DeVilbiss APOLLO-C Series Operation Manual page 5

INSTALLATION/OPERATION
NOTE: The air supplied to spray gun must be cleaned air which any water, oil and solid material removed. To set up the
Mist Separator and Air Transformer near the gun is recommended.
The air hose to connect to gun should have enough inner diameters depending on the length.
Please refer to the below:
Fluid Hose Length up to 10m
Length 10m~30m
Air Hose Length ups to 10m
Length 10m~60m
CAUTION: Adjust Needle Packing (13) before start using new gun. Tighten the Packing Nut (13) gradually and then to
adjust the needle moving smoothly, untighten a little where the Needle (8) is not well pulled back.
To reduce the over spray, try to set the air pressure as low as possible.
The recommended spray distance is 150~200mm. If the spray distance is too far, good result does not appear.
Also, in order to get uniform finishing, the spray gun should be hold vertically toward the painting surface.
To adjust the fluid delivery, keep the needle full open, not tightening the Adjusting Screw (10), so that the
delivery can be adjusted at the material supply line. It leaves the abrasion of the Fluid Tip (3) and the Needle (8)
the minimum.
The paint should be filtered through 60~90 mesh filter before use.
I.D. 3/8 inches (9.5mm)
I.D. 1/2 inches (12.7mm)
I.D. 5/16 inches (8.0mm)
I.D. 1/2 inches (12.7mm)
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