Nordson ColorMax User manual

Color Chan
g
e Procedures
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ColorMax®Powder Booth with Powder Port Feed Center
and Prodigy®HDLV®Powder Transfer System
1093876A

WARNING:
Allow only qualified personnel to
WARNING:
Allow
only
qualified
personnel
to
perform the following tasks. Follow the safety
instructions in your powder coating
equipment manuals.
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Operator A
1 2
Close the booth doors.
Move the booth offline if it is a
Move
the
booth
offline
if
it
is
a
Roll On/Roll Off booth. Turn all automatic spray guns off.
Wait until the Gun Blow Off/Purge Cycle is
complete. Go to page 10.
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Operator B
1 2
Press the Color Change Start button to
start the automatic gun purge cycle.
Remove the powder lance from the hopper and
insert it into the purge chute.
Rotate the hold-down latch over the lance to
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secure it in the chute.

Operator B
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Disconnect the transfer hoses
from the sieve deck. Connect the transfer hoses to the
purge ports on the back wall of the
feed center.
Turn off the Reclaim and
Virgin Transfer Pumps.
Unclamp the sieve and
rotate the pan so that the
rotate
the
pan
so
that
the
pan chute dumps into the
waste chute.
Reclamp the sieve and
ttthRli
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res
t
ar
t
th
e
R
ec
l
a
i
m
transfer pump.

Operator B
6
Disconnect the fluidizin
g
air
g
line and remove the level
sensor from the feed hopper.
Remove the feed hopper
fr
o
m th
e
f
eed
ce
nt
e
r
o e eed ce e
Install a lid on the hopper.
Blow down the lance, purge
chute and hold
-
down latch
chute
and
hold
down
latch
,
lance guide, walls, and floor.
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Operator B
Turn off the Reclaim
Tf
7
T
rans
f
er pump.
Disassemble and clean the
sieve assembly.
Remove the screen gasket
and clean it thoroughly.
Blow off the feed center
walls and floor.
Re-assemble the sieve.
Turn on the Reclaim
transfer pump.
transfer
pump.
Leave the transfer hoses
connected to the purge
ports.
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Operator B
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WHEN OPERATOR A FINISHES
CLEANING THE BOOTH AND EXITS:
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Purge the Virgin
Transfer Pump at the
Bulk Feed Unloader
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Bulk
Feed
Unloader
.
Press the Reclaim
Transfer Purge Start
Transfer
Purge
Start
button to purge the
reclaim pump.
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Operator B
Install the new color feed
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hopper in the feed center.
Connect the fluidizing air
line to the hopper.
Install the level sensor on
the feed hopper.
Remove the lance from
the purge chute and
the
purge
chute
and
install it through the lance
guide and into the
powder.
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Operator A
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Blow off the inlet duct at the
end of the booth.
Starting from the open end of the
booth, blow off the ceiling, walls, and
floor, working from top to bottom and
When Gun Blow
Off/Purge Cycle is
complete:
Open the vertical duct door and
blow off the duct.
floor,
working
from
top
to
bottom
and
toward the closed doors.
Swing open the Aerodecks after
blowing them off.
complete:
Blow off doors at
entry end of the
booth. For Hard-to-Clean Powders:
Wi
p
e down the booth interior
,
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p,
inlet duct, and vertical duct with
damp cotton towels.

Operator A
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Exit the booth and make sure the Reclaim Transfer
Exit
the
booth
and
make
sure
the
Reclaim
Transfer
Pump purge has been started.
While the pump is being purged, open the transfer pan
at the bottom of the cyclone and blow off the pan. Open the cyclone doors and
clean the interior of the
cyclone with the long blow-off
gun.
For Hard-to-Clean Powders:
Wi
p
e down the interior of the
For Hard-to-Clean Powders:
Wipe down the interior of the transfer pan with damp
cotton towels.
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p
cyclone with damp cotton
towels.

Operator A
Remove the pickup tube
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from the old color powder
drum.
Clean the pickup tube.
Vacuum the floor and drum
cart.
Install the new color drum
on the cart
on
the
cart
.
Install the pickup tube in
the new drum.
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Operator A
After the Gun Purge is complete:
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Inspect the exterior of the guns.
Clean off any powder residue.
Inspect the gun positions and
blow-off nozzles.
Make sure the gun nozzles are
clean and there is no impact
clean
and
there
is
no
impact
fusion present on the nozzles.
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System Startup
Before Starting Production:
Inspect the compressed air
quality
System Start
Afterfilter Start
quality
.
Check the powder fluidization
in the feed hopper.
Mllt h
Afterfilter
Start
Feed Center Start
M
anua
ll
y
t
urn on eac
h
automatic gun to check the
spray pattern before switch
the automatic guns to
Automatic Mode.
Start the System, Afterfilter, and Powder Port
Feed Center at the main electrical
p
anel.
Make sure the spray room is
clean and all powder has
been cleaned off the floor and
exterior of the booth and
p
equipment.
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Cyclone Components
1
25
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1. MANUAL PURGE button 4. Transfer pan latch
2. Reclaim pump supply air regulator/gauge
3. Transfer pan fluidizing air regulator/gauge 5. Cyclone access doors
6. Transfer pan 15
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Feed Center Components
1
1. Control Panel
2. Fluidizing Regulator
3
Feed Pumps
6
1
3
.
Feed
Pumps
4. Feed Hopper
5. Powder Lance
6.
Sieve
25
6.
Sieve
3
4
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