Fault Repair - Komet Vacuboy Notice D'utilisation

Maintenance and Fault Repair
8.10

Fault repair

Fault Cause
Machine won't run Plug not plugged in
Machine is switched off
Seal seam opaque Sealing time too long
and blistered
Seal seam thin and Sealing time too short
lacerated
No seal seam
Sealing wire broken
Fouling of the sealing pads 
Deterioration in
seal seam quality
Teflon strip worn
Silicone rubber worn
Sealing cylinder stiff
Poor vacuum in Bag not sealed
the bag
Sharp edges pierce the bag 
Bag too big for the product 
Bag opening contaminated 
Sealing cylinders are
jamming and sealing pad
has come out
Operating Instructions- Translation
Solution

Plug in the plug

Switch master switch to 1

Reduce sealing time

Increase sealing time

Replace the sealing wire
Clean the bottom of the sealing pads
(brass contact surfaces)

Replace the Teflon strip

Replace the silicone rubber

Replace the Teflon strip

Replace the silicone rubber

Lubricate the pump rod

Use another bag
Use a stronger bag
Modify the bag size to the product
Use a new bag and keep the bag
opening clean

Arrange for the sealing cylinders and
the pressure valve to be checked by
technical staff
Fault Cause
Poor vacuum in Poor pump power from the
the chamber vacuum pump
Cover seal faulty
No vacuum in the GreenVac fitting is still
chamber connected
Pump doesn't work
The cover not Loss of pressure in the
comes open pneumatic springs at the
cover
Pneumatic spring is
expanded
Build-up of smoke Oil moistened exhaust filter
element
During operation with the gassing option:
Fault Cause
No gas in the bag Gassing is switched off
Shut-off valves on gas
bottle or bottle pressure
reducer are closed
Gas nozzles are not in the
bag opening
Gas bottle empty
Powder-like The propulsion flow of the
products are gas is too high
whirled up by the
flow of gas
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Solution

Check the oil level

Replace the cover seal

Remove the GreenVac fitting as
chamber mode is disabled in
GreenVac mode.

Let the pump be checked by a trained
person

Replace the pneumatic springs

Open the cover up to its limit stop, the
pneumatic spring is thereby once again
contracted

Switch off the machine

Unplug the plug from the socket

Replace the exhaust filter element
Solution

Press the GAS ON/OFF button, the
display is illuminated when gassing is
switched on

Open the shut-off valves

Pull the opening of the bag over the
gas nozzles

Replace the gas bottle

Adjust the propulsion flow using the
shut-off valve on the bottle pressure
reducer
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