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To avoid errors and to ensure trouble-free operation, it is essential that these operating instructions are read and understood by all personnel who are to use the equipment. Should you have problems or difficulties with the equipment, please contact Maguire Products Inc. or your local Maguire distributor.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Table of Contents INSTALLATION VBD-150 Dryer Assembly Dryer Connections Compressed Air Connection Electrical Connection Dryer Overview Home Screen Overview Controller Overview Setup Menu Map - Brief Explanation Setup Menu Options Explained Parameters Explained...
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MAGUIRE PRODUCTS neither assumes nor authorizes any other persons to assume for it any other liability in connection with the sale of its Dryers.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC SAFETY WARNINGS HOT SURFACES: As with all dryers, there are HOT SURFACES to avoid. Temperatures can reach 350F, (180C). Typically, these surfaces are not at dangerous temperatures, however all hot surfaces should be avoided.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Installation Transport and Setup Shipment The VBD-150 Dryer is shipped on two pallets with 4 main sections: (A) Heating Hopper Assembly (B) Vacuum Chamber Assembly (C) Retention Hopper Assembly (D) Control Panel...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Overall layout and Dimensions VBD-150...
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC VBD-150 Assembly Shipment Inventory The VBD-150 is shipped on two pallets. One pallet holds the main body of the VBD-150 and two cardboard boxes containing the Vacuum Chamber, the Retention Hopper, and hardware for assembly. The second pallet holds the heating Hopper.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Heating Hopper Installation The Heating Hopper is shipped on a separate pallet. The weight of the Heating Hopper is 115 lbs (52 kg). It is secured to the pallet with four bolts.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Install the Loader Adapter Plate / Diffuser Assembly onto Heating Hopper Extension. Either open end of the Heating Hopper Extension can be facing up, the open ends are the same. Install Hopper Extension onto the top of the Heating Hopper, aligning the flange bolt holes.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC VBD-150 Heating Hopper Install - Drop Tube 1. At the bottom of the heating hopper, remove the 2 wing nuts holding the Vacuum Chamber fill valve recollector hopper. 2. Remove the Vacuum Chamber fill valve hopper.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Install Connections Attach the Heating Hopper Slide Gate air lines. The two air lines that connect the Heating Hopper Air cylinder to the VBD-150 are different sizes to prevent an incorrect connection.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC At the base of the Retention Hopper are two slots that must be aligned with the locator bolts. Once the locator bolts are aligned, press in the slide-gate to lock the Retention Hopper in place and open the base for material flow.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Unlock Slider to Close Hold the Slider Lock up and push the Vacuum Chamber Slider in until it clears the retaining plate. Release the Slider Lock and continue pushing the Vacuum Chamber Slider in.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Dryer External Connections Once assembled, installation requires connection of: pneumatic air line, electrical, intake and output material lines. Compressed Air Connection Connect an air supply to the air regulator’s IN port using a female 1/4” NPT pipe fitting.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Electrical Connection RISK OF INJURY! Only qualified technicians should make electrical connections. Connect Main Power The electrical cable located on the left side of the Dryer on the power box supplies the power to the Dryer.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Confirm Correct 3-Phase Electrical Connection THREE PHASE Unit - CONFIRM proper 3-Phase power connection prior to loading material. Failure to confirm proper 3-phase connection can result in reversed blower rotation and damage to blower if the blower sucks in material from heating hopper rather than blow heated air into heating hopper.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Dryer Overview – Heating Hopper Outlet Temperature – Heating Hopper Inlet Temperature T1s – Heating Hopper Air Inlet Temperature Setting T1a – Heating Hopper Air Inlet Temperature Actual – Material Outlet Temperature (optional)
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Home Screen Overview Shown with enabled options: Auto Shutdown, Batch Mode, and Preheat. T1 Actual - Actual Heating Hopper inlet air temperature T1 Setpoint - Heating Hopper inlet air temperature Setpoint. Touch to adjust.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Startup and Operation This section will help you understand what the dryer is doing during operation from a cold start. There are 3 concurrent operations. Heating, Vacuum and, Retention. Cold startup begins with Preheat. Preheat only occurs before the first cycle of the dryer’s initial startup, otherwise each cycle begins with material heating.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC 4. On the Home Screen: T1 Inlet Temp Setpoint – This is heat hopper inlet temperature. By the end of the preheat cycle time, all material in the Heating Hopper will be heated to this temperature. By default, the Setpoint temperature is set to 150°F.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC What is happening when the dryer is running: During the Pre-heat operation material in the heating hopper is brought up to temperature (T1s). Preheat time is determined by the specified Preheat Time on the Pre-Start screen (timed preheat, default 35 minutes) or by the Preheat Setup Auto option, which sets an inlet to outlet temperature delta and a minimum preheat time.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC End Preheat, Shutdown, Auto Shutdown, Immediate Shutdown and Pause End Preheat - (shown only if in a preheat cycle) Skips the preheat allowing material to immediately pass down to the Vacuum Chamber (example: material has already been heated and dryer has been taking offline briefly and powered back on).
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Auto-Stop Setup Auto-Stop initiates a shutdown at a specified time on specific days if the week. To enable and configure Auto-Stop follow the steps below. Press Display will prompt for a password. (default: 22222)
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Advanced Information Pressing on the Home Screen will display additional information such as readings of all RTD thermometers, vacuum time elapsed, absolute pressure in the Vacuum Chamber, blower drive frequency. T1 Actual - Actual Heating Hopper inlet air temperature.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Setup Menu Map - Brief Explanation This section contains a brief explanation of the Setup menu. For detailed information see Setup Menu Full Explanation starting on page 35. ► Setup (password protected) – Settings and Options Menus ►...
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Communication Diagnostics - Information for communications ► Resets ► User Settings - Save / Restore User entered Settings ► Restore All - Restores factory default settings ► Firmware Updates - Reads USB drive for updates, selects and updates firmware. Contact Maguire Products Inc. for updates.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Modes of Operation Three modes of operation (on Home Screen): Run Dryer, Manual Operations, Clean Out. Run Dryer - See Operation on page 23. Manual Operations – Options that allow direct control over specific outputs.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC VC LC – Raw counts of the vacuum chamber loadcell RH LC - Raw counts of the retention hopper loadcell T1 – Heating hopper inlet temperature T2 – Heating hopper outlet temperature T4 –...
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Setup Menu – Full Explanation Setup is a password protected area for accessing Dryer or System specific configuration settings. Setup is accessible from the main screen by pressing: Press Display will prompt for a password. (default: 22222) Then press: Parameters –...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC to prepare the process. OFF: Disables the Material Ready Alarm 1st: Material Ready Alarm sounds after the first and only the first batch of material is ready to drop from the Vacuum Chamber.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC vacuum chamber Dump retries. Auto-Start Setup Auto-Starts the Dryer at a specified Time and Day(s). Can be set to Auto-Start the Dryer at one time only or on a repeated schedule. Must be ENABLED in Display Setup.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Print Options Print Setup - See page 62 • Print Parameters - Prints the parameter list to a USB. • Print Alarm History - Prints the Alarm History to USB. • Print Alarms and Event - Prints Alarm and Events to USB.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC each controller must have a unique address. Valid numbers are 000 to 255. Modbus Server – Enable or disable Modbus TCP. TCP/IP Configuration – Enable DHCP or set a static IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Parameters All Maguire VBD controllers operate according to certain internal PARAMETERS. Because customer requirements vary widely, we have made parameters accessible for change through the keypad. In most cases, these parameters will never need to be changed. Some parameters that are routinely adjusted values are adjustable from the main display.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Parameter Units TIMES Are expressed as full seconds or full minutes. PERCENTS are expressed in full percents. TEMPERATURES are expressed in full degrees (Fahrenheit or Celsius). TERM used to calculate a value.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Two conditions are triggered by VCL. When in Clean Out Mode, the Vacuum Chamber fill valve will be open when the amount of material in the Vacuum Chamber is at or below this weight. When starting in Auto Cycle, the “material in Vacuum Chamber”...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Heat Hopper Dump Delay - Seconds - 0004 Delay in seconds between the heating system shutdown and material dump from the heating hopper to the Vacuum Chamber. This delay allows time for the blower to stop.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Preheat Time – Time in Minutes – 00030 Time in Minutes that the material in the heating hopper is heated following a cold start before normal Run Dryer sequence starts. Preheat Target Delta – Degrees – 00030...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Energy Saver Mode – temperature – 000125 When Energy Saver Mode is enabled, and the temperature of the air exiting the heating hopper is at or above this level and the Energy Saver Time has elapsed, trigger Energy Saver Mode.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Vacuum Parameters Vacuum Time Setting (Time in minutes) – 00020 The length of a vacuum cycle in minutes. Vacuum Pressure Low Setpoint (mm Hg abs.) – 00080 The pressure (absolute mm, absolute inches, differential mm, differential inches) at which the vacuum system will attempt to attain before stopping and holding said pressure.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Changing Parameters Changing parameters can have an impact on the Dryers performance. It is highly recommended that a supervisor change the default Program Mode password to protect the parameter values. Prior to making any parameter changes, make sure you understand what you are doing.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Batch Mode Batch Mode enables the dryer to dry a predetermined amount of material and then automatically stop and display a message indicating the batch is complete. To turn on Batch Mode see: System Configuration / System Preferences / Display Options / Batch Mode, page 35.
VBD-150 communications enabled software communication over Ethernet using the MLAN Protocol. For more information about the MLAN Protocol and the VBD-150 Dryer see the MLAN Protocol manual, available on the Maguire Products Inc website. MLAN communications over Ethernet use port 9999 to communicate.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Press Display will prompt for a password. (default: 22222) Then press: Press Display will show the System Configuration categories. Press Communications Display will show the System Communications categories. Press Modbus Server Display will show the Modbus Server screen. On this screen, press the checkbox Enable to enable Modbus.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Maintenance Drain and purge Air Filter / Regulator The purpose of the air filter is to remove moisture and contaminants from the air supply and protect the air components of the Dryer. The air filter must be periodically purged of moisture.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Loadcell Calibration Zero Weight Calibration BE SURE The Vacuum Chamber air lines are connected. BE SURE The Air supply is on. BE SURE The Vacuum Chamber and Retention Hopper are EMPTY. BE SURE The Vacuum Chamber and Retention Hopper are hanging / resting freely on the load cells.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Full Weight Calibration In order for a full weight calibration to be performed, a ZERO WEIGHT Calibration must be completed, whether it be for the vacuum chamber or retention hopper. Once, ZERO WEIGHT calibration is complete, a calibration weight or material of known weight can be placed into the corresponding chamber.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Temperature and Pressure Verification Should it be deemed necessary to verify the VBD’s T1a RTD (heating hopper air inlet temperature measurement) and/or pressure sensor (vacuum level reading), this page outlines how to accomplish this. We would first like to state that “perfect”...
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Clean Out Procedure Clean Out dumps the Heating Hopper or the Vacuum Chamber or both at the same time. The following explains how to perform these procedures. HEATING HOPPER HOT SURFACES: As with all dryers, there are HOT SURFACES to avoid. Temperatures can reach 350°F, (180°C).
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Slide out the Vacuum Chamber. Install the Heating Hopper Dump Chute onto the Vacuum Chamber lift cylinders. Orient the Heating Hopper Dump Chute so that material will exit out the back of the dryer.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Emptying the Heating Hopper Press Clean Out The Clean Out button is located on the Home Screen. Display will show: Batch Start Clean Out Mode screen. Both the Dump Heating Hopper screen button and the Heating Hopper Drain Valve button (located near the upper rear of the Vacuum Chamber area) can be used to empty the Heating Hopper.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Emptying the Vacuum Chamber While the Vacuum Chamber is extended out, the Vacuum Chamber dump valve can be opened to dispense the material into a container using the following procedure. IMPORTANT: During the Clean Out, keep hands and tools clear of all valves. DO NOT reach into machine during Clean Out.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Turn OFF Main Power Lower the Vacuum Chamber by switching down the Vacuum Chamber Lift Switch. Turn OFF Air Supply on Dryer Disconnect Air Lines Lower the Retention Hopper sealing collar located at the bottom of the Vacuum Chamber.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Rest the Vacuum Chamber back onto the fully extended Sliders. The Vacuum Chamber has three resting pins. Orient the side with two resting pins on the left Slider rail. Two people are required to lift the VBD-300 Vacuum Chamber.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Slide the Retention Hopper sealing collar up so that the magnets engage onto the bottom of the Vacuum Chamber. Raise the Vacuum Chamber by switching up the Vacuum Chamber Lift Switch. Pinch Hazard - Keep fingers clear of Vacuum Chamber Main Seal when the Vacuum Chamber Lift Switch is flipped up.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Print Center Print Center is available from the Home Screen by pressing by pressing the Pinter Center button. Print Center displays a menu screen of print related options including Parameters, Events and Alarms, raw data log file and Alarm History.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Interpreting the Event Log The following is a description of the columns of information in a log. Column Description Date and time of the log (the date is stored in the Dryer).
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Parameter Printout The Parameter Printout is written to a file on a USB drive. To write the parameter printout, toggle to the Gear Icon, Print Setup, Print Parameters. Example VBD-150 Parameter Printout:...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Vac. Shutdown Offset 00060 00060 00000 65535 Second Low Vacuum Timeout 00120 00120 00000 65535 Second No Vacuum Timeout 00345 00345 00000 65535 Cnt/Sec Cham. Purge Timer 00010 00010 00000 65535 Second Cham.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Example VBD-300 Parameter Printout: VBD-300 Parameters Tue 09/06/2016 14:25 CPU Firmware: P0812A I/O Firmware: P0812A CPU Bootloader: 1.03 I/O Bootloader: 1.03 Serial#: 000000-00 MAC Address: 00:1C:1A:00:4B:0F INDEX NAME ABBR LO LIMIT HI LIMIT...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Cham. Purge Interval 20240 20240 00000 65535 Sec/Sec Atmospheric Pressure 00760 00760 00000 00999 mmHg System: Event Logging Time 00060 00060 00001 65535 Second Alarm Flags: Material Shortage Alarm Warn Material Ready...
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Alarms - Cause and Solution Typically problems are indicated by an alarm condition on the Dryer controller’s display with an audible alarm and a flashing strobe light. The following alarm troubleshooting chart will describe the alarm condition and possible causes and solutions.
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC NO VACUUM Problem: The dryer failed to pull a vacuum after three attempts. ALARM:08 Dryer attempted to pull a vacuum 200mm below atmosphere within 45 seconds (default). Dryer attempted three times (number of default retries). After each...
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC RH MISSING Problem: The Retention Hopper is missing. ALARM:19 If Retention Hopper load cell is reading 6.6 pounds (3000 grams) for the VBD-150 or 11 pounds (5000 grams) below tare during AUTO run, this alarm is triggered and Dryer stops (fatal).
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Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC AUTO SHUTDOWN Auto Shutdown ALARM:27 This alarm triggers when an Auto Shutdown, that is, a shut down at a pre- determined time, has commenced. "Commencement" is defines as the time at which the final vacuum chamber fill has occurred.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Saving and Restoring User Settings All parameter information can be saved to the User Backup Settings for future retrieval. To SAVE all parameter information to the User Backup Settings: Press Display will prompt for a password. (default: 22222)
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Updating the VBD Firmware When the VBD control panel is turned on, the first screen displayed will show the current firmware version. If necessary the firmware in the VBD can be updated using a firmware update supplied by Maguire Products.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Theory of Operation / Performance THEORY OF VACUUM DRYING Water boils at 212° F (100° C) degrees. However, this is only true at sea level, which is to say at standard atmospheric pressure, which is 14.7 pounds/sq in (1 bar), also expressed as 29.92 inches (760mm) of Mercury (Hg).
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC Technical Documentation VBD-150 Technical Specifications Domestic/Canadian European line no. parameter value units value units design throughput lbs./hour kgs./hr maximum run temperature °F °C maximum vacuum level, absolute mm Hg. mm Hg. complete unit weight, empty lbs.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC VBD-150 Recommended Spare Parts List Note: it is recommended that items #1 - #8 be kept on hand by the maintenance department. line item MPI p/n Description General Location hf19-E replacement filter element, blower intake...
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC VBD-300 Technical Specification Domestic/Canadian European Line no. parameter value units value units design throughput lbs./hour kgs./hour maximum run temperature °F °C maximum vacuum level, absolute mm Hg. mm Hg. complete unit weight, empty lbs.
Maguire Products, Inc. VBD - Vacuum Dryer TSC VBD-300 Recommended Spare Parts List Note: it is recommended that items #1 - #8 be kept on hand by the maintenance department. line item MPI p/n Description General Location hf19-E replacement filter element, blower intake...
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