Concise Operating Instructions; In The Beginning Of The Drying Season Make The Following Checks; Filling; Drying - Mepu K-SERIES Operating Manual

9 Concise operating instructions

9.1 In the beginning of the drying season make the following checks

 Tightness and condition of the chains and the drive belts
 The elevator
o Check the elevator flaps. Replace, if worn.
o Make sure that the elevator and the dryer are aligned. Measure the distance!
o Make sure that you have spare belts, flaps and chain links at hand.
 Clean the furnace
o Cleanliness of the heat channel (drying vault)
o Get a spare nozzle (spraying angle 80
o Clean the inside bottom of the furnace and make sure that the burner is clean
 Gear oil (feeding apparatus, spreader disc)
 Lubricate the chains and the feeding machinery bearings
 Check the augers, the grain bin, the drying cells, the feeding apparatus and the bottom
trough for cleanliness
 Check the condition of the plastic bottom of the top and bottom conveyors
 Check the condition of the dust and debris pipe and the collection unit (cyclone)
 Test run the dryer to increase its temperature

9.2 Filling

 Close all 6 bottom flaps of the feeding apparatus, cranks locked in the vertical position/
cranked shut
 Remove the shutter plate between the elevator and the feeding auger, connect the feeding
auger with the elevator crank
 Turn the divider on the top of the elevator towards the dryer
 Start the filling process by turning the mode selector switch to 2
 Start feeding grain into the hopper
 Monitor the dryer filling process, make sure not to overfill it
 Stop the dryer by turning the mode selector switch to 0, or the level guard stops the
machine automatically

9.3 Drying

 Disconnect the feeding auger from the elevator, install the shutter plate between the
elevator and the bottom auger
 Turn the divider towards the dryer
 Set the cooling timer to 1–1.5 h
 Check burner control thermostat setting
 Check the drying thermostat setting
 Start the drying process Turn the mode selector switch to 3
 Press the start button The furnace fan starts.
 Monitor the drying process. The dryer and the burner shall start in about 3 minutes after
the fan is started.
o If the on/off timer bypass is selected: The elevator bottom conveyors are running
during the entire drying process.
o The on/off timer is selected: The conveyors run for ca 2 minutes, followed by a
ca 1 minute pause, during which time the feeding apparatus gathers grain into
the bottom trough. The bottom trough should be emptied during the next running
phase. Make sure that the bottom trough is emptied.
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