Wood master COMMERCIAL Series User manual

Northwest Manufacturing, Inc / 600 Polk Ave SW / Red Lake Falls, MN 56750
www.woodmaster.com / 800-932-3629 / Manual PN: 7994-405
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Cyclone Separator
WOODMASTER COMMERCIAL SERIES
Rev: 2.1

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Table of Contents
General Informaon �����������������������������������������������������������3-4
Safety���������������������������������������������������������������������������������5-6
Features �����������������������������������������������������������������������������7-9
Transport & Installaon������������������������������������������������������� 10
Operaon���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 11
Cleaning ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 12
Maintenance ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 13
Notes ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14
Warranty ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 15-18
Notes ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 19
IMPORTANT!
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMA-
TION FOR THE CORRECT AND SAFE OPERATION OF THE CY-
CLONE SEPARATOR� IT MUST BE CAREFULLY READ BEFORE
INSTALLATION, AND ALL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
OPERATIONS�

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General Informaon
Idencaon of the document
This Use and Maintenance Guide contains the main informaon for storing, moving, installing, using, monitor-
ing, maintenance and disposal of the Cyclone Separator. This manual reects the state of the Cyclone Separa-
tor at the me of delivery and cannot be considered inadequate because subsequently updated on the basis
of new experience acquired by WoodMaster. WoodMaster reserves the right to modify the products and the
manuals without updang the booklets referring to previous producons and without prior noce to the users
of previously supplied Cyclone Separators. Prior noce regarding future updang of the manual and/or the
Cyclone Separator’s is to be considered
a courtesy only. Our customer service is always available for providing informaon on updates of
WoodMaster Cyclone Separators upon request.
Aim of the document
This Instrucon Manual has been wrien to provide the user and the installer with a general knowledge of the
Cyclone Separator and the assembly, use and maintenance instrucons that are necessary for operang the
Cyclone Separator with maximum safety for the operators. This manual is an integral part of the Cyclone Sepa-
rator and must be kept with it unl its decommissioning as a reference for all future updates.
For safe operaon, all Cyclone Separator operators (installers, drivers, maintenance personnel) must be famil-
iar with all the instrucons contained in this manual. In parcular, personnel must:
• Be familiar with and observe all instrucons included in the present manual in order
to operate the Cyclone Separator safely
• Respect the Laws relang to the prevenon of accidents in the workplace

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General Informaon
Intended use
The Cyclone Separator is exclusively intended for the removal of solid parcles contained in fumes
given o by heat generators.
Improper use
Use of the Cyclone Separator for other purposes or in dierent ways than those described in this
manual constutes improper use.
Liability
Guarantee of manufacturer liability cannot be called upon in case of damages to people or objects due to:
a. improper Cyclone Separator use;
b. use of the Cyclone Separator by untrained personnel;
c. serious lack of maintenance;
d. unauthorised modicaons and intervenons;
e. use of non-original spare parts or not compable with that model;
f. total or paral failure to comply with the instrucons;
g. extraordinary events;
h. use of the Cyclone Separator for purposes other than those specied;
i. use of the Cyclone Separator without its safety devices or with them deacvated.
WARNING
TO AVOID IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE
CYCLONE SEPARATOR, THE
TEMPERATURE OF THE FUMES MUST NOT EXCEED 536 °F�

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Safety
• All installaon and operaons must follow STATE and LOCAL CODES These CODES
may dier from this manual. Installaon must be performed by a qualied
installer.
• Never open the ash door during operaon!
• Anyone who is not familiar with and/or has not been trained to operate the
Ash Extracon System may not operate the system. Only responsible adults
should operate the Cyclone Separator. If the Cyclone Separator is not operated
properly, damage could result and the warranty may be voided.
• Never allow children to play near or tamper with the Cyclone Separator,or any
part of the system.
• Always keep the area around and in front of the system clean and free from
combusble materials.
• Keep animals away from the system.
• The operaon may not be connued or restarted in the event of visible damages
(for example, thermal distoron, traces of smoke or re, mechanical
damages, etc.). Any damages must be repaired. In the event of any doubts,
please contact your authorized WoodMaster Dealer.
• Only touch the handles during the operaon. Temperatures at other points (for
example, chimney, ash door…) can be very high.
• The Cyclone must be operated exclusively according to the guidelines for
planning, assembly, regulaons, statutes and product related instrucons. The
manufacturer is not liable for damages and their results, if they occurred due to
improper assembly, operaon, applicaon and also inadequate maintenance and
cleaning.
• Read and follow these direcons carefully. Retain this manual for as long as you
own your Cyclone Separator.

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Risks Connected To The Use Of The Cyclone Separator
Safety of this cyclone has been considered during the design stage, however, hazardous situaons may arise if:
• The cyclone is used improperly.
• The cyclone is installed by non-qualied personnel.
• Instrucons regarding safety contained in this manual are not complied with.
Safety
BURNING HAZARD
Risk of BURNS during operaon, due to the passage of hot fumes inside the Cyclone Separator which
results in the heang of its piping and surfaces.
ELECTROCUTION HAZARD
Risk of ELECTRIC SHOCK as a result of indirect contact. The Cyclone Separator is connected to and
controlled by an electrical panel equipped with all the protecon devices against overloads and short
circuits. To protect against the indirect contacts, we recommend powering the panel with a line pro-
tected by dierenal switch that has an intervenon threshold no higher than 30 mA.
NOISE HAZARD
Risk of NOISE due to uncleanly condions of the fan vanes.
FINGER INJURY HAZARD
During control and maintenance operaons on chain transmission components located in correspon-
dence of the gear motor.
SUSPENDED LOAD HAZARD
During transport and handling operaons
ASPHYXIATION HAZARD
Risk of ASPHYXIA in the event of insucient sucon of fumes. We recommend conducng periodic
check of the seal gaskets of the inspecon doors, the ange, and the collecon container ng.
PROTECTIVE GLOVES ARE MANDATORY
Protecve gloves must be used during all maintenance and cleaning operaons.
PROTECTIVE HELMET IS MANDATORY
During every transport or handling operaon
PROTECTIVE MASK IS MANDATORY
During maintenance and cleaning operaon on the ues.
EYE PROTECTION IS MANDATORY
During every operaon.
Residual risks
The cyclone has been designed and built in compliance with all the current applicable Safety Standards. Al-
though every possible risk has been considered, it is possible that besides the risks deriving from improper use,
the following risks may occur:

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Features
Descripon of the Cyclone.
For the separaon of suspended substances in a uid
current, the Cyclone Separator is based on the prin-
ciple of mechanical separaon by means of centrifugal
force (Cyclone Separator Principle).
The fumes sucked by a fan located downstream of the
Cyclone Separator are forced to move in a tangenally
inside a
cylinder.
The solid parcles, carried by the uid current, are
launched against the cylinder walls where, due to the
force of gravity acng against them, they lose speed
and fall.
It is possible to improve the separaon capacity of a
cyclone separator sub-dividing it into mulple smaller
cyclones, considering that if the walls travel at the
same speed, the angular speed of the parcles is
inversely proporonal to the wall’s radius. The cen-
trifugal force increases with the angular speed square,
therefore the fricon on the walls of a cyclone with a
smaller diameter also increase.
The Cyclone Separator consists of a fume input cham-
ber in which small cylinders, composed of cylindrical
hoppers equipped with a system that forces the uid
current to move in a rotary manner, are installed at
the boom.
The fumes, aer having traveled a certain part of the
cylindrical hopper, are forced to change direcon and
go up into vercal ducts that, crossing over the input
chamber, release them into a plenum from which they
are then sucked by a centrifugal fan.
The solid parts, separated from the fumes by the cen-
trifugal force and by the abrupt change in direcon
are accumulated in a bucket placed at the base of the
cylinder outlets.

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Features
Performance
The capacity to remove parcles via centrifuge separaon is directly proporonal to the average diameter and
weight of the parcles. The eciency of separaon of this type of Cyclone Separator is inuenced by many fac-
tors including the following:
• size of the suspended solid parcles
• average weight of the solid parcles
• humidity content of the fumes
• ambient air temperature
• temperature of the fumes
The Cyclone Separator is designed to remove dust deriving from the biomass combuson fumes in special heat
generators. The term "biomass" in generic terms, refers to a number of products of plant origin that, oen
mes, only have one thing in common, that is, that they contain a mass of plant bres and a more or less el-
evated humidity content.
Biomass products may include those with low moisture content, such as dry wood, sawdust, wood chips, pel-
lets, nutshells, nuts etc. or products that have an average humidity content including pruning, branches, corn
etc. of products with high humidity content such as grass, leaves, and grape-seeds etc.
During combuson, each of these products produces fumes that contain solid parcles with varying quanes
and dimensions.
Parcle removal eciency is determined using the rao of the weight of the dust entering and that exing; the
removal tests carried out with the test fuel have shown an average eciency that exceeds 50% for parcles of
dimensions exceeding 0.002”.
Since it is not possible to predict all operaon condions with
regard tothe combusble used, the removal eciency de-
clared by the Manufacturer refers to the test combusble as
established by table 8 of Law EN 303-5 included in part C “com-
pressed wood” (pellets).

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Features
GENERAL DATA
The range of Cyclone Separators manufactured by WoodMaster consists of 5 models with the following fea-
tures:
Model A
mm
B
mm
C
mm
D
mm
E
mm
F
mm
G
mm
H x K Cyclone
N°
Weight
daN
kW
MTC500 1510 1260 500 140 250 150 1150 100x140 2 300 0.18
MTC1000 1600 1200 580 185 350 200 1100 112x160 4 400 1.1
MTC2000 2200 1900 780 205 500 250 1600 125x180 9 600 2.2
MTC4000 2600 2300 1000 255 750 300 2000 200x280 16 850 3
MTC8000 3300 3000 1400 405 1000 400 2500 280x400 36 1150 5.5

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Transport & Installaon
General informaon
Cyclone Separators MTC 500,1000, MTC 2000 and MTC 4000 assembled and ready for installaon when sup-
plied. To facilitate transport, Cyclone Separator model MTC 8000 can be supplied in two pieces.
Transport and Handling
Handling operaons must be carried out with adequate vehicles that have a capacity equal to or exceeding the
weight indicated on the idencaon plate.
Installaon and tesng
Tesng may be carried out only once the Cyclone Separator has been installed completely, that is, posioned
and levelled out, and connected to the electrical panel, heat generator and chimney vent.
Cyclone Separator installaon must be
completed by qualied personnel.