InCarrier L/UL Service and Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance Yearly

3.2.4.4 Vacuum Pump - Replacement of Teflon Membrane

No. of the spare parts:

• Teflon membrane MPG.490 (4x)

• Valve MPV.442 (8x)

Position of the vacuum pump (1).

Position of vacuum pump

1. Remove cover to get access to the vacuum

pump (1).

Remove cover

2. Disconnect the rear hose (1).

Rear hose

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3. Disconnect power plug (1).

Position of power plug inside the right frame strut

4. Remove fastening screws (1).

Fastening screws

5. Take vacuum pump out.

6. Disconnect lower hose (1).

Lower hose

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7. Remove the two fastening screws (1) from the

ground plate.

Ground plate

8. Loosen the four hose connectors (1) at the top.

Hose connectors top side

9. Loosen the four hose connectors (1) at the bot-

tom.

Hose connectors lower side

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10. Remove the four connector heads (1), (only two

shown).

Remove connector heads

11. Remove the O-rings (2) and the valves (3) from
the connector head (1).
12. Clean connector head with Isopropyl alcohol.

Connector head removed

13. Remove the four pump heads (1) (only two

shown) and clean them with Isopropyl alcohol.

Pump heads

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Note
Procedure is the same for all four
positions.

14. Use a pin type face wrench (1) to remove the

strain washer (2).

Loosen strain washer

Strain washer (1), pressure disc (2) and old
Teflon membrane (3) removed.

Old Teflon membrane removed

15. Assemble new Teflon membrane (1) and

strain washer (2).

Teflon membrane and strain washer

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Note
Pay attention, that the round
edge (1) faces to the membrane.

16. Place the pressure disc on the threaded pin (2).

Pressure disc

17. Attach complete assembly (1) to the plunger (2).

Membrane assembly complete

18. Use the pin type face wrench (1) to fasten the
strain washer (2).

Fasten membrane assembly

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19. Replace O-rings (1) by new ones.

20. Replace valves (2) by new ones.
21. Attach pump head (3) again. Pay attention to the
coded hole and pin (4).

Attaching parts

22. The pin (2) must fit into the deep hole (1)

Coded by pin and hole

Note
Arrows of flow direction must point
down.

23. Attach the four connector heads (1) again with a

torque force of 3 - 4 Nm.

Flow direction

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24. Connect hoses (1) again at the upper and lower

side.

Hose connectors top side

25. Attach the ground plate and fasten the two

screws (1) at the ground plate.

Ground plate

26. Place vacuum pump near the machine and con-

nect the lower hose (1) again.

Lower hose

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Note
Pay attention to correct fit of the
springs.

27. Place vacuum pump in the machine and fasten

the two screws (1).

Fastening screws

28. Connect power plug (1).

Position of power plug inside the right frame strut

29. Connect the pressure measuring device (1) to

the upper connector (2).

Connect pressure measuring device

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DANGER
Machine powered on, while cover is removed!

Electrical shock or squeezing by moving parts.

) Take care, that nobody reaches into the opened
area.
) Make sure nobody starts the machine.

30. Power on the machine.

31. Wait at least 5 minutes, until the vacuum pump reaches its operation temperature.
32. Check the pressure.
Value must be between -0.86 bar and -0.99 bar.

33. Power off machine and disconnect pressure measuring device.

34. If value is not ok, check complete vacuum pump assembly again.
35. If value is ok, connect the vacuum hose of the machine to the vacuum pump and attach
cover again.

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