GRANGE equipment GRPF10 User manual

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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GRPF10/15/20
PlanetaryMixers.Itexplainstheoperation,cleaningandmaintenanceofthesefoodmixersinsimple,clear
termsandwithanemphasisonyoursafety.Thesemixersarephysicallyandfunctionallyidenticalexcept
forthecapacityofthebowlsizesotheyarereferredtoas“mixer”inthismanual.
 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thesemachines.
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.
 •“bowllift”“bowl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orthreephase380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FloorMixer
 TheGrangeGRPF10/15/20PlanetaryMixershavebeendesignedforstrongperformanceandlonglife.
Simpleoperation,largebowldesignandfastagitatorchangesmakethesemixerssome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;
 •3mixingspeeds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,bowlliftandsafetycage.

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eitherasinglephase240Voltsorthreephase380vaults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.Ensurethatthebowlsafetycageiscorrectlyttedandthatthecageisclosed.
  4.Checkthatthebowlcarriageandbowllifthandle/wheelmoveseasilyandthatit
doesn’tsticksatanypointalongitstravel.
5.Selectthelowspeed(1)settingonthespeedselector.
  6.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.
  7.Turnthemixeroffatthepowerswitch.

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.Therecommended,andonly,safewayofchangingthespeedofthemixeristostopthemachine
andthenselectthedesiredspeed.DONOTattempttochangespeedwhilethemixerisrunning.
 3.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.
 4.Whenamixingjobiscompleted,besuretoleavethebowlsafetycageopenandthebowlliftinthe
loweredposition.Thismakesiteasiertostartthenextjobandleavesthemachinewithallitssafety
interlocksengaged.
 5.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bowlusingthebowllifthandle.
Turnthebowllifthandleclockwisetoraisethebowlonthebowlcarrieruntilitreachesthecarrierstop.
 4.Closeandlockthebowlsafetycage.
Thiswilldisengagethesafetycut-outandallowthemachinetorun.
 5.Selecttheappropriatemixingspeedusingthespeedselector.
Tomovethespeedselectorfromonepositiontoanother,graspthehandleoftheselectorand
depressthebuttonontheendofthehandlewithyourthumb.Thisunlockstheselector.
Movetheselectortotherequiredspeedandreleasethebuttontolockthehandleinthatposition.
 6.Turnthemachineonusingthepowerswitch.
 7.Whenmixingiscompleted,switchoffthepoweratthepowerswitch,unlockthesafetycage,lower
thebowlbyturningthebowllifthandleanti-clockwiseuntilitreachesthelowercarrierstop,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.

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bowllifthandleanti-clockwisetolowerthebowlcarriertoitslowestposition.Ifthebowlis
stillinplace,removeitandsetitasideforcleaning.
 3.Openthebowlsafetycageand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.

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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.