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Model MLS - Clear VU

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Overview: This document is a technical manual for the Maguire MLS Clear Vu® Eight Component Vacuum Loading System, detailing installation, operation, and maintenance procedures, along with warranty and safety information.
Warranty and Disclaimers: Maguire Products provides a 5-year warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship under normal use, excluding misuse or unauthorized alterations. Customers must verify equipment performance for their applications.
Safety Warnings: Users are warned of pinching hazards with air-operated slide gates and advised against reaching into these areas during cleaning or using hands to clear obstructions.
Installation: The system comprises a filter/power station, an eight-station controller, and up to eight receivers. Installation involves mounting receivers, setting up the vacuum/power station, and connecting necessary lines. Detailed instructions are provided for each component.
Operation: The manual explains system operation, including air material mix, receiver load time, and filter maintenance. It offers troubleshooting tips and mechanical adjustment guidelines.
Features: Key features include a vacuum unit, positive valve operation, station alarms, and filterless receivers. The system supports unlimited expansion and operational flexibility with a set timers button.
Technical Support: Contact information for Maguire Products' headquarters and regional offices is provided for technical support.
Specifications: Line sizes vary by HP unit, with specific guidelines for calculating equivalent conveying distances. Performance can be affected by line diameter, length, and bends.
Conveying Rates: Rates for styrene pellets are provided for different HP units and line sizes, with examples like a 1 HP unit conveying 1400 units over 40 feet.
Performance Factors: Performance may be reduced by inadequate line diameter, longer line lengths, and other factors like clogged filters and vacuum leaks.
Check Out Procedure: Ensure correct air line connections, open receiver slide gates, and closed vacuum valves before powering on and testing each station.
Operation: Activate desired stations, with the controller sequencing through stations until all hoppers are full. The blower motor has an adjustable delay shutdown time.
Air Material Mix: Adjust air mix for each receiver to optimize conveying rate using pick-up lances and vacuum take-off assemblies.
Receiver Load Time: Load time should stop at about 75% full; adjust timers as needed, especially for dusty materials.
Filter Maintenance: Regularly check and clean filters, shortening load times if excessive material is found in the filter container.
Troubleshooting: Ensure proper connections and adjustments, checking for excessive vacuum and adjusting filters and sensors as needed.
Mechanical Adjustments: Adjust sensor sensitivity using the screw at the rear of the sensor, ensuring correct LED light indication.
Setup Options: Customize the controller with routines for resetting load times, setting addresses, enabling/disabling alarms, and adjusting delay times.
Specifications and Procedures: Detailed procedures for delay time adjustment, retries before alarm, filter alarm settings, and resetting programmed data are provided.
General Information: Warranty details and disclaimers are reiterated, emphasizing the company's non-responsibility for losses due to incorrect drying or equipment malfunction unless it fails to perform as designed.
Features: The system includes a quiet ring compressor vacuum unit, air-operated valves, station alarms, adjustable load times, and expansion capability up to 256 receivers.
Models and Components: Various models from 1 HP to 5 HP are available, with performance affected by line diameter, length, and bends.
Contact Information: Contact details for Maguire Products in the USA, Europe, Asia, and Italy are provided for technical support and inquiries.
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Model MLS - Clear VU-1

Eight Component Vacuum Loading System INSTALLATION • OPERATION • MAINTENANCE Copyright © Maguire Products, Inc. 2013

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MLS Clear Vu® Maguire Products, Inc. Edition: August 19, 2013 - MLS Clear Vu

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Maguire MLS Clear Vu® Copyright © 2011 Maguire Products Inc. The information contained within this manual including any translations thereof, is the property of Maguire Products Inc. and may not be reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the express written consent of Maguire Products Inc. To every person concerned with use and maintenance of the Maguire MLS Clear Vu® it is recommended to read thoroughly these operating instructions. Maguire Products Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for damage or malfunction of the equipment arising from non-observance of these...

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Accuracy of this Manual We make every effort to keep this manual as correct and current as possible. However, technology and product changes may occur more rapidly then the reprinting of this manual. Generally, modifications made to the dryer design or to the operation of the software are may not reflected in the manual for several months. The date at the footer of this manual will indicate approximately how current this manual is. Likewise, your Maguire Loading System may have been produced at an earlier time and the information in this manual may not accurately describe your system since this...

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Edition: August 19, 2013 - MLS Clear Vu 5

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1 - Getting Started Warranty – Exclusive 5-Year MAGUIRE PRODUCTS offers THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE WARRANTY in the plastics auxiliary equipment industry. We warrant each MAGUIRE Loading System manufactured by us to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service; excluding only those items listed below as 'excluded items'; our obligation under this warranty being limited to making good at our factory any Dryer which shall, within FIVE (5) YEARS after delivery to the original purchaser, be RETURNED intact to us, transportation charges PREPAID, and which our examination...

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SAFETY WARNINGS Pinching Hazard: Air operated slide gates on the bottom of each receiver are the only items that raise a safety concern. The air cylinders exert a force of about 70 pounds on closing. DO NOT reach into this area when cleaning the receiver, or from below when cleaning the hopper. DO NOT use your hands to clear obstructions. GETTING STARTED: PROCEED TO: INSTALLATION - NEXT PAGE Edition: August 19, 2013 – MLS Clear Vu

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2 – Operation Installation YOUR SYSTEM consists of: One FILTER/POWER STATION, with central filter bag; dust collection container; vacuum blower/motor; 1, 2.5, or 5 HP, all on wheels for portability. One EIGHT STATION CONTROLLER, to be placed on top of the power station, with outputs to each receiver and the power unit, alarms, and an on/off switch and status light for each station. Up to eight RECEIVERS, filterless, 10 pound capacity, clear, with level sensor and vacuum sequencing valve built in. If your application is "beside the press" using a "pick-up" lance, the following kit is provided...

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Edition: August 19, 2013 – MLS Clear Vu

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Edition: August 19, 2013 – MLS Clear Vu

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11 Croierviile Road, Aston, PA 19014 Date drawn: Edition: August 19, 2013 - MLS Clear Vu

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Edition: August 19, 2013 – MLS Clear Vu

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3. VACUUM/POWER STATION: Position power station for easy access to the filter compartment and controller. Consider the following: a. 1 HP units: 1 HP units require a STRONG 120 volt power source. DO NOT use an extension cord, unless it is 12 gauge or better. Be sure the outlet is rated for 20 amps minimum. On startup, the blower requires a surge of over 40 amps and should be able to pull this high current to start properly. If supply wire size is not adequate, the blower will be unable to pull full startup amperage. The higher the initial amp draw, the faster the motor reaches full speed and,...

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5. SIGNAL/CONTROL LINES - 24 VOLT: a. Each receiver has a 30 foot signal/control cable. These plug into the back of the controller. Receivers can be plugged into any one of the eight station "ports". Connect receivers in a number sequence that makes sense for your installation. 24 volt extension cables are available if required to reach the controller. Connectors have 7 pins. Earlier units had 4 pins. If your plugs don't match the receptacles, call us. a. A short cable comes from the junction box on the back of the Vacuum Power Station. Plug this into the right side of the controller. If you...

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1.5" diameter tubing up to 100 equivalent feet. 2" diameter tubing up to 200 equivalent feet. 1.5" diameter tubing up to 100 equivalent feet. 2" diameter tubing up to 200 equivalent feet. 2" diameter tubing up to 200 equivalent feet. 2.5" diameter tubing up to 300 equivalent feet. 2.5" diameter tubing up to 300 equivalent feet. 3" diameter tubing up to 500 equivalent feet. 8. MATERIAL LINES LOADING BESIDE THE PRESS: Twelve foot lengths of flexible hose are provided for beside-the-press conveying of material. Connect one length to each receiver. Each line should connect to a pick-up lance in a...

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CHECK OUT PROCEDURE 1. Confirm all air line connections are correct: With POWER OFF, and AIR PRESSURE connected: • • • All receiver slide gates should be OPEN, allowing material to flow out of the receiver. The vacuum valve on top of each receiver should be CLOSED, extended, blocking the vacuum line. The vacuum relief valve on top of the POWER UNIT should be OPEN. 2. Turn on main power. Confirm switch light is lit. 3. Turn each station on one at a time, testing each separately. Switches with receivers CONNECTED will light and blink slowly indicating the sensor is calling for material. With these...

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RECEIVER LOAD TIME: As each receiver fills, observe the material level in the receiver. Load time is correct if the station stops loading when about 75 percent full, or just below the MAGUIRE logo. If the load time is NOT correct, reset the timer for that station. To RESET THE TIMER for one station: 1. PRESS and HOLD the "SET LOAD TIME" button AFTER station has started to load. Load time can be set ONLY while station is loading. 2. RELEASE the button when correct level is reached The correct time is now set. For very dusty materials, fill receiver to a LOWER level. This will help keep the filter...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.