading and elapsed cycle time There is a detailed explanation of this printout in the PRINTED OUTPUTS section of this manual 3 A listing o...

Page 18: ...n Program and Clean modes These Modes display as RUN CLEN PRGM Run Mode Run Mode is the mode for standard dryer operation Display will show To enter Run mode toggle to RUN then press Lower display wil...

Page 19: ...he SHUT DOWN Button to exit any of these modes Pressing the SHUT DOWN button to exit the current selection Pressing SHUT DOWN again to return to RUN Mode Program Mode Options SETP PARA Edit Parameters...

Page 20: ...ord displays INVD PASS invalid password After entering the OLD password the user will be prompted for a new password Enter the new password using the arrow buttons using the Select button to navigate...

Page 21: ...utton to create the Alarm Log PRNT ALRM PRNT EVNT Print Event Log This prints an Event Log to a USB Drive inserted in the Dryer s USB port The Dryer will look for a file named EVENTLG TXT located on t...

Page 22: ...the heat cycle time in minutes Heat Time displayed on the Operator Input display takes precedent and is adjustable without entering Setup Mode If a value is entering into the HCT parameter then the p...

Page 23: ...measures the exiting air temperature When the air exiting the vessel reaches the value of the ECT parameter degrees F or C below input temperature this indicates that the Heat Cycle is complete Defaul...

Page 24: ...to promote material flow into the retention hopper If material has difficulty starting to flow increasing the number of pulses may help As a result of increasing the number of pulses an increase in th...

Page 25: ...the machine must be stopped Press and hold the SHUT DOWN button then press the SELECT button Display will show MODE RUN Press Twice to toggle the display to PRGM Program Mode Lower Display will show...

Page 26: ...RUN Mode 4 Maintenance and Service 4 1 Cleaning the Fill Hopper The Fill Hopper is located on top of the Dryer above the Heat Vac Vessel The Fill Hopper can be opened for inspection and cleaning by ro...

Page 27: ...Vac Vessel can be opened for inspection and cleaning by rotating and un hooking the latches located on either side of the hatch door The hatch then slides out of the Heat Vac Vessel and hangs below Do...

Page 28: ...Use only a clean dry oil free air supply 4 5 Air Pressure Adjustments Air Pressure Air pressure affects the ability to draw a high vacuum We recommend a pressure setting of 80 PSI while the dryer is r...

Page 29: ...arrow buttons to set the blinking digit to enter the password Press SELECT to toggle to the next digits and enter those digits using the arrow buttons Default password is 2222 Incorrect password displ...

Page 30: ...will reset the timer and return to step 1 Step 3 If the timer expires then the Dryer will shutdown the heater blower sub systems and go into an alarm state No Vacuum Alarm NO VACM Alarm Point is the...

Page 31: ...ABS 062 mmHg 07 24 2008 11 27 37 AM MODE VACM HEAT TIME 2m VAC TIME 2m SETPOINT 250F TEMP 168F HEAT 000 PABS 059 mmHg 07 24 2008 11 27 41 AM MODE VACM HEAT TIME 2m VAC TIME 2m SETPOINT 250F TEMP 168F...

Page 32: ...0 PAD Process Air Delay 0106 0106 VPL Vacuum Pressure Low 0060 0060 VPD Vacuum Pres Delta 0020 0020 VTP Vacuum Timer Pres 0050 0050 NVT No Vacuum Time 0310 0310 VGD Vacuum Gate Delay 0205 0205 VFT Ves...

Page 33: ...AR ALL occurs The only time when you want to do a CLEAR ALL is during troubleshooting a problem and all else has failed to resolve the problem CLEAR ALL will sometimes fix problems by restoring factor...

Page 34: ...rmance is determined by the moisture content of the resin after the dryer has done its job Resin moisture content however is not easily measured so dryer manufactures use other criteria to assure perf...

Page 35: ...ability under this warranty will extend only to equipment that is returned to our factory in Aston Pennsylvania PREPAID Please note that we always strive to satisfy our customers in whatever manner is...

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