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Zip-Tex Spray Gun 311159A For water-based materials only (Consult your material supplier for Warnings and Application Requirements) Model 249458 125 psi (0.86 MPa, 8.6bar) Maximum Working Pressure Non-bleeder gun for use with Zip-Tex 1500 Texture Sprayer. For sprayer operation and warning information, refer to your sprayer or compressor operation manual.
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Check equipment daily. Repair or replace worn or damaged parts immediately. • Do not alter or modify equipment. • Use equipment only for its intended purpose. Call your ASM distributor for information. • Route hoses and cables away from traffic areas, sharp edges, moving parts, and hot surfaces. •...
Component Identification Component Identification Air Valve Trigger Trigger Lock Nozzle Air Fitting Material Inlet Air Shutoff Needle Pressure Relief Procedure IMPORTANT To reduce the risk of injury, follow this Pressure Relief Procedure whenever you: • Are instructed to relieve pressure •...
Setup Setup Grounding To reduce risk of electrical shock, proper electric grounding is essential. See your sprayer instruction manual and consult your local electrical codes for detailed grounding instructions. Installation ti4003a 1 Relieve Pressure, page 3. 2 Connect air and material hoses 3 Install nozzle (4a) on front of 4 Refer to system operation man- to gun.
Spray Techniques Nozzle Selection ti4000a Standard nozzles (4A) are • For smaller droplet sizes, • For larger droplets, increase numbered 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, reduce nozzle (4A) size and nozzle (4A) and reduce gun designating orifice size in increase gun atomizing air by atomizing air by closing air millimeters.
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Spray Techniques ti4338a 4 To select correct nozzle for When adjusting flow adjustment Check material consistency your applications, consider nut (B), release trigger (C), then often. Material may thicken as it size of aggregate in material adjust. sits and slow down production or and coarseness of spray pat- affect spray pattern.
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Cleanup Cleanup WATER ti4290a ti4334a WASTE 1 Pump remaining material into 2 Fill hopper with clean water. 3 Pump water through system 4 Remove nozzle (4A) from gun bucket until most of texture and out of gun. and allow water to flow material is out of hopper.
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1 Remove retaining ring (11), 2 Use a hook-shaped object to 3 Using your finger or a 1/2-in. 5 ASM recommends you nozzle (28), and needle carefully pull up-cup retainer diameter rod, push new seal replace the entire fluid needle assembly (9) through front of and u-cup out of gun.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problem Cause Solution Material will not flow out of gun Material too thick Thin material. Increase pressure at pump. Not enough air Open gun air valve (A) more (counter-clockwise) Trigger adjustment set too low Rotate trigger nut clockwise to increase (adjust) trigger travel Nozzle too small Increase nozzle size...
Technical Data Technical Data Maximum air working pressure 125 psi (8.6 bar) Air requirements 30 scfm (0.84m /min) Maximum Fluid inlet sizes 1 in. NPT (25.4 mm) Wetted parts Anodized Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Buna-N, UHMW Poly- ethylene, Brass, Steel Viton, Delrin Sound data Sound pressure level 96 dB(A)*...
ASM distributor to the original purchaser for use. With the exception of any special, extended, or limited warranty published by ASM, ASM will, for a period of twelve months from the date of sale, repair or replace any part of the equipment determined by ASM to be defective.
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