Changing The Fine Oil Separator - Gardner Denver L55 User And Service Manual

10.6 Changing the fine oil separator

DANGER
Air/oil under pressure will cause severe
personal injury or death.
· Shut down the compressor, relieve the
system of all pressure, disconnect,
lockout and tagout the power supply to
the compressor package before
removing valves, caps, plugs, fittings,
bolts and filters.
CAUTION
Fire hazard and slip hazard!
6.· Do not spill any oil!
7.· Look for leaks! Immediately take care of
any spilled oil!
NOTICE
Dispose of the fine separator properly - it is
hazardous waste! Look for leaks!
Fig. 19
August 20, 2018
Fig. 20
1 Fine oil separator
2 Plastic oil extraction line
3 Plastic control air line
4 Oil extraction
5 Victaulic connection to the cooler
6 Victaulic connection to the pressure holding valve
7 Hexagon screw
8 Cheese-heads screw to raise the reservoir cover
9 Reservoir cover
The changing intervals can be found in the
maintenance schedule 10.3.
If the fine oil separator is monitored (optional), then a
differential pressure that is too high will be shown in the
control panel of the GD Pilot TS
When the corresponding warning lights up, it is time to
change the fine oil separator.
Replace the fine oil separator as follows:
·
Switch off the compressor and ensure that it is
depressurized. For this purpose open the ball valve
(- 1 - Fig. 19) at the after-cooler until the system has
been vented. Finally, close the valve again.
·
Detach the plastic oil extraction pipe (- 2 - Fig. 20).
·
Detach the plastic control air line (- 3 - Fig. 20).
·
Fully remove oil extraction with pressed in extraction
tube (- 4 - Fig. 20).
·
Loosen all hexagonal head screws from the
pressure control valve.
·
Loosen the two screws in the swivel direction of the
pressure control valve and remove, then the valve
can be swiveled inwards.
·
Remove all hexagon screws (- 7 - Fig. 20) on the
circumference of the pressure reservoir's cover.
·
The cheese head screw for lifting the reservoir
cover (- 8 - Fig. 20) must be screwed in clockwise
until the cover is lifted off by some mm.
compressor control.
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