This filter joins the STF filters wide range for agricullture, water treatment, sewage treatment plants and other industrial use. All the products manufactured by STF-FILTROS are easy to install, use and maintain and no special knowledge is required to operate them.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Prior to installation or filter operation, read carefully this manual. 2. Please note, the filters enters into a backflushing mode automatically, without prior warning. 3. Non authorized modifications or changes on the equipment are permitted. 4. Filter installation should be performed so as to avoid direct water splashing on the electrical components.
“clean water” side (water under the screen) in such a way that no foreign object can affect its performing or deterioration. FMA-6000 filters fit directly to the pipe by means of flanges, as it was one more element of the pipe. Only the electric and control elements require installation.
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When the sector is placed in the backwash chamber, this remains watertight due to the nylon bristles, for this reason, when the backwashing valve is opened, water flows through the filtration screen in the opposite sense than the filtration process which means an important saving in backwashing water consumption.
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Maintenance The FMA-6000 filter has only a mobile piece and it is accesible from outside. The rest of the mobile pieces like engines and external valves are easily accesible. The rest of the maintenance is based on visual inspections and greasing.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Connection inlet/ Drainage Nominal flow m3/s outlet connection Installed Model power Screen Screen Screen capacity Inches Inches 1,5 x 1 x 1 2 x 2 FMA - 6016 16" 3" 0.089 0.13 0.17 1.48 Kw FMA - 6020 20"...
Shut-off valve Filter FMA-6000 Drainpipe Minimum 1% slope It is advisable to assemble a motorized butterfly valve together with a dismantling joint, previous to the filter. This is necessary in order to cut the water supply to the installation, in case of filter alarm or preventive maintenance.
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START-UP AND FIRST OPERATION 1. Make sure that water flood direction coincides with the arrows indicated on the equipment. 2. A backflow valve has to be installed if it is foreseen reflux in the filter in order to protect the device from water hammer.
MASTER PANEL PERFORMANCE The control panel of the self backwashing FMA-6000 is controlled from a touch screen that allows you to control and modify the equipment parameters. STARTUP SCREEN (1) Touch the STARTUP SCREEN to have access to the MAIN MENU screen.
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PRESSURE DIFFERENCE” will appear on the screen. Besides this, in case of pressure excess, the legend “OVERPRESSURE” will be indicated. If an alarm goes on or there is an operation failure, a triangle warning symbol will appear on the screen. MENUS ACCESS: INSTALLATION BACKWASHING(3): This screen allows you to start the backwashing manually by pressing the STOP WASHING button, in this way the backwashing process...
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PRESSURES (5): This screen allows you to look up both the inlet and the outlet pressure. Besides the real time pressure differential in water column pressure. In the last variable “set point pressure difference” it allows us to select to what pressure differential we want to start a backwashing.
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The menu, which is common to all the screens, appears at the bottom of the screen. It this menu it is possible to have access to: WARNINGS screen (7) ADJUSTMENTS screen (10) REARM screen (11)
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WARNINGS (7) In the warnings menu, we can select the option to check the current alarms, to see the warnings record since the the last updating and to delete the alarm record. If you press X it returns to the previous screen . The ALARMS screen indicates the actual warnings that are still to be corrected in the installation, indicating the warning reason and the moment when they occurred.
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The alarms record screen indicates all the warnings that have appeared since the last deletion. If we push DELETE THE ALARMS RECORD the option to delete all the no active warnings will appear. When the programmer makes the consecutive backwashings indicated in the parameter “CONSECUTIVE BACKWASHINGS ALARM”...
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ADJUSTMENTS(10) screen (10) allows you to configurate the installation parameters, the filter operating times and to adjust the touch screen. CONFIGURATION (11): The CONFIGURATION screen allows you to adjust the backwashing process modifying several parameters such as delay time, pressure difference to start backwashing, opening and closing the backwashing collector butterfly as well as the continuous backwashing time.
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PARAMETERS (12): The PARAMETERS screen allows you to modify the default values to control the backwashing process and activate the alarms in case there is any failure. On this screen it is possible to modify the number of consecutive backwashings, the number of consecutive blockages, the backwashing time and the time between backwashings in case that the backwashing is not due to pressure difference.
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SCREEN ADJUSTMENTS (13): The ADJUSTMENTS SCREEN allows you to have access to the previously mentioned screens (backwashings carried out (5)), as well as to set the screen sensibility (14) or to set date and time (15). TOUCH SETTING (14): It is possible to adjust the pressure values to make a filtering process more effective on the touch setting screen.
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WATCH (15): IMPORTANT: WHEN THE FILTER TRIGGERS THE ALARM SIGNAL, THIS MUST BE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY TO STOP WATER FLOODING THROUGH THE FILTER BY CLOSING THE BUTTERFLY VALVE BEFORE THE FILTER.
4 - 20mA located in the inlet and the outlet. These transducers give a stable and precise signal of pressure in both filter chambers and the electric panel calculates the pressure differential. The pressure differential is regulated to 0.8 m.c.a and it can only be changed by STF-Filtros technical skilled personnel.
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It is not necessary to make any other maintenance, gearmotors have enough oil for its useful life. FMA-6000 filter has a mobile piece and it is accessible from outside. The rest of the mobile pieces such as engines and valves are external and easily accessible. The rest of the maintenance is based on visual...
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