PROCEDURE FOR BELT ADJUSTMENT (TRACKING)

 

 

Position yourself so that you face the conveyor with the access cover

Start

 

between you and the conveyor. The platen should be on the other side

 

 

 

of the conveyor from you. This puts the adjustment screw on your right.

No

Continue to monitor the conveyor from time-to- time for a couple of days to see if it walks over a sprocket.

END

 

Has the belt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

walked

over

Yes

T o

w h i c h

Right

No

one

of

the

sprocket

did

 

 

 

s p r o c k e t s

 

the

belt

walk

 

 

w i t h i n

1 0

 

over?

 

 

 

minutes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While conveyor

 

 

 

b e l t

i s

s t i l l

Did the belt walk

Yes

between

the

off the sprocket

 

 

sprockets, turn

 

 

in 5 minutes?

 

 

the

screw

2

 

 

 

times counter

 

 

 

clock-wise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

Did

the conveyor

 

 

 

 

belt

walk after a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

few hours?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

Did the belt walk

Yes

off the sprocket

 

 

in 5 minutes?

 

 

 

No

 

 

While

conveyor

b e l t

i s

s t i l l

b e t w e e n

t h e

sprockets, turn the

screw

2

times

clock-wise.

 

 

 

Within about 5

 

 

 

minutes, which

Right

 

 

sprocket is the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

conveyor walking

 

 

 

toward?

 

 

Neither. It stays

 

 

 

 

in center.

 

 

 

Left

 

Turn the screw clock-

wise about a half turn. If

the belt has walked over

the right

sprocket, you

will need to put it in the

center of

the

sprockets

by hand.

CAUTION!!!

THE BELT

MAY BE

EXTREMELY HOT. YOU

C O U L D

B U R N

YOURSELF.

 

Turn the screw counter clock-wise about a half turn. If the belt has walked over the right sprocket, you will need to put it in the center of the sprockets by hand. CAUTION!!! THE BELT MAY BE EXTREMELY HOT. YOU COULD BURN YOURSELF.

11. PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING A BELT

TOOLS NEEDED: Needle-nose pliers, phillips-head screwdriver.

1.Turn off toaster. Let cool for 30 minutes.

2.Remove top lid and open front cover.

3.Turn toaster on and depress top lid switch button until the belt splice (flap) is at about the center of the conveyor. Turn toaster off.

4.Remove the pin from the splice using the needle-nose pliers.

5.Remove the old belt from the toaster. (CAREFUL!!! MAY BE HOT! YOU COULD BURN YOURSELF!)

6.Put the new belt on. Feed the belt through the conveyor using the end

of the belt without the flaps. (CAREFUL!!! MAY BE HOT! YOU COULD BURN YOURSELF!)

7.Put pin in splice. Make sure sides of belt are aligned and that belt is routed over the plastic roller. Make sure belt is in center of conveyor.

8.Close the front cover and turn to the rear conveyor.

9.Repeat steps 3-7 for rear conveyor.

10.Close the rear cover and replace the lid.

11.Turn toaster on and turn knobs to their normal settings.

12.Watch the conveyors to see if belts ride over the sprockets. If they do, follow procedure for training a belt (see section 10, pages 17-18).

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APW Wyott VCG operating instructions Procedure for Belt Adjustment Tracking

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