Glue Machinery Champ 3 User manual

Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
Operating Instructions for
Champ™3/Champ™5
INDUSTRIAL HOT MELT GLUE GUN
Champ™ 3
Champ™ 5

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Table of Contents
Product Description ......................................................
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Trouble-Shooting ...........................................................
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General Safety Instructions ..........................................
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Start-up ...........................................................................
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Operation ........................................................................
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Additional Information ..................................................
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Spare Parts Legend Champ™3…..................................
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Spare Parts Legend Champ™5.....................................
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Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Dear customer,
Thank you for purchasing the Champ3 or Champ5 Hot Melt Glue Gun. The glue gun you purchased will help you to
glue parts together easily and effectively. Before using the gun, please read these instructions thoroughly.
Product Description
Proper Use
The gun works with and dispenses hot glue. Therefore, the glue gun should only be used by qualified people.
Handling the gun properly will save you unnecessary accident hazards and problems.
Personal injury or material damage caused by an improper use of the Hot-Melt Glue Gun shall not be the
manufacturer's but the user's responsibility.
Technical Data Champ™3 Champ™5
Connection 230/120V**/50Hz 230 V/120 V**/50Hz
Heating capacity 200W 200 W
Temperature control thermostat thermostat
Temperature control range approx. 190°C approx. 70 – 190°C
Heat-up time approx. 10 min. approx. 10 min
Tank capacity 80g 150 g
Max. application per min. 100 g 100 g
Weight hand gun 750 g 1200 g
Accessories
•Special nozzles available on request. Please ask for our accessory nozzle leaflet.

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Trouble-Shooting
Possible Fault Signals and Assistance in Trouble-Shooting
In case of damage, send glue gun to Glue Machinery Corporation™. We will not be responsible for any repair
made by the customer.
Problems Possible Causes/
Faulty Operation Trouble-Shooting
No or too little glue comes off
though the heat-up time has
been exactly observed
•clogged nozzle
•temperature too low
•unscrew nozzle, clean or replace it
•check temperature
Glue is too fluid or too
consistent
•temperature too high or
too low
•check temperature
Glue leaks out of nozzle
•clogged nozzle
•unscrew nozzle, clean it carefully or replace
it. Unscrew nozzle at working temperature,
wear gloves (risk of burning).
No temperature
•gun switched off •connect plug to socket properly.
•if necessary, return gun to Glue Machinery
Corporation

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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General Safety Instructions
User’s Care and Diligence
The Glue Gun has been designed and fabricated according to the applicable harmonized standards and further
technical specifications. So, it is state of art and ensures a maximum of safety.
This safety, however, can only be achieved in practice, if all necessary measures have been taken. The user of the
device shall be obliged to plan these measures and to make sure that they are taken.
In particular, the user shall ensure that
- the gun is in working order
- the required personal protective equipment (protective gloves) for the operating personnel is available and used
- the entire operating instructions are in legible condition and available to the operator
- only sufficiently qualified and authorized personnel operates and maintains the gun
- this personnel is regularly instructed in the applicable aspects of operational safety and environmental protection,
and knows the operating instructions and, in particular, the safety instructions.
Make the information available:
This operating manual shall be kept on the site of operation. It must be ensured that all persons operating the gun
can look into the manual at any time. In addition to the operating manual, the instructions pursuant to the Factory Act
and the regulations as regards the use of equipment shall always be at the operator’s disposal.
Meaning of the Various Safety Symbols
This operating manual shall give concrete advice as to safety to draw the user’s attention to remaining unavoidable
hazards. These hazards imply dangers to
•persons
•product and equipment
The symbols used in the operation manual shall, in particular, call attention to the safety instructions!
This symbol indicates that there is, above all, danger to persons, but also to
equipment and material.
Caution: Hot surface!
Accident Prevention Regulations VBG 125 - W26
Hot surfaces such as machine parts, tanks or materials, but also hot liquids cannot always
be perceived. The utmost caution is advised when this symbol is attached to a component.
Always wear protective gloves when you have to touch hot surfaces!

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Safety Measures for Normal Operation
This industrial instrument must only be used by persons trained and instructed to use it. User must familiarize
themselves with all information provided in this manual.
Prior to each use, check the gun for visible damage and make sure that it is in perfect condition.
Advise detected defects to your superior at once!
Safety Instructions for the Use of the Hot-Melt Glue Gun
Champ™3/Champ™5
•Always follow the accident prevention regulation VBG 81 - Processing of Glues issued by the Professional
Association of the Chemical Industry
•Fill gun only just under the charging hole.
•All visible material parts may warm up to 250 °C !
•Never exceed working temperature of the hot melt.
oOverheating may lead to decomposition which may affect health.
•Never start working without having mounted a nozzle.
•Do not direct glue jet towards people.
•Prior to any nozzle replacement, unplug connecting cable.
•When a nozzle is replaced, liquid glue may leak out. Warning: Risk of burning!
•Never bring the hot nozzle in contact with the cable.
•Ensure sufficient ventilation.
•Do not inhale vapour escaping from the glue. Attention: inhaling this vapour may cause irritations of the
respiratory tract.
•When your skin got into contact with hot glue, cool it with cold water immediately.
•Do not try to remove hot melt from the skin first. If necessary consult your doctor.
•If hot adhesive gets into your eyes, immediately cool/run them under running water for about 15
minutes and consult your doctor at once!
•Never work without protective gloves and glasses!
•Never fill in any solvents or paraffines to avoid risk of explosion.
Note: - Do not lay gun on its side
- Never overcharge gun
- Press trigger only when gun is heated
- Before you change the glue type, pump residual quantity out of the nozzle
- Do not direct glue jet towards people
- Do not carry out overhead work
- Do not hold nozzle top upward
- Never work without having mounted a nozzle
- Stop using the gun, if casing is damaged due to shock, breakage or heavy
wear.

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Start-up and Operation
To avoid risk of tripping/falling:
Lay all instrument connections (cable, hoses, and lines) so that they do not cause any risk of stumbling (cable
conduits, bridges)!
Operation of the Glue Gun
Plug connecting cable of the Champ™3/Champ™5 Glue Gun into socket with ground contact.
Glue Gun Champ™3
The Champ™3 gun is fixed to a temperature of 190ºC and, thus, appropriate for all the glue granulates normally
used.
For special granulates, use a screw driver to adjust the temperature accordingly, at the rear side of the gun. The
maximum temperature of 200ºC is set at the proper stop limit.
Glue Gun Champ™5
Adjust working temperature requested. The temperature of the Champ™5 Glue Gun is adjustable between approx.
70 and approx. 190°C. For this, set rotary button to the desired position:
4 ≅approx. 70 °C 10 ≅approx. 160 °C
6 ≅approx. 100 °C 12 ≅approx. 190 °C
Minor leaking during heat-up is due to hot melt expanding in the nozzle/heating chamber.
Warning: Once the gun has warmed up, nozzle and cover are extremely hot!
Never work without wearing protective gloves!
Loading of Glue
- The Champ™3/Champ™5 Glue Gun is designed for applying solvent-free hot melts. Never fill the gun with
other materials. The hot-melt glue gun can work with all the types of hot melts that are designed for working
temperatures of up to max. 200 °C.
- As soon as the gun has warmed up (approx. 10 min.), open cover and fill granulate into the gun until it fills just
under the rim of the charging hole.
- Close cover and allow some time for the glue gun to melt the glue (approx. 10 min. depending on type of glue).
- The quantity to be applied can be determined by pressing the trigger: the longer you press, the more glue
comes out.
The cover must only be opened when the gun has warmed up!

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Application of Hot Melts
Only start glueing when the glue has properly molten.
Make yourself familiar with the instrument first. Apply a little glue in varying forms (small, large dots) on a piece of
paper or cardboard. Observe the correct working temperatures of the individual hot melts.
Never start working without having mounted a nozzle!
Press the trigger only when gun has warmed up!
Vent in the corner must, by all means, be left open.
Nozzle Replacement
Only replace nozzles when the glue gun is warm (instrument temperature 60 - 80 °C) and empty. You are advised to
wear protective gloves.
Prior to exchanging nozzles, unplug connecting cable!
Replacing a cold nozzle may damage the gun. If the nozzle is replaced when it is too hot, liquid adhesive may leak
out.
Attention: Risk of burning!
- If your skin contacts with hot glue, cool it immediately with cold water.
- Do not try to remove hot melt from the skin first. If necessary, consult your doctor.
- If hot adhesive gets into your eyes, immediately cool them under running water for about 15 minutes. Consult
your doctor at once!
Never start working without having mounted a nozzle!
Do not direct glue jet towards people!

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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Operation
The glue gun shall only be used/applied according to its intended use. Please see Section “General Safety
Instructions“.
Improper use of the gun may cause personal injury or material damage.
Non-observance of the safety instructions when working with the gun may lead to serious burns and/or product
damage.
Please refer to the following checklist before you switch on the glue gun:
Check List
- Is the glue gun connected to a 230/120 volt outlet?
- Is the nozzle clean and free of any foreign matter?
- Is solvent-free hot melt in the gun?
- Has the heat-up time of approx. 10 minutes (depending on the glue type) been observed?
While you are working...
...the glue gun must always be deposited on the wire strap.
Never lay gun on its side!
- Open gun only if required; cover can only be opened while gun is warm.
- Keep hot melt free of dirt and humidity.
General Hints
- Do not start glueing before glue is fluid.
- Glues that have not molten completely will not reach the glueing temperature required.
- Not having the required glueing temperature, glues cannot produce optimum glueing results.
- Due to the high viscosity of partly molten glues a lot of manual energy will be needed to dispense them.
- This will cause some essential parts of the gun to wear very fast .
Cleaning and Maintenance
Only fill clean and solvent-free glue into the gun. Contaminated glue, nails, clamps, sand, etc. cause malfunctions.
The use of solvents, petrol, benzole, toluol, acetone, terpentine, etc. will lead to an explosion. Never use these
materials!
If you observe the operating instructions, the gun does normally not need major cleaning.
If the gun is used frequently, to ensure peak performance and durability, it is important that it be maintained and
serviced regularly. To set a date, please call our service department. 1-888-202-2468

Champ™ 3 & Champ™5 Hot Melt Glue Gun
Glue Machinery Corporation™
4234 Boston St, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Toll Free 1-888-202-2468 | Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone] | Email: [email protected]
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EC-Conformity Certificate
acc. to EC Guideline 89/392/EEC, Supplement IIA
This is to certify that the below-described machine, as regards its design and type, as well as the construction sold
by us, is in conformity with the relevant safety and health regulations of the EC guideline.
Description of the machine : Champ™3/Champ™5 Glue Gun
Intended use : Application of solvent-free hot melts
Type of machine : Champ™3/Champ™5
Serial number : ....................................................................
Design modifications influencing the technical data specified in the operating manual and the intended use,
thus meaning a considerable change of the device, render this conformity certificate invalid!
Relevant EC guideline : EC Machine Guideline (89/392/EEC)
Amendment of Machine Guideline
(91/368/EEC)
The fllwg. harmonized stan- EN 60204 Part 1 (DIN VDE 0113 Part 1)
dards have been applied : EN 292 Parts 1 and 2, EN 349, EN 294
An original version of the operating instructions for the glue gun, in the national language of the user - here English -
is enclosed.
Date: December 2001