So, on this side of this Vacuload 4 is several items. This is the valve that operates this vibrating section. So, you can see it’s put on a piece of channel, so it actually fibrillates and bounces any consolidation of abrasives, dust, dirt, or whatever’s accumulated in there.
So, this is the valve to operate that particular airline. So, the only time I need to operate that is when I dump this particular butterfly here.
So, remember you need to turn the air off inside there to dump this, otherwise, the product that’s in there will be held up in suspension by the vacuum. Still trying to hold everything in the back of this receiver.
So, as far as this air line is concerned, there’s air into this to make it vibrate but there’s also a little muffler which is an exhaust. Its gauze keeps the noise down.
Do I need to run it all the time? Look, if it flows out of there easily, there’s no problem but if you’re worried that there is a holdup in there, in it, and it’s when you’re trying to dump, it’s holding it up. By all means, turn it on while you’ve still got air to this unit which the air is fed from the back of the main air line.
Say, if all you’ve done on the back is turned the 2 adductor lines off but there still air in the main manifold, in the T section, which still feeds all of these hoses. So that’s not null and void when you just turn those two butterflies off. I’ve still got air to facilitate these.
What else it does do is it enables me the opportunity to fill these lines with air which is operated by the dump valve which is open and closed as I showed you previously.
So, the dump valve is this butterfly valve here. So, pneumatically that valve opens. Before I even think about opening that valve, what I need to do is attach appropriately a bulk of bag underneath here to catch what’s coming out.
What I suggest you do is keep the ears or the tags of the bag up close to the unit and also too, do I need to sit it on a pallet? Because if I dump everything into the bulk or bag how am I going to get it out of there?
I’ll let have to let the ears, or the tags of the bag go and get the tons of the fork in between this unit and you run the risk of damage in these areas. So, I’d be more inclined to put the bulk or bag on a pallet if you have the opportunity to do that.
So, there’s one big potential here to hurt yourself because it’s pneumatically operated valve that means that when air comes on to this valve it’ll open that butterfly. What’s the consequence of that?
If someone operates that valve and you’ve got your hand in there, it will actually cut your fingers off. So, what do we need to do? We need to make sure that we’ve got two people here to do this particular job. One to ensure that no one operates that valve if I’m going to put my hands anywhere near it.
So, what I suggest you don’t do is with that valve open, put your hand up in there to see if there’s anything left in behind, any remnants sitting on the conical section. What a silly thing to do. Never put your hand in there.
If you’re worried about retention of dust, turn the vibrator on and see what falls out. So, it’s a look-see from a distance. It’s not a let’s put my hand in there and see what the story is. So, never there’s no need to put your hand in there at all.
Always have somebody there to make sure that nobody else can touch this or operate this unit whilst I’m doing this. Because like I said, you’ve still got air in the center manifold but you’ve turned the adductors off so I can’t suck anything. But someone can turn that butterfly on or off while I’ve got my hand in there. Don’t put your hand in it. Simple.
This is sitting on four sliding RHS. So, they have pins in them, and I also have on the end of the pin a lynch pin or a safety pin. So, when we lift this up into position with the forklift, we slide the pins into the appropriating holes and put the linchpins in the end of the pin itself.