Antunes, AJ VCT-1000 owner manual Conveyor Belt Chains, Removing Conveyor Belt Chain

VERTICAL CONTACT TOASTER

NOTE: The Bun Thickness Compression Knobs (Figure 7) must be set to “6 & 6” prior to measur- ing or removing or reinstalling the Conveyor Belt Chains.

Conveyor Belt Chains

WARNING Turn the unit off, disconnect the power source and allow the unit to cool down before performing any ser- vice or maintenance on the unit.

MEASURING CONVEYOR BELT CHAINS

Facing the toaster, locate the approximate center-point of the Conveyor Chain. Pull the Conveyor chain away from the edge of the toaster. Stand a U.S. Dime, 11/ 16” (1.8 cm) coin on end between the frame and the chain. If the gap is significantly wider than the coin, REMOVE links as described below. Then, measure the gap again to make sure it is not too tight. Check the opposite side of the toaster using the same mea- surements.

ADJUSTING CONVEYOR BELT CHAINS

After a period of time, the Conveyor Chain links will wear and the Conveyor Belt chain will stretch, eventu- ally skipping on the lower sprockets. This is easily remedied by removing one or more conveyor links from each side of the belt. There are two 1/2” small links on each side of the conveyor belt. The rest of the links are large, 3/4” long (Figure 11).

REMOVE CONVEYOR BELT CHAINS

1.If required, perform steps 1 - 4 under Replacing Belt Wraps on the previous page.

2.Disconnect the Conveyor Belt Chain by squeez- ing any two links together and unhooking both ends of one link (Figure 11). Needle-nose pliers may be used.

3.To shorten a stretched Conveyor Belt Chain, remove one 1/2” link from the belt.

4.Reassemble the Conveyor Belt Chain onto the sprockets as described below in Replacing Conveyor Belt Chains.

NOTE: If the belt is too short to be reassembled, remove an additional 1/2” small link and install a 3/4” large link. This will shorten the belt 1/4” over- all.

REPLACING CONVEYOR BELT CHAINS

1.Remove the old Conveyor Belt Chain as described above.

2.Place the replacement Conveyor Belt Chain on the top sprockets with hook ends down. Check for correct positioning (Figure 11).

NOTE: The ends of the hooks must point down. (Figure 11).

3.Wrap the Conveyor Belt Chain around the top and lower sprockets and connect by hooking both ends together.

NOTE: Make sure the Conveyor Belt Chain is installed under the upper support rod and over the lower support rod.

Rotation Upper Support Rod

Large Link

P/N 0800121

Small Link

P/N 0800204

Figure 11. Removing Conveyor Belt Chain

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