Graco 970204 Instructions And Parts List page 15

Changing Drums
WARNING
MOVING PARTS HAZARD
Moving parts can pinch or amputate your
fingers. When the pump is operating and
when raising or lowering the ram, keep
your fingers and hands away from the pump intake,
ram plate, and lip of the drum.
1. Stop pump. Close pump air bleed valve (H). See
Fig. 6.
2. Before raising wiper plate, locate push button on
air release valve (V).
3. Set director valve (U) to UP to raise wiper plate. At
the same time, carefully equalize pressure in drum
by operating air release valve.
4. Raise wiper plate until it is completely out of drum.
5. Remove empty drum.
Operation
6. Inspect wiper plate and, if necessary, remove any
remaining material or material build–up.
7. Place full drum on ram base.
8. Lower ram and adjust position of drum relative to
ram plate, as explained under Starting and Ad-
justing Ram on page 13.
Shutdown and Care of the Pump
1. Set director valve (U) to neutral. See Fig. 6.
To reduce the risk of serious injury whenever you
are instructed to relieve pressure, always follow the
Pressure Relief Procedure on page 12.
2. Relieve pressure.
3. Follow pump shutdown instructions in your sepa-
rate pump manual.
WARNING
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