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USER MANUAL

SAFETY PROCEDURES
NEVER ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THIS MACHINE
WITHOUT READING THE OPERATING MANUAL
 •NEVERtouchthismachinewithouttrainingandauthorisationfromyoursupervisor.
 •MachineMUSTBEonsolid,levelsupport.
 •ALWAYSusethethree-prongedplugprovided.
 •NEVERattempttoplacefoodstuffsinthemixingbowlwhenthemixerisinoperation.
 •NEVERtouchtheagitatordrivewhenthemixerison.
 •KEEPhands,arms,hairandlooseclothingCLEARofallmovingparts.
 •Shouldthemixerjam,SWITCHOFFANDUNPLUGbeforeremovingtheobstruction.
 •SWITCHOFFANDUNPLUGthemachinefromitspowersourcebeforecleaning,
sanitisingorservicing.
 •USEONLYtheattachmentsprovidedbythemanufactureranddesignedforthismachine.
YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN

Introduction
Overview
 ThisOperationandSafetyManualhasbeenpreparedtointroduceyoutotheGrangeGRPB7Planetary
Mixer.Itexplainstheoperation,cleaningandmaintenanceofthefoodmixerinsimple,cleartermsand
withanemphasisonyoursafety.
 ThroughouttheManualproceduresaresupportedbyphotographsshowingthepartsinvolvedandthe
recommendedsafemethodofhandlingthoseparts.
 MakesurethatyoureadthisManualcarefullysothatyouarefamiliarwiththefeaturesandprocedures
thatareuniquetothismachine.
Conventions and Symbols used in this Manual
 Toreduceconfusion,andtohighlightimportantpointsandsafetymatters,wehaveestablishedsome
standardtermsandsymbols:
 •“mixer”“foodmixer”Wheneverwetalkaboutthemixer,orfoodmixer,wemeanthemixer
thatiscoveredinthisManual.
 •“foodstuff”Weusetheword“foodstuff”torefertoanykindofmeatorotherfoodthatisusually
slicedinamixer.
 •“bowl”“mixingbowl” Thisisthettingthatattachestotheendoftheplanetarydriveanddoes
theactualmixing.
 •“beater”“aggitator”Themeatgripisthedevicethatholdsthefoodstuffinpositiononthemeattable.
Itisusuallyattachedtothemeattableandmoveswiththefoodstuffasitissliced.
 •“speedselector”Thisdeviceislocatedontherightsideofthemachine(asyoufaceit)andcontrols
thespeedoftheagitator.
 •“mixerheadlift”“mixerheadlifthandle”Thisisthemechanismbywhichyouraiseandlowerthe
mixerheadintothebowl.
 •TheSpecialNoteagThisisanupside-downtrianglewithanexclamationmarkinsideit.Itappears
intheleftmarginofthepage,likethis,wheneverwewanttodrawyourattentiontoanimportantpoint.
 •The“NoHands”warningagThisisacirclewiththeoutlineofahandandablackbarthroughthe
hand.Itappearswhereverwewanttowarnyouthateither:youshouldn’tputyourhandsinornearapar-
ticularcomponent;orthatyoumustwearsteelmeshprotectiveglovestocarryoutaparticularprocedure.
 •The“Power”warningagsTTherearetwopowerwarningags.Therst,alightningboltinsidean
upside-downtriangle,isusedwheneverwewanttoremindandwarnyouthatthemachineisconnected
tothemainspowersupply.Thesecondwarningagisacirclewiththeoutlineofalightningboltanda
blackbarthroughthebolt.Itappearstoremindyouthataparticularproceduremust
becarriedoutwiththepowertothemachineturnedoffatthepowerpointandthe
machine’spowerplugdisconnectedfromthepowerpoint.

SAFETY WARNINGS
 Thisisanelectricaldevicethatusesmains(singlephase240Voltpower).
Thefollowingspecialwarningsmustbecompliedwithforyourownsafetyandthesafetyofothers.
  THEREARENOUSER-SERVICEABLEELECTRICALCOMPONENTSINTHIS
MACHINE.ALLELECTRICALCOMPONENTSAREELECTRICALLYISOLATEDTO
EARTHANDARESEALEDFORYOURSAFETY.YOUMUSTNOTATTEMPTTO
TOUCHANYELECTRICALCOMPONENTSORWIRES–YOUMAYEXPOSEY
OURSELFTOTHERISKOFSERIOUSINJURYBYELECTROCUTION.
  UNLESSOTHERWISEINDICATED,ANYCLEANINGORMAINTENANCE
PROCEDUREMUSTBEPERFORMEDWITHTHEPOWERTOTHEMACHINE
SWITCHEDOFFANDTHEMACHINE’SPOWERCORDDISCONNECTEDFROM
THEPOWERPOINT.FAILURETOTURNOFFANDDISCONNECTPOWERMAY
RESULTINSERIOUSINJURYCAUSEDBYTHEMACHINEBEINGACCIDENTLY
TURNEDONDURINGCLEANINGORMAINTENANCE.
TheGrangePlanetaryBenchMixer
TheGrangeGRPB7PlanetaryMixerhasbeendesignedforstrongperformanceandlonglife.
Simpleoperation,largebowldesignandfastagitatorchangesmaketheGRPB7mixeroneofthe
mostfunctionalmixersonthemarket.
 •manufacturedinstainlesssteelandanodisedaluminiumtoresistoxidisationandcorrosion;
 •constructedforeasycleaning;
 •gearedbowlcarriageandliftforeasyloadingandunloading;
 •Constant-torqueandinnitevariablespeedtechnologieshavebeenusedinthismixerto
suiteverymixingjob;
 •overloadprotectioninstallation;
 •forcedventilationtomotortopreventoverheating;allbearingsareself-lubricatingandsealed-for-life;
 •agitatordriveisgear-drivenandgearsarecontainedinasealedtransmissioncasing;safetycut-out
switchesforbowlandmixerheadlift.

ComponentsofthePlanetaryMixer
Thefollowingpictureillustratesthemaincomponentsofthemixer–
 a.Headofmixer
 b.Interception
 c.MixingAxle
 d.Agitator
 e.MixerHeadHandle
 f.MixingBowl
 g.Speedadjustingbutton
 h.Switch
 i.Baseplane
Installingthemixer
 Positioningtheslicer
 Nomatterwhereyouputthemixer,youmustallowatleastasmuchspaceastheoveralldimensions
indicate.Allowinganadditionalminimumof30cmeithersideofthemixerwillmakeaccessforcleaning
andmaintenanceeasier.
 Makesurethatthesurfacethatyouintendplacingthemixeronissolid,at,level,dryandsmooth.
 Althoughitispossibletooor-mountthemixer,ideallythemountingsurfaceshouldbebetween40cm
and50cmhighforoperatorcomfort.
 Electricalconnections
 Themixerconnectstoasinglephase240Voltspowersupplyusingthepowercordsupplied.
Simplyconnecttheplugontheendofthepowercordtothepowerpoint.
 Cleaningandfunctioncheck
 Beforeyouusethemixer,werecommendthatyouwipedownallexposedsurfaceswithasoftcloththat
hasbeenplacedincleanwarmwaterandlightdetergentandsqueezeddry.Thiswillremoveanytracesof
machineoil,dirtorgritpickedupduringmanufactureorstorage.
   Beforeyouwipedownthemachine,makesurethatthepoweristurnedoffatthewall
socket/powerpoint.
 Oncethemixeriscleanyoucancheckthatitisfunctioningcorrectly.
  1.Switchonpowertothemachinefromthewallsocket/powerpoint.
  2.Makesurethatthemixeristurnedoffatthepowerswitchonthesideofthemachine.
  3.Checkthatthemixerheadlifthandlemoveseasilyandthatitdoesn’tsticks
atanypointalongitstravel.

1. 2.
3. 4.
  4.Selectthespeedsettingonthespeedselector.
(Seediagramandinstructionsbelowshowingthespeedselectorpositions)
  5.Turnthemixeronusingthepowerswitchonthesideofthemachine.
Immediatelytheagitatordrivewillspininananti-clockwisedirection.
  6.Turnthemixeroffatthepowerswitch.
 Speedselectorposition
 •Setthespeedbuttonto“O”position(Drawing1above)andconnecttheelectronicpower.
Theindicatorlightwillbeon.
 •Startthemachinebyturningthespeedbuttoninaclockwisedirectionandturnthebuttonto
adjustthespeedaccordingtothepropertyofmixingmaterialyouaremixing.Thespeedwill
increaseasyouturnthebuttonfromrighttoleft.
 •Whenthespeedbuttonisturnedtopointstraightdown(Drawing2),themixerisatlowspeed
andthisistherecommendspeedfordoughmixing.
 •Whenthespeedbuttonisturnedtopointdownleft(Drawing3),themixerisinthemiddle
speedandthisitisgoodformixingmincedproducts.
 •Whenthespeedbuttonisturnedtopointleft(Drawing4),themixerisathighspeed.
•THISMIXERHASINFINITEVARIABLESPEEDSSOTHEUSERCANCHOOSETHEBEST
SPEEDFORTHEIRJOB.
  •ROTARYDIRECTION:THEROTARYDIRECTIONOFMAINSHAFTISCLOCKWISEANDTHE
ROTARYDIRECTIONOFTHEMIXINGSHAFTISANTICLOCKWISE.
  •DON’TOPERATETHEMACHINEFOROVER10MINUTESEACHTIME.
  •THEMAXIMUMWEIGHTOFTHEINGREDIENTSSHOULDNOTEXCEEDS500G.
  •WHENMIXINGFLOUR,ITISRECOMMENDEDYOUSHOULDONLYUSETHEMIXERATLOW
SPEED.FORALLOTHERTYPESOFINGREDIENTSYOUSHOULDADJUSTTHESPEEDAC-
CORDINGTOYOURNEEDS.

Operatingthemixer
 Thingstokeepinmind
 1.Alwaysdouble-checkthattheagitatorhasfullyengagedthelocatingpinontheagitator
driveshaftBEFOREswitchingonthemachine.
 2.Alwaysmatchthemixingspeedtothefoodstuffbeingmixed.Thegeneralrule-of-thumbisthat
theheavieranddensertheingredients,theslowerthemixingspeed.
 3.Itisusuallyeasier,andsafer,tollthemixingbowlatthemachine.
 Standardoperation
 1.Fillthemixingbowlwiththerequiredingredients.
 2.Selectandtthecorrectagitatorforthejob.
 3.Raisethemixerheadbyusingthemixerheadlifthandle.
 4.Placeingredientsintobowlandthenlowerthemixerhead.
 5.Selecttheappropriatemixingspeedusingthespeedselector.
 6.Turnthemachineonusingthepowerswitch.
 7.Whenmixingiscompleted,switchoffthepoweratthepowerswitch,liftthe
mixerheadandeitherremovethebowlorremovethemixedcontentsofthebowl.
 Changingorttinganagitator
 1.Makesurethatthemachineisswitchedoff.
 2.Grasptheagitatorrmlyandturnitclockwisetodisengagethetoolfromthelocatingpinontheagitator
driveshaft.Drawtheagitatordownthedriveshaft.Ifnoagitatoristted,gotoStep3.
 3.Slidetheselectedagitatorontothedriveshaft,liningupthechannelonthetopoftheagitatorshankwith
thelocatingpinonthedriveshaft.
 4.Continuetoslidetheagitatorupthedriveshaftuntilthelocatorpinreachesthebaseofthe“L”-shaped
slotintheshank.Turntheagitatoranti-clockwisetolockthetoolontotheshaft.
 Sometimesthespacebetweenbottomofmixingagitatorandbowlistoocloseandsometimesitistoowide
soadjustingtheheightofmixingagitatorisnecessary.
 Toadjusttheheightofthemixingagitatorpleasefollowthebelowdirectors–
A.Shutoffpowerrst,
  B.Useaspannertoreleasethenutofthe
mixingagitator,
  C.Adjustthespacetoensuretheagitatorsits
intothebowlatthecorrectposition.
  D.Tightenupthenut.

Cleaningthemixer
 Thissectiondealswithcleaningyourmixer.
 Werecommendthat,beforecleaningormaintenancetasksareundertaken,themachineoperator(s)receive
sometrainingfromtheirsupervisor,preferablyduringtheinstallationphase.
  Beforecarryingoutcleaningormaintenancetasks,itisimportantthatpowertothemixer
isdisconnectedatthepowerpoint.
GeneralCleaning
 Themixerhasbeendesignedandbuiltforefcientandspeedycleaningtoensurehygienicoperation.
 Beforeusingthemixer
 1.Beforethemixerisswitchedonforthersttimeeachday,quicklywipeoverallexposed
surfaceswithacloththathasbeenplacedinwarmwaterandsqueezeddry.
Thisremovesanydustorothermatterthatmayhavebeendepositedovernight.
 2.Beforethestartofeachmixingoperation,andwiththemixerswitchedoffatthepower
switchonthesideofthemachine,wipeouttheinsideofthemixingbowl,theagitator
andtheagitatordrivetoremoveanyresidualmaterialleftfromthelastmixingoperation.
 Aftereachmixingjob
1.Removethebowlandagitatorandwashthoroughlyinwarmwaterandmilddetergent.
 2.Wipedownexposedportionsofthemachinewithacloththathasbeenplacedinwarm
waterandmilddetergentandsqueezeddry.Besuretocleanoffanyfoodstuffthatis
stucktothemachine
 Attheendoftheday
 1.Afterthemixerhasbeenusedforthelasttime,turnthemachineoffatthepowerswitchand
atthepowerpoint,anddisconnectthepowercord.
 2.Turnthemixerheadlifthandletoliftthemixerheadtoitssecuredopenposition.
Ifthebowlisstillinplace,removeitandsetitasideforcleaning.
3.Removetheagitatorfromtheagitatordrive.Setitasideforcleaning.
 4.Withacloththathasbeenplacedinwarmwaterandmilddetergentandsqueezed
dry,wipedownallvisiblesurfaces.
 5.Placethebowlandagitatorsinwarmwaterandmilddetergentandwashthoroughly.
How frequently the mixer is cleaned will depend on how heavily the machine is used. However, we
recommend that you adopt a cleaning schedule daily as a MINIMUM requirement to maintain hygiene.

Maintenance
 Thissectiondealswithroutinemaintenanceandtroubleshootingforyourmixer.
 Werecommendthat,beforecleaningormaintenancetasksareundertaken,themachineoperator(s)
receivesometrainingfromtheirsupervisor,preferablyduringtheinstallationphase.
  Beforecarryingoutcleaningormaintenancetasks,itisimportantthatpowertothe
mixerisdisconnectedatthepowerpoint.
 RoutineMaintenance
 Therobustdesignofthemixermeansthatthereisverylittlerequiredinthewayofroutinemaintenance.
Generally,theonlymaintenancerequirediscleaning(discussedintheprevioussection).
 Cleaning
 Normalcleaning,asspeciedintheprevioussectionisallthatisrequiredtomaintaintheexternal
surfacesofthemixer.
 Werecommendthatyoucleanthemachinepriortoanyothermaintenanceoperationsothatall
surfacesarefreeofdirtandgrease.Thismakesthemachineeasierandsafertohandle.

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