Sterling BP810, BP814, BP818 manual

Important!

Before carrying out any maintenance on the cutting chamber, the operator must wear work gloves thick enough to avoid injury to the hands while touching sharp parts or the cutting edges of the blades.

To inspect blades, remove the screen by following steps 1-0in

Section 6-3.Then, proceed as follows:

1.Open the rear-closing panel by releasing the locking latch.

2.Pivot the in-feed hopper completely back to gain clear access to the cutting chamber, and clear any process material or foreign objects between the knives.

3.Turn the rotor slowly until the first row of rotor knives are in close proximity to the bed knife cutting edge. Turn the rotor backwards, keeping hands and fingers from directly contacting sharp knife-edges.

4.Using a feeler gauge, measure the gap between the rotor and knife cutting edges. Check each rotor knife to find the “high knife” or the knife that measures the smallest gap. If the gap is substantially greater than the specified 0.006” - 0.008” (0.15 mm – 0.2 mm), the knives need readjustment.

5.Loosen the bed knife shield hold down screws and remove the shield. (See Error! Reference source not found..)

6.Leave the screws that hold the bed knife just tight enough to allow the bed knife to move.

7.Loosen the adjustment screws and lock nuts. (See Error! Reference source not found..)

8.Insert a 0.006” – 0.008” (0.15 mm – 0.2 mm) thickness gauge between the cutting edge of the bed knife and that of the high rotor knife.

9.Adjust the bed knife into the rotor knife using the adjustment screws, so as to leave enough space for the thickness gauge to move.

NOTE: Check that the distance between the fixed and rotating knife is the same at both ends of each knife. Move the bed knife using the push adjusting screws a little at a time on each end.

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