Berkel VOLANO B3 User Manual page 16

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7. MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIRS
7.1 GENERAL
Maintenance operations that operators are per-
mitted to perform:
- Blade sharpening: periodically; frequency
and duration of sharpening obviously de-
pends on equipment use (operating time and
product processed)
- Trolley and feed plate sliding guide
lubrication: weekly
Operations to be entrusted solely to authorised
manufacturer service personnel:
- Blade replacement - Sharpener grinding
wheel replacement - Chain replacement
- Repairs of structural parts, repair and/or re-
placement of area below the base
7.2 BLADE SHARPENING
Proceed as follows immediately after a de-
crease in cutting capacity is noted:
CAUTION: Risk of cutting!
Use cut and tear resistant gloves and
perform all operations with great care.
DO NOT BECOME DISTRACTED!
- Loosen the sharpener locking knob (1)
- Lift the sharpener and rotate it 180°
- Lower the sharpener back down with care; the
blade will automatically centre between the
two grinding wheels
- Re-lock the knob (2)
- Rotate the flywheel and simultaneously press the
button for approximately 10-15 seconds (3)
- Stop rotation and verify in the backlight that a
slight burr has formed on the blade edge
- Set the flywheel back into rotation and simulta-
neously press the button for 2-3 seconds (4)
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- Return the sharpener to its original position.
NOTE: Do not excessively force (more than
2-3 seconds) the deburring operation (4) to
prevent damaging spring-back of the blade
edge.