Mychef iSENSOR FSS Series User manual

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iSENSOR
iSENSOR floor standing
Product Manual
Installation, use and maintenance

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INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................3
2. 2. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS..................................................................4
2.1. Functional equipment ............................................................................................. 4
2.2. Design features ........................................................................................................ 4
3. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION..............5
3.1. Personnel in charge of the use of the appliance.................................................. 5
3.2. Electrical hazard ....................................................................................................... 5
3.3. Thermal hazard......................................................................................................... 5
3.4. Hazard arising from the use of gas ........................................................................ 5
4. INSTALLATION ...............................................................................................6
5. USE.................................................................................................................7
5.1. Control panel............................................................................................................ 7
5.2. Self Calibration System (SCS) ................................................................................. 9
5.3. Connecting and turning on the appliance............................................................ 9
5.4. Gas injection........................................................................................................... 11
5.5. Operating modes................................................................................................... 11
5.5.1. Automatic mode.......................................................................................... 11
5.5.2. Manual mode............................................................................................... 12
5.5.3. Autoclean ..................................................................................................... 14
5.6. Packaging ............................................................................................................... 15
5.7. Errors ....................................................................................................................... 16
6. MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................18
6.1. Cleaning.................................................................................................................. 18
6.2. Vacuum pump oil................................................................................................... 18
6.3. Sealing bar.............................................................................................................. 19
6.4. Water-tight seal on the lid..................................................................................... 19
6.5. Maintenance schedule .......................................................................................... 19
6.5.1. Check the oil level ....................................................................................... 19
6.5.2. Change the pump oil.................................................................................. 21
6.5.3. Other maintenance operations ................................................................. 25
6.6. Owner liability ........................................................................................................ 25

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1. INTRODUCTION
This document has been prepared in order to provide reliable and helpful information
regarding the use of the appliance. The manufacturer waives all liability, whether express or
implied, for any possible errors or omissions that the manual may contain.
Before operating or using this appliance, read this manual carefully and
thoroughly.
The owner of the appliance is responsible for requiring all personnel in charge
of use and maintenance to read this manual.

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2. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
2.1. Functional equipment
•Removable solder bar without connections.
•Possibility of programming up to 10 work cycles.
•Polyethylene plate inside the chamber, which increases the vacuum speed and
regulates the working height.
•Vacuum control by sensor.
•Auto-calibration system.
•Intelligent mode for packaging liquids and porous products.
•Progressive pressure recovery to avoid damage to the bag caused by spines, bones,
etc.
•Controlled visualization of all process steps.
•Vacuum plus to force air out of porous products.
•“AUTO-CLEAN OIL” process, self-cleaning oil system.
•Optional inert gas inlet on all models. This optional conditions the manufacture, it
must be requested in advance since it cannot be added later.
•Equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 or higher for connection with the “Mychef iSensor” app
available on iOS and Android, for managing packaging programs and printing
labels.
•For label printing, the accessory TVAA0036 - Label Printer with Bluetooth LE is
required.
2.2. Design features
•Made of stainless steel.
•Well with rounded edges for easy cleaning.
•Transparent methacrylate lid to visualize the element to be packed.
•Side display for checking the oil level.

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3. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION
3.1. Personnel in charge of the use of the appliance
The use of the appliance is reserved for trained personnel.
Personnel must be familiar with the safety standards and the instructions for
use.
3.2. Electrical hazard
Work on the electrical power source and access to live parts is only permitted
to skilled personnel and is under their responsibility. In any case, said access
must be carried out with the appliance disconnected from the electricity grid.
3.3. Thermal hazard
Make sure the ventilation openings are not blocked.
Do not install the appliance near flammable products.
3.4. Hazard arising from the use of gas
The use of gas for controlled atmosphere packaging is restricted to the use of
nitrogen (N2) or carbon dioxide (CO2) or mixtures of both. This machine is not
designed for the use of Oxygen (O2) or other flammable gases.

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4. INSTALLATION
Once the appliance has been received, remove the packaging carefully and check the
equipment against the label (located on the rear-left side) to be sure that this is the
requested appliance. Once the appliance has been checked, read this “Product Manual:
Installation, use and maintenance” bearing in mind the following precautions:
a) The personnel in charge of the installation must be qualified in appliance installation.
b) Verify that the voltage/current source corresponds to that required by the appliance.
c) Grounding is mandatory.
d) Check that the elements that make up the equipment are properly situated and free
from damage from transport.
Place the appliance on a flat surface and ensure that it is level. The appliance should be
placed so that it is protected from splashes of water and dirt.
Before starting up the equipment, check the rear display to see whether the oil level is
between the MAX and MIN markings. If the level is below the minimum, it must be refilled
(see section 6).

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5. USE
5.1. Control panel
Mychef iSensor packaging machines consist of an LCD display and a rotary encoder with a
central button.
Do not clean the vacuum packer screen cover with alcohol-based liquids,
solvents, acids or detergents as these may damage the screen cover and affect
the display.
The LCD display is structured in three main zones:
-The left zone or operating mode zone (A in Figure 1)
-The central or percentage level zone and error indicator (B in Figure 1)
-The right zone or status zone (C in Figure 1)
Figure 1. LCD Screen with all segments
Each zone contains a series of icons and text elements that describe at all times the state of
operation of the vacuum packaging machine and allow the user to interact with the machine,
changing the packaging parameters to suit each use. The role of each of them is explained
below:

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Function
Description
A
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Modes
Labels of the 3 operating modes: Automatic, Manual and Self Cleaning.
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“AUTO” icon
Automatic mode indicator.
3
“MANUAL” icon
Manual mode indicator.
4
“CLEAN” icon
Self-cleaning mode indicator.
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“OFF” icon
Indicator of the vacuum packer shutdown process.
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Program
indicator
Program display in the Manual mode. The numeric display shows the
number of the selected program.
B
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Numerical
display
Shows integers from 0 to 199 or with a decimal from 0.0 to 99.9. This
display shows all the numerical parameters required during the vacuum
cycle or the configuration of the vacuum packaging machine; from the
vacuum level in % to sealing times, self-cleaning, etc., passing through the
error number or program selection in manual model.
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Error icon
Error indicator, shows that the central numerical display shows an error
value.
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Vacuum
percentage icon
Icon indicating that the central numeric display shows a value in %.
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Seconds icon
Icon indicating that the central numeric display shows a value in seconds.
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Minute icon
Icon indicating that the central numeric display shows a value in minutes.
C
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States
Labels of the 5 operating cycle states of vacuum packers: Vacuum, Gas,
Sealing, Air and Repeat.
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Extra vacuum
indicator
Indicator of the Extra Vacuum status, where the packer maintains 100%
vacuum for a certain period of time.
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Vacuum icon
Vacuum status indicator. Indicates that a vacuum process is being carried
out in the chamber. (Pump running)
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Gas icon
Gas status indicator. Indicates that gas is being injected into the chamber.
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Sealing icon
Sealing status indicator. Indicates that the vacuum bag is being sealed.
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Air icon
Air status indicator. Indicates that atmospheric pressure in the chamber is
recovering.
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Cycle icon
Repeat status indicator. Indicates the vacuum cycle repeat number and
recovery in manual mode. If a multicycle mode is set, the numeric display
below the icon indicates the current cycle number in countdown.
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Encoder push
button icon
Indicates that pressing the central button will present a change, skip or
cancellation of the current operating process.
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Closed lid icon
Indicates that the cover can be closed to start operation.
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Open lid icon
Indicates that the lid can be opened.
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Mode of air entry
icon
Indicates the selected air inlet mode: Soft (progressive air inlet), Fast
(normal air inlet) and Stop (blocking of the vacuum percentage in the
chamber for making marinades, etc.).

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Table 1. Control board indicators, displays and buttons
5.2.Self Calibration System (SCS)
The iSensor floor standing vacuum packers have a fully automatic calibration system, Self
Calibration System (SCS), patented by MyChef. As a result of this automatic recalibration
algorithm of the vacuum percentage, we have the following advantages:
•Calibration without user intervention
The appliance automatically detects optimal calibration conditions and, completely
autonomously, can recalibrate itself according to the following physical changes:
-Automatic adaptation to temperature variations.
-Automatic adaptation to climate variations.
-Automatic adaptation to altitude variations.
-Automatic adaptation to variation in oil properties.
The appliance is able to detect increases and decreases in differential atmospheric
pressure, recalibrating itself as needed.
•Increased precision in measuring the vacuum
By constantly calibrating itself automatically, the values used to calculate the vacuum
percentage are dynamically updated. Therefore, the vacuum percentage that the
user selects has a smaller error margin than if it were to not dynamically calibrated.
The SCS calibration system determines when it is necessary to perform a calibration and
does so automatically without the user intervention. However, the user can force a
calibration at any time simply by making a packaging with 100% vacuum.
5.3.Connecting and turning on the appliance
When the appliance is connected to the electricity grid, a start-up process takes place where
all internal values are initialized, and safety and control checks are carried out to ensure
optimum control of the vacuum packing. This process will be indicated on the screen by the
simultaneous flashing of all segments for a number of seconds.
While the segments are flashing, you can check the technical control parameters by
pressing the centre button. These parameters may be relevant for the maintenance of the
appliance. Two parameters will be displayed:
-Vacuum pump operating hours.
-Number of vacuum cycles performed.
The first value displayed is the operating hours of the vacuum pump. This will be identified
by the "Vacuum" icon, which will light up in the right-hand block of the screen. The digits of
the number will be shown on the central display cyclically by marking the end of the digits
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“Ready” icon
Indicates whether the machine is ready to start a new packaging cycle. If
this icon flashes, the machine will be ready after opening the vacuum
packer lid.

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with an "H". For example, if the pump motor has been running for 20991 hours, the display
will show:"2 - 0 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 1 - H", on a loop.
Figure 2. Display of vacuum pump operating hours
By pressing the push-button while the number of pump operating hours is displayed, the
vacuum packer will go on to show the number of complete vacuum cycles it has completed.
The value will be displayed using the same method, changing the "H" that identifies the end
of the number of operating hours to a "C" for packaging cycles. In this case the value will be
identified by the "Repeat" icon.
Figure 3. Displaying the number of vacuum cycles performed
Press the central button again to finish displaying this value and continue to end the
machine initialization process.
Once the vacuum packaging machine is connected and the initialization process is
completed (whether or not the status values of the pump are consulted), it will be switched
off, waiting for the user to switch it on to start working.
The machine can be switched on in two different ways:
-Pressing any of the three buttons.
-Opening the lid.
Any interaction will put it into operation in automatic mode so that just with one more
movement of the lid it can start to pack.
¡WARNING! The Manufacturer shall not be liable for any injury to persons or
animals and damage to components resulting from improper use and not in
conformity with the machine.