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- Page 1 Microcanner MC ATOMIC OPERATING INSTRUCTION MANUAL Version 1.1 Date 04/29/21...
- Page 2 MC-ATOMIC WARNING! OPERATING AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT IS DANGEROUS, DO NOT OPERATE THE MC ATOMIC CANNING SYSTEM UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS MANUAL AND HAVE RECEIVED PROPER TRAINING. PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO SAFEGUARD OPERATORS. OPERATORS MUST BE TRAINED AND AWARE OF DANGER POINTS.
- Page 3 MC-ATOMIC IMPORTANT SAFETY PRACTICES ● Conveyors are dangerous and present entanglement hazards. Loose clothing, hair, and jewelry should be avoided at all costs. Never place hands near or inside of a moving conveyor. ● NEVER permit children, or un-trained operators anywhere near an operating machine.
- Page 4 With proper operation and service your machine will offer you years of service. ● The MC ATOMIC canning system is designed to run 12 & 16oz 202 series cans and Sleek Series cans with a few simple changeover steps.
- Page 5 MC-ATOMIC ○ Air Regulator at the machine is to be set at 80 P.S.I. If your pressure needle jumps around during operation, you will need to supply a surge tank near the machine. ○ CO delivery system that is regulated to 20 P.S.I. (use the inline flow controls on the can purge and under cap gas to restrict the flow.
- Page 6 MC-ATOMIC ● During each use seams should be checked at least every 200 cans to assure that bad cans are not being made due to worn out or loose tooling. ● Drain beer from the fill line and run sanitizer through it after use.
- Page 7 MC-ATOMIC 4. Verify that the cap shedder is at the appropriate running height. Run a can by hand under the shedder to verify the end catches and falls on top of the can. 5. Plug in the machine power. Hook up the air supply, connect CO₂ on the quick connect fitting located below the air supply quick connect fitting.
- Page 8 MC-ATOMIC d. Let it sit for the desired amount of time. e. Lower the can with “filler lift” button. f. Remove the can filled with sanitizer. g. Fully purge the system with products. *more details on sanitizing in the training video.
- Page 9 ○ HOW TO ADJUST SEAM FORM TOOLING Always contact a Microcanner technician before making any seam adjustments 1. You should read this section 5.3 and the next 5.4 to get a good understanding of the necessary steps required to properly set up your tool prior to adjusting any tooling.
- Page 10 MC-ATOMIC 5. To adjust the height on either form tool you first need to loosen the two jam nuts, then the two set screws that lock the threads of the form tools. Never use a set screw that is not brass or brass tipped as you risk damaging the threads of the form tool.
- Page 11 MC-ATOMIC sure you are working with the correct cylinder for the op that needs to be adjusted ○ HOW TO TEST AND MEASURE SEAMS 1. Start with the machine on, and in manual mode. 2. Take a can and fill it with water to give it structural rigidity. The can will get crushed without fluid in it running through the seaming station.
- Page 12 MC-ATOMIC 8. Hit the OP1 & OP2 to check the second operation. Measure the seam. (you will need to press the OP1 & OP2 button again after the seam finished to release the can from the chuck) 9. Compare your measurements to the seam dimensions supplied by your can manufacturer.
- Page 13 MC-ATOMIC ○ ADJUSTING THE MAIN HEAD ■ Crack the four nuts loose on the top of the seamer head ■ In manual mode place a can without a lid on the lift puck and use the “test” screen to lift the can. Lower the seamer head to where the top lip of the chuck is just under flush to the top lip of the can.
- Page 14 MC-ATOMIC ○ MAIN SCREEN 1. Manual/Auto: This button controls if the machine will allow you to manually control it or if you want the machine to automatically run its functions. You will use manual mode for whenever you want to manually control a certain part or process on the machine.
- Page 15 MC-ATOMIC ○ Test Screen ■ CO₂- Triggers the CO₂ valve to open, normally used when adjusting the co2 regulator to ensure the regulator is set correctly ■ Op1&Op2- This is used for checking your op2 seam, be sure to...
- Page 16 MC-ATOMIC determine when the float senses, normally used when setting float heights ○ Fill Options ■ This screen is to be used for adjusting the settings of your fill ■ Overfill- Determines how much time after the float gets triggered that the fill continues for.
- Page 17 MC-ATOMIC ■ Fill Delay- Determines how long of a delay after the “can in place” sensor is triggered that the fill valve will open. You can use this in correlation with the CO₂ purge. Normal setting is 0.2 for the delay, but if you wanted to purge your can with CO₂...
- Page 18 MC-ATOMIC glass. Even 1 teaspoon can destroy a lot of beer. We are talking about parts per billion. 8.2.4 Never use a one and a half inch Brewers hose to feed your canning line. You have three or four 3/16 inch inner diameter hoses feeding each side of your line.
- Page 19 MC-ATOMIC 8.2.8 Every beer / product recipe will vary from season to season and density pressure altitude to density pressure altitude. It is important that you keep thorough records of what each recipe likes. A typical high IBU, IPA, at sea level likes the following set up.
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