20 SPROUT-MATADOR FEED TECHNOLOGY 6. DAILY ROUTINES CLEANING Grinding chamber The stone trap at the bottom of the grinding chamber is cleaned of any foreign matters. The grinding chamber is cleaned with a brush or a scraper. Soreens, hammers and hammerbolts Screens, hammers and hammerbolts are checked for wear and damage The screens are cleaned with a brush SCREEN WEAR The life of the screens can be prolonged, if you are aware of how screens wear. > eR AIS The above sketch shows how the screens wear. The screens are exposed to the greatest load, where the material first passes the screens after entering the mil SCREEN EXCHANGE The screens are replaced, when the screens are worn down, ie. immediately before holes are worn in the screen plate, or when a hole has been struck in the screen Check often until you have experienced at what intervals the screens are to be exchanged It is secured that the grinding chamber is emptied of materials, i.e. material feeding stops shortly before the hammermill21 SPROUT-MATADOR FEED TECHNOLOGY ©@ screen excharge at radial inlet 1, The doors (item 2) are opened by loosening the nuts (item 1) with the ring wrench. ‘Threads are cleaned before the nuts are loosened and pushed aside to give free access to the screens. Due to the under-pressure in the mill (if suction is connected), the doors may be e@ difficult to open. It is recommended to disconnect suction while exchanging the screens, as there may be dust problems if this is not the case. 2. Doors (item 2), screens (item3 ) and screen chains (item 4) are cleaned of any ground materials.22 ~ SPROUT-MATADOR FEED TECHNOLOGY @ 3. The screen chains are loosened by disengaging the eccentric (item 5). The eccentric is disengaged by turning the nut (item 6), so much that the ratchet (item 7) is free of the ratchet wheel (item 8). The ratchet is tilted to one side, so that the eccentric can be disengaged without hindrance. The eccentric is loosened so much that the bottom screen chains (item 9) can be disengaged from the hooks (item 10)23 ________ SPROUT-MATADOR FEED TECHNOLOGY @ + The screens are taken out (item 11), 5. The contact faces (item 12) of the screens in the mill are cleaned. The stone trap at the bottom of the grinding chamber is emptied. 12 12 12 6. The new screens are inserted and the chains are hooked together. 7. The eccentric is fastened, until the screens lie closely to the contact faces. Be aware that not to tighten the sceen chains to much, so that screens are deformed. The result may be that the hammers strike and damage the sceens, at the same time the risk of sparking is increased24 _____ SPROUT-MATADOR FEED TECHNOLOGY @ Screen exchange at tangential inlet 1. The nuts (item 13) are loosened so much that the screen chain can be moved away from the screen. 13 ue 2. The screen is taken out, the contact faces are cleaned 3. New screens are inserted. The screen chain are remounted and tightened. Take @ __aare that the nuts of the screen chains are not tightened so much, that the screens get in touch with the hammers during operation. 4. Close the doors and tighten the door nuts.