corob FLEX 200 User manual

FLEX 200
Automatic Dispenser
4040648 V1.0 - R2 (09/2019)
USER’S MANUAL
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FLEX 200
User’s Manual
Automac Dispenser
FLEX 200
Version 1.0 - R2 (09/2019)
ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
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means, electronic or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying and recording, without prior wrien permission
of COROB S.p.A.
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companies (hereinaer “COROB”).
A failure of a trademark to appear hereunder does not mean that COROB does not use the trademark in queson nor does
it constute a waiver by COROB of any related intellectual property rights.
Valuable proprietary technical informaon contained in the present manual are referring to proprietary know-how, designs,
drawings and/or applicaons used on an exclusive basis by COROB frequently covered by Patents and/or Patent Applicaons
and thus protected by Internaonal and Naonal Intellectual Property Laws.
Unless otherwise indicated, all references to other companies other than COROB and its aliated companies, their names,
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use of the COROB products.
COROB has carefully reviewed the wording and imagines contained in the present manual, nevertheless COROB reserves the
right to modify
And/or update the informaon herein to correct editorial errors and/or inaccuracy of the informaon herein without noce
or commitment on its part.
The present manual contains all informaon necessary for the foreseeable and normal use of the COROB products by the
nal user.
The manual does not contain guidelines and/or informaon for product repair. For safety reasons, only trained and authorized
technical personnel should perform such intervenons. Failure to do so may result in personal injury or damage to the
product.
For the purpose menoned above, COROB has appointed authorized technical personnel.
Authorized technical personnel shall mean technicians who have aended a technical training course held by COROB and/
or its aliated companies.
Unauthorized intervenons could void the warranty coverage of your COROB product pursuant to the sales contract or to the
General Sales Condions of COROB. COROB can be held responsible only within the limits of the warranty coverage provided
by the General Sales Condions.
COROB does not intend to limit or exclude its liability against any statutory provisions under any applicable law. Therefore
the reference to above warranty limitaons or exclusions may not apply.
The nal user can ask COROB or visit the web site www.corob.com for contact details about the nearest authorized technical
service.
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Pursuant to the WEEE Direcve, collecon, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal
of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) shall be carried out in compliance with the
naonal measures of each EU-Member State implemenng the Direcve.
For more informaon about proper disposal and recycling of your COROB product, please contact
the company at the address [e-mail].
For the colorants remaining in the canisters, for the machine components most soiled with colorant
and if any products have been used on the machine that require special disposal procedures, follow
local regulaons when disposing of waste.

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
• Check that the dispensing circuits and the machine in general are clean.
• Check all valves are in closed condion as idened by the scker.
• Check the condions of the cleaning brush unit; if necessary, clean and ll the brush container using only appropriate
liquid (the choice of the liquid depends on the nature of the colorants, and must be done directly by the manufacture of
the products used).
• Carry out system Inializaon and Purge.
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• Never let the machine in the OFF posion.
• In the canisters, srring of each colorant takes place automacally (srring mes can however be customized).
• Be careful not to ll the canisters with too much colorant. In case of overlling, act as indicated in the user’s manual.
• The colorant to be poured inside the canisters must be srred manually. Do not use automac shakers.
• Close the canisters with their lids immediately aer lling operaons.
• Remember to update accordingly the canisters lling levels via the management soware.

• Rell the canisters.
• Update the canister lling levels in the management soware.
• Shut down the computer. Do not shut o the machine.
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FLEX 200

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1.1 Purpose and use of this manual ................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1.1 Convenonallyusedgraphics...........................................................................................................................5
1.2 Denions .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
  ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Descripon of the machine ........................................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Descripon of unit ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Usable cans ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.4 Intended use ..................... ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Idenfying informaon ........ ...................................................................................................................................... 8
 
3.1 Safety warnings and unauthorized use ....................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Warning on the use of colorants ............................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Residual risks ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
3.4 Posion of labels ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.5 Requirement of the installaon site ......................................................................................................................... 13
3.6 Safety device ............................................................................................................................................................ 13
 .............................................................................................................. 14
4.1 General warnings ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2 Unpacking and placement ........................................................................................................................................ 14
4.2.1Removingturntablelockhardware................................................................................................................. 16
4.2.3Standardmaterialsupplied............................................................................................................................... 17
4.3 Storage ............... ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
  ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.1 General warnings ..................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.2 Management computer ........................................................................................................................................... 18
5.3 Control devices ........................................................................................................................................................ 19
5.4 Electrical connecon and start-up ........................................................................................................................... 20
5.5 Inializaon ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
5.6 Use of the o-line buon ......................................................................................................................................... 21
5.7 Shut-down ................................................................................................................................................................ 21
 
6.1 General warnings ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.2 At the beginning of the working day ......................................................................................................................... 22
6.3 Running the machine ............................................................................................................................................... 22
6.3.1Runningthemachine....................................................................................................................................... 22
6.3.2 Loading of cans ................................................................................................................................................ 23
6.3.3 Use of the Bung Hole Locator .......................................................................................................................... 23
6.3.4 Dispensing ...... ................................................................................................................................................. 23
6.4 Automac process ................ ................................................................................................................................... 24
6.5 Relling the canister ......... ....................................................................................................................................... 24
6.6 Troubleshoong ......... .............................................................................................................................................. 27
  ................................................................................................................................... 28
7.1 General warnings ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
7.2 Maintenance table ................................................................................................................................................... 28
7.3 Products to be used ................................................................................................................................................. 28
7.4 External cleaning ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
7.5 Relling the liquid of the cleaning brush .................................................................................................................. 29
 
8.1 Technical data .......................................................................................................................................................... 30
8.2 Dimensions . ............................................................................................................................................................. 31
8.3 Declaraon of conformity......................................................................................................................................... 31
8.4 Warranty .................................................................................................................................................................. 31
FLEX 200

 FLEX 200
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1.1 

This manual, inserted in the product packing, contains instrucons on the use and roune maintenance needed to
uphold the machine’s performance over me. The manual contains all informaon needed to correctly use the machine
and avoid any accident.
The manual is to be considered an integral part of the machine and must be stored unl it is fully dismantled.
The manual contains all informaon available at the me of preparaon regarding the machine and any accessories; for
accessories, the manual includes any variaons or changes that involve dierent operang procedures.
Should it be lost or parally ruined, so that its contents can no longer be read in full, you must request a new manual
from the manufacturer.
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


1.1.1 
 type is used to highlight notes or informaon of parcular importance to a topic.

Indicates a risk of personal injury.

Indicates a risk of damage to the machine that could interfere with its operaon.
Indicatesimportantinstruconsreferringtoprecauonaryrulesand/ormeasurestoadopt.
Indicatessituaonsand/oroperaonsthatinvolvethemanagementsowareinstalledonthecomputer.
Indicatesthattocarryouttheintervenondescribed,theuseofthespeciedtoolsisrequired.
1.2 

A person familiar with the methods to produce paints or similar products, trained and authorized to operate and use
the machine by its controls and to load and unload producon materials with all safety devices installed and enabled.
He or she must work only in safety condions and is allowed to carry out roune maintenance operaons.

Specialist prepared and trained in a technical eld (mechanical and electrical) and assigned by the manufacturer to
work on the machine to perform machine installaon, adjustments, repair breakdowns or carry out maintenance.

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2 
2.1 
The FLEX 200 automac dispenser is a device to automacally dispense uid colorant products into containers (metal
or plasc canisters, cans or bins) of the size indicated in this manual, pre-lled with base, to produce nished products
such as paints, dyes, enamels, and inks of the desired hue, chosen by means of the machine management soware.
The FLEX 200 dispenser, with  technology, features such as an interrupted formula recovery funcon, if used with
programs that support these funcons.
3
2
1
4
The dispenser consists of:
1. Dispensing area and can handling system.
2. O-line buon.
3. Canister lling area.
4. Canister top access cover
The dispenser is managed by the computer. The manufacturer can also supply a wide range of soware applicaons to
manage all of the machine’s funcons.
If the machine is supplied with the opon , it will be possible to drive it through the use of an Android
or Windows Tablet device, with its corresponding dispensing soware. The connecon between the device where the
dispensing soware is installed and the machine is automac.

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2.2 

The machine canisters are suitable for containing the product to be dispensed.
The cover in the upper part of the machine provides access for lling the canisters.
Each canister has its own lid.

The turntable is a rotang structure that houses the canister units and the corresponding
dispensing groups with piston pump.
The management program moves automacally the turntable, in both direcons, during
the dispensing stage, bringing the circuit involved in the dispensing operaon to the
front posion. The turntable is also automacally moved to carry out automac med
processes of machine.

Each circuit is equipped with a dispensing nozzle, from
which the nng product to ll the can is dispensed.
The mechanical group placed at front, in the dispensing
area, operates the piston pump and opens and closes
dispensing valve.

The can shelf allows for the correct posioning of the can under the dispensing nozzle.
The manually adjustable shelf is removable and can be posioned at the desired height by
simply inserng it in the slots provided.

The brush is automacally acvated at each rotaon of the turntable, and allows to clean
the dispensing nozzle of each circuit. The brush is placed in a small container which holds
the cleaning liquid.
During normal machine operaon the brush is in rest posion. During the cleaning process,
the brush rotates and the bristles wipe the nozzle of the circuit brought to the cleaning
posion.
Safety switch of cleaning brush unit. If the brush container is not fully inserted, table
rotaon is prevented.

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 
2.4
The machine is intended for professional use to dispense colorants in small, medium and large point of sales or
professional paint stores.
The machine must be used only with cans within the limits set forth in chapter 2.3 (Usable cans), with the colorants
specied in the table of chapter 8.1 (Technical data) and according to the procedures described in this manual.
Any use of the machine other than that stated, which cannot be implied or deduced from this manual, is to be
considered improper and unintended therefore it voids any manufacturer’s liability arising from non-compliance with
these requirements.
 
The machine has an idencaon plate (chapter 3.4) indicang:
1. Manufacturer’s name.
2. Marking.
3. Machine model.
4. Month and Year of manufacture.
5. Serial number.
6. Electrical specicaons.
Donotremoveortamperwiththeidencaonplateinanyway.
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MIN
380 mm (15”) 140 mm (5.5”) 320 mm (12.6”) 70 mm (2.8”) 25 mm (1”) 35 kg (77 lb)
 
This is a system that emits laser beams that allow the posioning of pre-punch cans, so
that the hole is in line with the center of the dispensing nozzle.

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 
 

• 
• The machine must be used only for its intended purpose.
• Pay close aenon to the signs on the machine.
• When prescribed, wear personal protecve equipment.
• Only qualied and appropriately trained personnel (MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN) are authorized to access the
machine parts protected by panels for extraordinary maintenance and repair intervenons.
• Any roune maintenance intervenon performed by the operator must be carried out with the machine o and the
power supply cable disconnected from the mains socket outlet.
• The machine must be used by  . Unauthorized people who could reach or touch machine parts
during operaon must not be admied in the nearby area.
• The machine must be used by an operator who has aained the age of majority and is in suitable psychophysical
condions dened by an occupaonal physician.
• The substances that may be used on the machine -- such as colorants, paints, solvents, lubricants and cleansers --
may be hazardous to your health; handle, store and dispose of these substances in keeping with current regulaons
and the instrucons provided with the product.

• The machine must not be used with cans exceeding the limits set forth in chapter 2.3 (Usable cans) and with colorants
other than those specied in the technical data table.
• 
•         

• Avoid naked ames or material that may create sparks and cause a re.
• It is forbidden to smoke in the machine nearby area.
• The machine must not be employed for food use.
• The OPERATOR must not carry out operaons reserved to the MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN or the INSTALLATION
TECHNICIAN. The manufacturer CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for damages deriving from the non-observance of
this prohibion.
• It is strictly forbidden to use the machine without protecons or with any safety devices present on the machine
disabled, broken down, or removed. The panels must be kept closed at all mes.
• Do not rotate turntable manually when dispenser is switched on. This may cause personal injury or damage to the
machine.
• Do not stare the light source of the Laser Bung Hole Locator (Class II laser product).
• If the machine catches re, . Use only dry powder or carbon dioxide re exnguishers, and strictly
follow the instrucons and warnings indicated by the manufacturer and listed on the exnguisher.

•  The line must be protected
from overloads, short-circuits and direct contacts according to current accident prevenon regulaons. Incorrect
grounding may lead to the risk of electrical shock.
• The machine must not be powered by a power source having specicaons other than those listed on the idencaon
plate.
• In the event of a sudden power outage, when power returns the machine will automacally be switched on to allow
the automac processes to prevent products from drying out.

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• To prevent any risk of electrical shock or injuries, use the machine indoors only. It is prohibited to use the machine
outdoors where it could be subjected to rain or high humidity.
• Always unplug the power supply cable from the socket outlet before carrying out any maintenance operaons.
• The machine is isolated from the power supply line when the power cable is disconnected; it must therefore be
installed near an easily accessible mains socket outlet.
• Do not use extension cords to power the machine.
• Do not use mulsockets to connect other equipment to the same socket that powers the machine. Make sure that
the power supply of the equipment connected to the machine via serial port, like the computer, is equipotenal
(which has a single access point to earth) because potenal dierences cause interferences and/or damage to the
serial ports.
• Periodically check the condion of the power supply cable; if it is damaged, replace it with a new cable supplied by
the manufacturer.
 

The machine is suitable for use with nng products in general. Scrupulously follow the instrucons for use given on
the colorant package and carefully read the  that the dealer or manufacturer
of the product is required to provide.
Observe all of the safety instrucons provided. When compulsory, wear the specied personal protecve equipment.
Below are some of the most common warnings and safety precauons provided by colorant manufacturers.
1. Harmful if swallowed.
2. Avoid eye and skin contact. In case of eye and skin contact, rinse with plenty of water.
3. Keep out of the reach of children.
4. When compulsory, wear the specied personal protecve equipment.
5. In case of accidental product leaks or spills, thoroughly venlate the area and proceed as indicated in this manual
and in the instrucons provided with the product itself.
6. Do not dispose of colorant in the sewage system. Follow local regulaons when disposing of waste.